US opens door to possible Trump-Putin White House meeting

In this Nov. 11, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, and Russia President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang. The Trump administration is opening the door to a potential White House meeting between Trump and Putin.

The collusion scorecard: What we know so far about Trump-Russia contacts

U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted no fewer than 17 times that his campaign did not collude with Russians, usually making that point with an exclamation mark for emphasis, and often in all caps: "NO COLLUSION!" There are at least a half-dozen examples to date of people involved in the Trump campaign who either sought dirt gathered by Russian intelligence on Hillary Clinton, or who had other ties to Russians. The latest came last week in a court filing that stated Trump's deputy campaign manager knew he was communicating during the campaign with a former officer of Russia's military intelligence service.

Families of victims of Russia’s mall fire are angry. What does this mean for Putin’s power?

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to locals and relatives of the victims of a fire in a multistory shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia, on Tuesday. On March 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin won reelection with 77 percent of the vote at 67 percent turnout.

Trump supporters learning they’re being played for suckers

President Donald Trump's most urgent political problem doesn't involve Robert Mueller, Stormy Daniels, Vladimir Putin or the hundreds of thousands of voters who marched for gun control. Rather, it's that his diehard supporters might be starting to realize how thoroughly he has played them for suckers.

Russian ‘accident’ death at hotel was a hit: reported Steele memo

The death of a Russian television executive ruled a drunken accident was actually a planned murder, according to four reported sources including a memo from former spy Christopher Steele. Mikhail Lesin, the former head of Kremlin-backed RT who was once Vladimir Putin's press minister, was found dead in his Washington D.C. hotel room in November 2015 at age 57. Russian reports said that he died of a heart attack and the U.S. Department of Justice said in 2016 that he had died from falling "after days of excessive consumption of alcohol."

The Skripal Poisonings and the Ongoing Vilification of Putin

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent on March 4 on a park bench in Salisbury, England. Skripal had been a Russian double agent, a spy who turned over 300 names of Russian spies to British intelligence from 1995 to 2004.

Trump joins allies, expels 60 Russians

President Donald Trump ordered the expulsion of 60 Russians from the United States on Monday, adding to a growing cascade of similar actions taken by Western allies in response to Russia's alleged poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. Poland, Italy, Denmark, France and Germany were among 14 European Union member nations announcing plans to expel Russians from their countries in solidarity with Britain, which previously expelled 23 Russian diplomats after the poisoning.

Spy expulsions a setback for Trump-Putin courtship

In this file photo taken on July 7, 2017 US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. AFP / SAUL LOEB Washington: Donald Trump has ordered an unprecedented expulsion of Russian officials and warned the Kremlin needs to change, a setback for his courtship of Vladimir Putin, but perhaps not its end.

Can Isolationist Trump and Neocon NSC Pick Bolton really Get Along?

While U.S. President Donald Trump has previously denounced "regime change" and "nation-building," John Bolton, his choice for national-security adviser, has been a vocal proponent of American intervention abroad. In selecting former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton as his new national-security adviser, U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped a man whose foreign policy record stands at odds with central elements of Trump's stated vision of America's role in the world.

5 times the Trump administration actually was tough on Russia

Despite President Donald Trump's national-security advisers' note reminding him " DO NOT CONGRATULATE " Russian President Vladimir Putin on his election victory during their call on Tuesday, Trump did anyway . President Trump was reportedly enraged by the leak of information that suggests he congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election despite being advised not to.

White House Rift Over Russia Deepens After Trump’s Putin Call

A battle within the White House over how to address Vladimir Putin is intensifying as U.S. President Donald Trump shows little desire to confront the Russian leader on the most controversial issues facing the two nations. The internal divisions flared this week after Trump congratulated Putin on his re-election without first reviewing written guidance for the phone call, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Ralph Peters Suddenly ‘Ashamed’ of Fox News After Decade of Appearances

A retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Fox News contributor quit Tuesday and denounced the network and President Donald Trump in an email to colleagues. "Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration," wrote Peters, a Fox News "strategic analyst."

Trump ignored briefing materials in Putin call

US President Donald Trump congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election despite the warnings from multiple national security advisers and briefing materials that said "DO NOT CONGRATULATE," The Washington Post reported Tuesday evening. The Post, citing an unspecified number of officials familiar with the call, said Trump likewise did not listen to aides who gave him talking points to condemn a nerve agent poisoning in the UK, which the US has blamed on Russia.

Intel Chair Nunes: No Collusion, But Russia, Putin Are ‘Dangerous’

The House Intelligence Committee interviewed several dozens of witnesses, but in the end simply was not able to find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian, Chairman Devin Nunes insisted Tuesday. However, the California Republican told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" that Russia "is bad" and its leader, President Vladimir Putin, is dangerous.