Putin: Russia will never extradite its citizens to US

Moscow [Russia], Mar. 05 : Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that they would not extradite their 13 nationals accused of meddling in the 2016 United States presidential elections. According to the Russian news agency TASS, which quoted Putin from an interview he had recently given to the American news channel, NBC TV, the president also said the accused indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not act on Russian state's behalf.

McDonough stands by Obama admin response to Russia

Former White House chief of staff Denis McDonough on Sunday defended the Obama administration's response to suspected Russian interference in the 2016 election, rebuffing the continued criticism former President Barack Obama has sustained on the issue. "We took a series of painstaking steps, including the President directly confronting President Putin," McDonough said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Are You Listening, America?

" Don't you understand what I'm trying to say? And can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today? If the button is pushed, there's no running away, There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave, Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy, And you tell me over and over and over again my friend, Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction ."

Putin tells US to send evidence of vote meddling

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally to support his bid in the upcoming presidential election at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia on March 3, 2018. Photo - Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally to support his bid in the upcoming presidential election at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia on March 3, 2018.

Condoleezza Rice mocks Putin over ‘absurd’ missile threats

Condoleezza Rice calls on Schiff to move on from the Russian investigation. The former secretary of state and David Kennedy are on 'Fox & Friends' to also discuss their new documentary 'American Creed.' Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday called out Russian President Vladimir Putin for what she labeled his "absurd" claims touting his country's nuclear firepower against the United States.

US steps up lethal aide to Ukraine: 210 anti-tank missiles

The Trump administration told Congress on Thursday that it plans to sell Ukraine 210 anti-tank missiles to help it defend its territory from Russia, in a major escalation of U.S. lethal assistance to Ukraine's military. The long-awaited move, which lawmakers of both parties have been urging for years, deepens America's involvement in the military conflict and may further strain relations with Moscow.

Russian social media also targeted U.S. energy industry, congressional report says

More than four percent of all tweets from Russian President Vladimir Putin's online propaganda outfit charged with engaging in "information warfare" against the U.S. political system were about energy, according to a new congressional report. Released Thursday by the House Science Committee , the report details efforts by the Kremlin's Internet Research Agency since 2015 to distort online discourse about U.S. energy markets, pipeline development, fracking and climate change.

Democratic memo: Here are 6 key points in Schiff’s rebuttal

A redacted version of the Democratic response to a memo alleging that the FBI and Justice Department abused their power to conduct surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page was released Saturday. The 10-page document compiled by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., pushes back on a number of claims Republicans made in a memo that was released earlier this month, throwing details of the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election into an almost he-said-she-said story.

Mueller ups pressure on Trump campaign aides with new charge

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday stepped up pressure on two former Trump campaign aides to cooperate in his probe into possible collusion with Russia, unsealing a criminal charge against a lawyer for lying to Mueller's investigators. The attorney, Alex van der Zwaan, the son-in-law of one of Russia's richest men, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to a charge of lying to the Special Counsel's office.

Ex-workers at Russian ‘troll factory’ trust US indictment

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - While Russian officials scoff at a U.S. indictment charging 13 Russians with meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, several people who worked at the same St. Petersburg "troll factory" say they think the criminal charges are well-founded. Marat Mindiyarov, a former commenter at the innocuously named Internet Research Agency, says the organization's Facebook department hired people with excellent English skills to sway U.S. public opinion through an elaborate social media campaign.

Ap Fact Check: Trump lashes out on Russia probe

A reporter raises her hands to ask a question of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, after he announced that the office of special counsel Robert Mueller says a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Washington. The defendants are accused of violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with American elections and the political process.

Social media firms got played by Russian agents

The election-interference indictment brought by US special counsel Robert Mueller underscores how thoroughly social-media companies like Facebook and Twitter were played by Russian propagandists. Thirteen Russians, including a businessman close to Vladimir Putin, were charged Friday in a plot to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election through social media propaganda.

Trump says Russia succeeding in sowing US discord

File photo taken on Nov 11, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump meeting Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang. WEST PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia was succeeding beyond its "wildest dreams" in sowing US discord but refrained once more from directly challenging Moscow on its election meddling.

Trump Retweets Cartoon Mocking ‘Big Ratings Loser’ Wolf Blitzer

Wolf Blitzer probably didn't think his Sunday would start with President Donald Trump retweeting a cartoon mocking his coverage of the Russia probe, but that's exactly what happened. Trump retweeted a response to his Sunday assertion that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the rest of the Kremlin are "laughing their asses off" in response to the hysteria surrounding the three investigations into potential election meddling.

Trump vents frustration over Russia probe, rails against FBI

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks as he leaves the White House, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Washington, for a trip to his private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks as he leaves the White House, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Washington, for a trip to his private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Trump adviser: Russian meddling ‘incontrovertible’

President Donald Trump's national security adviser said Saturday there was "incontrovertible" evidence of a Russian plot to disrupt the 2016 U.S. election, a blunt statement that shows how significantly the new criminal charges leveled by an American investigator have upended the political debate over his inquiry. The statement by H.R. McMaster at the Munich Security Conference stood in stark contrast to Trump's oft repeated claim that Russian interference in his election victory was a hoax.