Today, the most famous FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover did his job. Director James Comey revealed a bombshell – and he also probably made a few more enemies.
Category: Russia
Kremlin spokesman: Russian ambassador met with advisers to Clinton campaign too
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said in an interview Sunday that the Russian ambassador who met with Trump campaign officials also met with “people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary.” Hillary Rodham Clinton Kremlin spokesman: Russian ambassador met with advisers to Clinton campaign too Breitbart takes aim at GOP healthcare bill Tech’s SXSW festival takes on Trump MORE during her campaign, you would probably see that he had lots of meetings of that kind,” Dmitry Peskov told CNN “GPS” host Fareed Zakaria.
GOP lawmaker: Obamacare replacement ‘not in a form that I approve of’
California Rep. Darrell Issa faced an often critical crowd at his town hall meeting Saturday over his position on repealing the Affordable Care Act. The California Republican declined to say how he’d vote on the Republican plan to repeal the law, unveiled earlier this week, but acknowledged that the plan needs fixing.
Ex-Trump adviser Carter Page at center of Russia storm
In this Friday, July 8, 2016, file photo, Carter Page, then adviser to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia. Page, once a little-known investment banker-turned-adviser in the outer circle of the improbable Trump campaign, is emerging as a central figure in the controversy surrounding campaign connections to Russia.
Video Referee For FA Cup 2017/18
A video replay was used for the first time at the Club World Cup – but despite the help of a pitch-side booth, they still got the decision wrong. FA chief executive Martin Glenn said: ‘I would expect to see video assistant replays from the third round of the FA Cup in the coming season.
Sessions Saw No Red Flags During Michael Flynn’s Own Scandal
Sen. Claire McCaskill called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign for failing to disclose during his Senate confirmation hearing that as a senator he met twice with the Russian ambassador in 2016. U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to attend a speech by President Donald Trump at a joint session of Congress in Washington , February 28. But his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort , has reportedly been investigated for contact with Russian Federation, along with other top Trump associates, and top Trump adviser Michael Flynn already had to resign his position as national security advisor for holding conversations with Kislyak between the election and inauguration.
Russian FM calls Sessions uproar a replay of McCarthyism
Matryoshkas, traditional Russian wooden dolls, including a doll of U.S. President Donald Trump, top, are displayed for sale in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Trump has repeatedly said that he aims to improve relations with Russia, but Moscow appears frustrated by the lack of visible progress as well as by support from Trump Administration officials for continuing sanctions imposed on Russia for its interference in Ukraine.
Sessions Had 2 Conversations With Russian Ambassador During 2016 Campaign, DOJ Says
In light of the claims, several congressional Republicans called on Mr Sessions to remove himself from investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the USA presidential election. “I thought those guys [the Ku Klux Klan] were OK until I learned they smoked pot”, he said.
Calls grow for Sessions to withdraw from Russia probe
A growing number of Republicans joined Democratic leaders Thursday in calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step aside from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election. Top Democrats demanded that Sessions go further and resign as the nation’s top law enforcement officer after the revelation that he had twice talked with Moscow’s U.S. envoy during the campaign.
No evidence of Russian contract, but calls grow for special prosecutor
Rep. Devin Nunes , California Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said Monday that he has not seen a scrap of evidence that Trump campaign officials had any contact with Russian officials, but his assurances failed to silence the growing drumbeat of calls for a special prosecutor. Rep. Darrell E. Issa of California, a former chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, became the most prominent Republican to join Democrats in demanding the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the former Cold War foe’s meddling in the presidential election and an alleged Trump campaign connection to Russian intelligence agents.
Trump blames Democrats for pushing ‘fake’ Russia news…
After a day of discussions on Sunday talk shows about upcoming Congressional investigations into contacts between the members of the Trump White House and Russian intelligence agents, the President took to Twitter to call any talk of Russia “FAKE NEWS.” Friday night Rep. Darrell Issa stunned HBO host Bill Maher by saying that it was likely a special prosecutor would need to investigate the Russian connection to the Trump White House.
Trump appoints McMaster and Kellogg to top security roles
The national security adviser, part of the senior White House staff, serves as the chief in-house counselor to the president on national security issues and has traditionally sought to play the role of a broker among agencies. “And well be talking to some of the other generals that Ive met”, Trump said.
Pentagon officials: Russian actions a ‘test of the new administration’
Moscow recently deployed a banned land-based cruise missile, dispatched a spy ship up the Atlantic coast and buzzed an American warship in the Black Sea. The developments raise the question of how the new White House occupant will address Russian assertiveness and whether, after complimenting Russian President Vladimir Putin and playing down Russia’s adversarial relationship with the US, Trump will resort to any confrontational responses.
Trump Blames Media, Judges, Democrats In Chaos Theory Tour-De-Force
Upending decades of U.S. policy on Israel-Palestinian conflict, he told the Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu that he “could live with” either a one state or a two state solution “that both parties want”. “To be honest, I inherited a mess at home and overseas”, he claimed as he spoke of jobs fleeing the country, instability in West Asia and the nuclear threat posed by North Korea.
Saif Ali Khan talks about daughter Sara Ali Khan’s debut in Bollywood
Mumbai: Rangoon actor is left behind as Saif Ali khan’s children are grabbing much more attention on the internet. Yes! Saif does not wish for someone to have that kind of affect on Sara’s career.
President Trump Is Angry About Leaks That Led to Michael Flynn’s Resignation
On Tuesday White House spokesman Sean Spicer confirmed that President Trump requested Michael Flynn’s resignation over “eroding trust”. “By what authority did Flynn act and to whom did he report? ” she asked.
‘Morning Joe’ Calls Flynn Resignation ‘Troubling on a Deep, Global Level’
President Donald Trump tweeted praise at his young aide who spoke with Chuck Todd John Dickerson Chris Wallace and George Stephanopoulos this Sunday “She goes out and lies and you find out about those lies a couple hours later or if she’s not lying, Willie, she is – actually what I’ve heard she is – so out of the loop”. In his Talking Points Memo tonight, Bill O’Reilly reacted to the apparent confusion within the Trump administration surrounding the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
“The waves now rule Britannia”: Kremlin propaganda claims all UK subs out of action
HMS Artful at Faslane Naval base , and another submarine, on Gare Loch, Scotland, after it emerged that Britain’s entire fleet of hunter killer submarines were out of action because of repairs. February 10, 2017.
Russian hackers get burned in deal with Russia’s spy agency
Alexander Filinov, a suspected member of a group of hackers involved in blackmailing Russian officials, seen in a video link, attends hearings in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. The court extended Filinov’s arrest until early April pending official probe.
Russia’s booming ‘Trumpomania’
The name Godless Street, a legacy of Soviet-era persecution of religion, did not sound right to some residents of this ancient Russian city. So, historian and publicist Sergei Bizyukin came up with a new one.
US revises Russia sanctions for electronics exports
The Trump administration on Thursday revised recent U.S. sanctions that prevented American companies from exporting some electronic equipment to Russia. It also modified penalties on Iran, expanding a list of medical equipment that needs federal authorization to be sold to Iranian customers.
Russians Don’t Want to Live in the Middle Ages
In St. Petersburg the Vesna civil-society movement is holding a street action. In an improvised stage made from a boxing ring, activists present three scenes: an alcoholic beating an elderly pensioner, a husband punching his wife, and a child being physically punished by a parent.
Russian security agents accused of treason reportedly charged with passing secrets to the CIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Russian businessmen in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. the deputy head of the information security department of the FSB, Russia’s national security service.
Trump talks to Putin, other world leaders about security threats
President Donald Trump discussed Syria and the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Jan. 28 in one of several calls with world leaders that the new U.S. president used to put his stamp on international affairs. Trump’s call with Putin was their first since the New York businessman took office and came as officials said he was considering lifting sanctions on Moscow despite opposition from Democrats and Republicans at home and European allies abroad.
Trump orders ISIS plan, gives Bannon national security role
President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull, with National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, center, and chief strategist Steve Bannon, right, in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 in Washington. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered the Pentagon to devise a strategy to defeat the Islamic State and restructured the National Security Council to include his controversial top political adviser, as he forged a partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first official phone call.
Trump and Putin discuss stabilizing ties, Kremlin says
US President Donald Trump may be having his biggest day of diplomacy yet, speaking by phone Saturday with five world leaders – most significantly Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Germany’s Angela Merkel. It was Trump’s first phone conversation with the Russian President since his inauguration last week, and one whose outcome will be closely studied.
Moscow nightclub hosts early inauguration party for Trump
Twenty-four hours before Donald Trump was to be sworn in as president of the United States, several dozen people packed a Moscow nightclub to get a head start on celebrating. “Trump, Trump – it is unbelievable.
Moscow nightclub hosts early inauguration party for Trump
Entertainer Willi Tokarev, center, an 82-year-old Russian emigre to the U.S. appears during a nightclub party entitled “Trumplissimo America!” in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Twenty-four hours before Donald Trump is to be sworn in as president of the United States, people gathered at a Moscow nightclub to celebrate his inauguration.
Democrats find Trump’s picks more reasonable than Trump himself
The lack of fireworks surrounding Senate consideration of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks may reflect a belief by minority Democrats that the people chosen are more reasonable than Trump. It could also be the residue of a surprising number of statements by Trump’s Cabinet choices contradicting the billionaire businessman’s oft-stated positions on issues running the gamut from Russia and NATO to nuclear weapons and Muslims.
Reid: FBI director’s letter cost Democrats the election, Senate
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Monday FBI Director James Comey was “heavily involved as a partisan” in the weeks leading up to the election and that Comey’s actions handed the presidency to Donald Trump. The retiring Nevada Democrat said Democrats “would have won the majority in the Senate and would have won the presidency but for Comey.”
Intramural GOP Strife Over Russia? Not So Fast . . .by Andrew C….
Judging by General Flynn’s book, the media portrayal of a rift between Senator John McCain and Trump’s brain-trust is exaggerated. ne of the first great media riffs to define the Trump administration before it even takes power blares from the news pages of today’s Wall Street Journal .
Russia pledges reprisals for US hacking punishment
Moscow – Russia on Friday eyed retaliatory measures against the US after President Barack Obama kicked out dozens of suspected intelligence agents and imposed sanctions in a furious dispute over alleged election interference. The barrage of punishment against Moscow over cyber attacks dragged ties between Russia and the United States – already at their worst since the Cold War – to a fresh low less than a month ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking charge.
With Trump, Russia goes from foe of U.S. to friend
The diatribe against the Obama administration on prime-time television by a Russian Foreign Ministry official was hardly unusual in the long history of rocky relations between the United States and Russia. The Obama administration was “bad for everyone,” Maria Zakharova, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said on the Christmas Day broadcast, barreling on almost uninterrupted by the talk show host.
Down the rabbit hole: Government’s first report on Russian hack is woefully inadequate
Supposed FBI/DHS hack analysis is old, muddled info, plus nine pages of security tips. We need more than this In conjunction with the various sanctions President Obama unveiled Thursday against the Russian government in response to that nation’s alleged hacking of Democratic Party servers, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security released a report that supposedly provides evidence pointing to the Russian Federation as responsible for the cyber-attacks.
Obama Expels Russian For Spying
In a rare, if not unprecedented news conference, Russian Consul General Sergey Petrov addressed the media after President Obama ordered four diplomats at that embassy to leave. One of the employees is a chef.
Russia plans to expel US diplomats
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2016. Reuters file photo Russia today announced plans to expel 35 US diplomats and ban US diplomatic staff from using a dacha and a warehouse in Moscow in retaliation to Washington’s sanctions, Russian news agencies reported.
Russia No Longer Denies Vast Olympic Doping Conspiracy
In December, a report dropped alleging that Russia had engaged in a massive doping conspiracy during the 2014 Sochi Olympics. When it was rolled out, World Anti-Doping Agency investigator said , “For years, international sports competitions have unknowingly been hijacked by Russians.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, arrive for an event to thank service members and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. Ministry of Emergency Situations employees prepare rescue boats at a pier just outside Sochi, Russia, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.
Netanyahu offers condolences to Russia over plane crash
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the COP 21 United Nations conference on climate change at Le Bourget, on the outskirts of Paris, France, on November 30, 2015. The day after upbraiding the Russian ambassador over a UN Security Council vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday sent his sympathies to Moscow for a military plane crash in which 92 people are believed to have perished.
Russian Military Jet With 91 on Board Crashes Over Black Sea
“Russian air traffic controllers have lost contact with a Tu-154 airliner with 91 people on board, which disappeared from radar shortly after take-off in Sochi, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed in a statement. Ninety-one people were on board the aircraft, including 83 passengers and eight crew members, the Russian Defense Ministry said.