WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, ending immediate hopes of a reset of U.S. relations with the Kremlin and marking a defeat for his administration, which had expressed concerns that the legislation infringed upon executive power. In a statement outlining his concerns, Trump called the bill “seriously […]
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Vladmir Putin wants U.S. to cut 755 diplomats in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that the U.S. diplomatic missions in Moscow and elsewhere in the country will have to reduce their staffs by 755 people, signaling a significant escalation in the Russian response to American sanctions over the Kremlin’s intervention in the 2016 presidential election. The United States and Russia have […]
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Susan Collins: Trump should stop talking about Mueller probe
PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins says President Donald Trump needs to stop publicly commenting on the investigation into coordination between the Russian government and his campaign. Collins’ comments concerned Robert Mueller, who has been appointed as special counsel to investigate Russian election interference. Trump recently told the New York Times it would be […]
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Donald Trump chides Russia, but doesn't condemn election meddling
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to confront “new forms of aggression” targeting the West and called for Moscow to stop fomenting unrest around the world. Yet he pointedly stopped short of condemning Russia for meddling in the U.S. election. […]
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Angus King fumes at intelligence officials who refuse to answer his questions
Senate Intelligence Committee members, from left, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Angus King, D-Maine, listen to testimony from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and other security chiefs about gathering intelligence on foreign agents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) At a […]
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White House: Trump will not try to stop Comey testimony by asserting executive privilege
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will not attempt to stop former FBI Director James Comey from testifying in a public hearing Thursday by asserting executive privilege, the White House said Monday. “The president’s power to assert executive privilege is well established,” principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters during the daily press briefing. […]
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Jared Kushner cooperating with Senate Intelligence Committee, may testify
Presidential advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner may wind up testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee about his connection to Russian officials. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who serves on the panel, said Monday that Kushner’s attorney is cooperating with the committee. “We’re at the early stages of the discussion,” Collins said. […]
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Donald Trump vows to do whatever is necessary to protect U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will do whatever is necessary to protect the United States from a “vile enemy” that he says has waged war on innocents for too long, vowing: “This bloodshed must end, this bloodshed will end.” Trump commented on the vehicle and knife attack that killed at least […]
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Paris climate accord: Donald Trump ‘stayed where he’s always been’
President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord, Thursday, June 1, 2017, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WASHINGTON — The pressure on President Donald Trump to remain in the Paris climate accord came from all sides. Silicon Valley titans, like Apple […]
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Vladmir Putin denies involvement in election hacking, hails Donald Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with heads of international news agencies at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking and said Moscow will wait […]