PALM BEACH, Fla. — The United States is looking into whether Russia participated in the Syrian chemical weapons attack that provoked President Donald Trump’s airstrikes against the Assad government, a revelation that could have dramatic implications for relations between Washington and Moscow. On Friday, senior U.S. military officials said a drone belonging to either Russia […]
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House intelligence committee chair Devin Nunes steps aside
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House intelligence committee announced Thursday he is temporarily stepping aside from the panel’s probe into Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election. The decision by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., comes amid partisan turmoil on the committee. Democrats have alleged that Nunes, who was on President Donald Trump’s transition […]
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Obama aide Susan Rice denies using intel to spy on Trump advisers
In this July 7, 2016 file photo, then-National Security Adviser Susan Rice is seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Rice says it’s “absolutely false” that the previous administration used intelligence about President Donald Trump’s associates for political purposes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s national […]
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St. Petersburg subway blast was suicide attack
Blast victims lie near a subway train hit by a explosion at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train.A man lays flowers at a symbolic memorial […]
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Russians say another bomb found, deactivated
A subway train hit by a explosion stays at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Coverage of the explosion on […]
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Susan Collins: House Russia probe is akin to mystery novel
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, finishes a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Trying to follow the House Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russian meddling in the presidential election “is like following a mystery novel. You never know […]
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White House says it didn't stop Sally Yates' from testifying on Russia
White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up a document concerning a Washington Post story on Sally Yates as he talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Spicer discussed the Supreme Court nominee Justice Neil Gorsuch, jobs, healthcare, and other topics. WASHINGTON — […]
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Jared Kushner agrees to speak to Senate panel about Russia
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner arrives Jan. 24, 2017, for a meeting between President Donald Trump and automobile leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law has volunteered to answer questions before the Senate Intelligence Committee about arranging meetings with the Russian ambassador and other […]
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U.S. investigates Paul Manafort's offshore financial transactions
WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Department agents have recently obtained information about offshore financial transactions involving President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, as part of a federal anti-corruption probe into his work in Eastern Europe, The Associated Press has learned. Information about Manafort’s transactions was turned over earlier this year to U.S. agents working […]
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Donald Trump says Dems 'made up' allegations of Russia interference
President Donald Trump walks to the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of making up allegations that Russia interfered in last […]