by Jim Heath | Sep 3, 2020 | 2020, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will lead to widespread fraud, again echoing a frequent and unfounded complaint raised by President Trump. Analysts with the Department of...
by Jim Heath | Aug 29, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
The nation’s top intelligence officials moved to tighten control over the flow of sensitive intelligence about foreign threats to November’s election, telling Congress that they would no longer provide in-person briefings about election security. Representatives from...
by Jim Heath | Aug 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
Four U.S. troops were injured after a Russian military vehicle deliberately rammed the vehicle they were driving following a tense high-speed confrontation in the east of Syria. The U.S. service members have been diagnosed with mild concussion-like symptoms, Politico...
by Jim Heath | Aug 16, 2020 | 2020, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
President Trump has told aides he’d like to hold an in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the November election. Administration officials have explored various times and locations for another Trump-Putin summit, including potentially...
by Jim Heath | Aug 11, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Putin
For some of President Trump’s loudest cheerleaders, it was a story too good to check out: Black Lives Matters protesters in Portland, Ore., had burned a stack of Bibles, and then topped off the fire with American flags. There was even a video to prove it. The story...
by Jim Heath | Jul 29, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
In a new interview, President Trump said he did not raise the issue of Russia paying bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week because the intelligence behind the claim is suspect and he doesn’t believe...
