by Jim Heath | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Excerpts, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, intelligence
Former director of national intelligence Dan Coats could not shake his “deep suspicions” that Russian President Vladimir Putin “had something” on President Trump, seeing “no other explanation” for the president’s behavior,...
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 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
A sprawling report released today by a Republican-controlled Senate panel that spent three years investigating Russia’s 2016 election interference laid out an extensive web of contacts between Trump campaign advisers and Russian government officials and other...
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 3, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Donald Trump loves to talk up his relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin, but it thus far hasn’t meant much for the American people. Now, family members in North Texas say a nine-year prison sentence for a U.S. Marine Corp veteran handed down by a...
