by Jim Heath | Jun 27, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Military, Trump
In another brazen attack on the U.S., a Russian military intelligence unit has secretly paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a bombshell New York Times report. The report represents a deadly escalation...
by Jim Heath | Jun 1, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Donald Trump has offered to invite Vladimir Putin to an expanded G7 meeting in September, but the invitation has already been adamantly opposed by the UK and Canada. According to a Kremlin account today, Trump initiated the call, in which the two leaders talked about...
by Jim Heath | May 27, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are pushing aggressive new investigations targeting the Biden’s. Marco Rubio isn’t joining the fray. As Rubio assumes the acting chairmanship of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Florida Republican is distancing himself...
by Jim Heath | May 7, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Mueller Investigation
President Trump said he discussed the U.S. investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, calling the probe a “hoax.” Trump told reporters that he remarked to Putin that “the Russia hoax” had made it difficult...
by Jim Heath | May 1, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Health
Vladimir Putin billed Donald Trump nearly $660,000 after sending 60 tons of medical equipment to the U.S. in the midst of the coronavirus crisis – including thousands of pieces hospitals don’t usually use. ‘The State Department received a final invoice...