by Jim Heath | Apr 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Trump
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a symbolic joint statement yesterday calling for renewed cooperation, and raised fresh concerns about their relationship. The declaration was aimed to highlight cooperation between America and Russia...
by Jim Heath | Feb 24, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Russia wants to watch Americans “tear ourselves apart” as the United States heads toward elections, an FBI official warned today. David Porter, an assistant section chief with the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, accused Russia of conducting brazen operations aimed...
by Jim Heath | Feb 21, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Headlines
U.S. officials have told Sen. Bernie Sanders that Russia is attempting to help his presidential campaign as part of an effort to interfere with the Democratic contest. President Trump and lawmakers on Capitol Hill have also been informed about the Russian assistance...
by Jim Heath | Feb 20, 2020 | Headlines
Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, a disclosure to Congress that angered Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him. The day after the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 13, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment
With President Trump facing an impeachment trial over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden Jr. and his son Hunter Biden, Russian military hackers have been boring into the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the affair. The...