NRA Ties to Russian Operatives Draw Growing Scrutiny From Congress
Alexander Torshin in Houston in May 2013Unknown Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As questions mounted last spring about two Russian operatives with ties to the National Rifle Association who tried to cultivate the Trump presidential campaign, the NRA made a rare public disclosure: The gun group said it had received about $2,500…
After Russia Attacked Ukrainian Ships, These Twitter Accounts Joined the Battle
A patrol boat on duty in the Kerch Strait Sergei Malgavko/TASS/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In late November, after Russian vessels opened fire and seized three Ukranian ships near the Crimean peninsula, researchers said internet trolls with a history of sharing Russian propaganda targeted at Western audiences shifted their focus…
Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina May Be Ready to Cooperate
AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Accused Russian spy and gun rights activist Maria Butina wants to plead guilty in the case against her involving a Kremlin influence effort aimed at the 2016 election, according to a Monday morning court filing from her lawyers and the US government. The…
Trump’s Latest Meltdown Shows Even He Knows This Could Be the Beginning of the End
Olivier Douliery/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump lashed out at the renewed focus that he may have committed campaign finance violations by personally directing hush-money payments prosecutors have identified as criminal to influence the 2016 election, claiming in a pair of typo-ridden tweets Monday morning that the money was…
President Trump Goes On Twitter Rampage Against James Comey: “All Lies!”
Olivier Douliery/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a short Twitter tantrum on Sunday morning, President Donald Trump accused former FBI director James Comey of lying to House Judiciary and Oversight committees during a hearing on Friday. Comey’s closed-door testimony—a transcript of which was released Saturday night—revealed that the FBI had…
Future Judiciary Committee Chair Just Said Prosecutors Outlined “Impeachable Offenses” Against Trump
Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The incoming Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee made his point loud and clear on Sunday: If the allegations that President Donald Trump directed illegal hush-money payments to women during his campaign are true, it would be an “impeachable offense.” “Certainly they’d be impeachable offenses,”…