Section: US & Canada
Russia denies intelligence contacts with Trump campaign team
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin spokesman on Wednesday denied reports of intercepted phone calls between Russian intelligence officials and members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The New York Times said that the Russians made contact with Paul Manafort, who briefly served as Trump’s campaign chairman. Current and former U.S....
The Canadians leave town, just before a tornado of turmoil hits Washington
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assured his U.S. counterpart over the phone that there might be 10,000 problems that land on his White House desk — and Canada won’t be among them. How true that promise rang Tuesday. Trudeau had barely left Washington and the cheer of a drama-free day was swiftly overshadowed by an incoming...
A Former Putin Backer Steps Through the Looking Glass
The man behind Russia’s foreign media ownership ban has been welcomed with open arms in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Michael Flynn is gone. President Trump’s strangely warm feelings about Russia remain.
There are a lot of questions swirling around the scandal that brought down National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, but the biggest and most important goes way beyond him: What’s up with President Donald Trump and Russia? Flynn was forced out of his job Monday night amid growing evidence that he’d misled Vice President Mike Pence, and...
Trump: Was Obama too soft on Russia when it took Crimea?
President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning questioned whether former president Obama was too soft on Russia when it annexed Crimea in 2014. Trump’s tweet follows comments from White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who said on Tuesday that the president will take a harder line against Russia and expects the country to withdraw from...
Trump Blasts Media Over ‘Russian Connection,’ Suggests Obama Was Soft On Moscow
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on February 15 that “Crimea was taken by Russia” during the administration of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and added: “Was Obama too soft on Russia?” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Party line: Rand Paul doesn’t want to investigate Trump’s Russian ties because they’re both Republicans
(Credit: AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File) Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, doesn’t want to investigate former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s ties to Russia because that could make Republicans like President Donald Trump look bad. “I think that might be excessive. It looks like the President has handled the situation, and unless...
Latvia’s “non-citizen” policy leaves thousands feeling stateless
A decision taken over 25 years ago has left many in Latvia feeling rootless. When the country regained independence in 1991, the Russians who had arrived when it was still under Soviet rule were denied citizenship. This decision left 700,000 former citizens of the Soviet Union alienated by the country taking shape around them. That number is now...
Russia tells White House it will not return Crimea to Ukraine
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Tuesday that Trump was expecting Moscow to hand Crimea back …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russia questions mount for Trump White House reeling from Flynn
By Laura Litvan,Margaret Talev and Steven Dennis, (c) 2017, Bloomberg Questions about ties between President Donald Trump’s team and Russian intelligence agents deepened Wednesday after new reports of extensive contacts between the two, which are sure to fuel Republican calls for a deeper look at Trump’s links to the country. The New...
