The investigation into Russia’s interference in last year’s election is causing a slow-motion meltdown in President Donald Trump’s White House and making life increasingly uncomfortable for elected Republicans. But the issue is also causing problems, albeit less existential ones, on the political left.As Peter Beinart notes in...

Jul25

Leading Republican Says Russia Sanctions Bill Not Finalized

Tuesday, July 25 , 2017 - 8:40 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

A leading Republican senator says a bill toughening sanctions on Russia has not been finalized, despite earlier announcements of a bipartisan agreement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Jul24

What Jared Kushner’s Statement Reveals About Russian Methods

Monday, July 24 , 2017 - 22:10 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

In trying to fend off suspicion of collusion with the Kremlin, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner have recently provided the public with two very interesting documents. Shoving responsibility for any outreach onto the Russian side, the two men have given us with a partial account of Russian methods in approaching the Trump camp in 2016. If the...

Jul24

Ukrainian, Russian President Hold Telephone Talks, Along with French, German Leaders

Monday, July 24 , 2017 - 22:10 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko demanded that Russia stop sending weapons to rebels as Poroshenko and the leaders of France, Germany, and Russia discussed a fraying plan to end the 3-year conflict. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Jul24

NATO Shows Ukraine Support at Sea but War in East Turns Bloody

Monday, July 24 , 2017 - 21:25 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

The British and Turkish ships dock in Odessa as Kiev warns about a regression into deadly combat. …read more Source:...

Jul24

But What About Hillary Clinton?

Monday, July 24 , 2017 - 20:55 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

Donald Trump’s brand-new communications director got a glimpse of the challenge he faces this weekend. As Anthony Scaramucci toured the Sunday shows, promising a new era of better relations and positive vibes, his boss was firing off his most active string of Twitter complaints in some time, taking shots at Democrats, Republicans, the...

Jul24

There’s A Lot We Still Don’t Know About Kushner’s Russian Contacts

Monday, July 24 , 2017 - 20:10 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, on Monday detailed what he said were his only contacts with Russian operatives during the 2016 campaign in the hope of putting “these matters to rest.” Kushner released an 11-page statement ahead of his interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee that raises...

Jul24

Euromacht: Brussels über Alles?

Monday, July 24 , 2017 - 20:10 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

While the elites of the Western world are still publicly reeling from Brexit and Trumpet (the trauma that followed the 2016 U.S. presidential election deserves its own somewhat silly appellation), some have already seized the opportunities offered by those shifts in the international order. This is particularly true for European...

Jul24

Jared Kushner’s Russia defense raises more questions than it answers

Monday, July 24 , 2017 - 19:55 (EEST) Section: Vox (USA)

Maybe the Russians shouldn’t have gone to Jared. Jared Kushner really wants everyone to believe that he did nothing wrong. Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top aide released a public statement about the Russia scandal on Monday morning, a preview of what he’s going to say in closed-door congressional testimony this week. “I did not...

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Leading Republican Says Russia Sanctions Bill Not Finalized

What Jared Kushner’s Statement Reveals About Russian Methods

Ukrainian, Russian President Hold Telephone Talks, Along with French, German Leaders

NATO Shows Ukraine Support at Sea but War in East Turns Bloody

But What About Hillary Clinton?

There’s A Lot We Still Don’t Know About Kushner’s Russian Contacts

Euromacht: Brussels über Alles?

Jared Kushner’s Russia defense raises more questions than it answers

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