Section: POLITICO – U.S. Edition (USA)
In Trump, Cardin Sees Danger Everywhere He Looks
Ben Cardin thinks America is “absolutely” in danger of stumbling into war. Or wars.Syria, North Korea, the South China Sea, Ukraine—Cardin, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sees problems that could get out of hand all over the planet. And he hasn’t seen any kind of a plan or hint of a plan for any of them from...
Trump’s silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon
Democrats are uniting behind a simple message about Russian hacking during the 2016 election: Donald Trump doesn’t care.Even as the president lashes out at the series of Russia-related probes besieging his administration, Democrats say Trump has yet to express public concern about the underlying issue with striking implications for...
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
Aides and volunteers on Donald Trump’s presidential transition were instructed Thursday to save any records related to “several pending investigations into potential attempts by Russia interests to influence the 2016 election,” according to a memo provided to POLITICO.In the memo from a transition lawyer, campaign officials were told to...
Manafort still doing international work
Paul Manafort is at the center of an FBI investigation into ties between President Donald Trump’s team and the Russians, but that hasn’t stopped him from doing business with international figures and companies, partly by claiming continued access to Trump, according to people familiar with his dealings.Manafort in recent weeks has...
Running transcript: Jeff Sessions’ testimony on Trump and Russia
A transcript of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 13. This transcript will be updated. CHAIRMAN RICHARD BURR: Attorney General Sessions, appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. I thank you for your years of dedicated service as a member of this body, and your...
Trump hearings hatch Democratic stars
Washington loves a blockbuster hearing, and the Democratic Party loves a breakout star. Thanks to the Trump White House, there’s been plenty of each. As a result of the high-profile nomination hearings and the nationally televised Trump-Russia inquisitions last week, the early months of the Trump administration are reshaping the Democratic...
Damon Wilson and Prime Minister Dusko Markovic: The Full Transcript
Subscribe to The Global POLITICO on iTunes here. | Subscribe via Stitcher.Glasser: Hi, I’m Susan Glasser, and this is The Global POLITICO. We’re calling this week’s episode “The Shove Heard Round the World.” And yes, we’re talking to the prime minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic, that surprised leader...
The Shove Heard Round the World
Subscribe to The Global POLITICO on iTunes here. | Subscribe via Stitcher.To hear Prime Minister Dusko Markovic tell it, it was “only a harmless incident,” had nothing to do with him personally and did not even merit an apology. Oh, and did he mention it was “completely harmless”?Still, the leader of Montenegro acknowledges in an exclusive new...
How Russia Targets the U.S. Military
In the fall of 2013, Veterans Today, a fringe American news site that also offers former service members help finding jobs and paying medical bills, struck up a new partnership. It began posting content from New Eastern Outlook, a geopolitical journal published by the government-chartered Russian Academy of Sciences, and running headlines like...
Forget Comey. The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America
It was a breezy, surprisingly pleasant summer week in Washington as the frenzy around potential Trump-Russia revelations reached near-carnival levels. On Thursday, brightly clad groups scattered across the lawns of Capitol Hill could almost have been picnickers — if not for the mounds of cable leashing them to nearby satellite trucks. Every news...
