Section: Salon (USA)
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...
Trump advisers maintained regular contact with Russia during campaign: report
(Credit: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file) It appears that President Donald Trump’s advisers have been in contact with Russian officials since his presidential campaign. Multiple sources connected to the intelligence and law enforcement communities are reporting that Trump’s top advisers maintained constant contact with Russian...
Russia has deployed missile in violation of treaty
FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 file photo, a Russian air defense missile system SA-11 launcher is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow. If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to...
President Trump pushed Japan for closer ties to Russia during their summit
(Credit: AP Photo/Susan Walsh) During President Donald Trump’s weekend with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the president pushed for closer relations between the U.S. and Japan. But we’re now learning that Trump also pushed for closer relations between Japan and Russia. Trump wanted Japan to work with Russia to resolve a...
Forget “bad hombres,” President Trump is headed for a war with China
A Chinese man holds up a Chinese newspaper with the front page photo of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the headline “Outsider counter attack” at a newsstand in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Trump is a mixed blessing for Chinese leaders. His threats to tear up trade deals and hike tariffs on Chinese goods could chill...
Romania rising: Populism by different means and without ugliness
People shout slogans during a protest in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The leader of Romania’s ruling center-left coalition said Monday the government won’t resign following the biggest demonstrations since the end of communism against a measure that would ease up on corruption. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) (Credit: AP) The...
An end to bromance: Russia’s in love with Trump, right? Not as much as you think
(Credit: Getty/Drew Angerer) Donald Trump loves Russia and Russia loves Donald Trump. Right? Not so fast. The reporting on Russia’s reaction to (and alleged role in) Trump’s victory has been simplified and one-dimensional. It has sent otherwise intelligent people into a tailspin of conspiracy theories and, worse, a kind of new...
Nancy Pelosi cools Trump impeachment fever: “When and if he breaks the law, that is when something like that will come up”
(Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Democrats in Congress are under immense pressure to resist President Donald Trump at every turn, with a historic 40 percent of Americans already clamoring for the new president to be impeached. But the top Democrat in the House, Nancy Pelosi, is ruling out the extreme measure for now. At a news conference at...
Worst fighting in east Ukraine since 2015; 33 dead this week
A Ukrainian soldier shows pieces of shrapnel in a crater left by an explosion in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine escalated on Tuesday, killing at least eight people late Monday and early Tuesday, injuring dozens and briefly trapping more than 200...
Pushing back: McCain emerges as Trump’s top Republican nemesis in Congress
In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, read the Wall Street Journal newspaper as they wait for President Donald Trump to speak at the House and Senate GOP lawmakers at the annual policy retreat in Philadelphia. McCain has emerged as Trump’s top Republican nemesis on Capitol...
