Section: The Blaze (USA)
Watch: MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell thrown out of Tillerson meeting while asking about Russia
Cameras captured the moment that MSNBC journalist Andrea Mitchell was escorted out of a meeting between U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson and the Foreign Minister for Ukraine. Mitchell was yelling questions about Russia and Vladimir Putin Tuesday when she was hurried out. As the two shook hands and cameras whirred away, Mitchell can be heard in...
Watch: Tucker Carlson has epic showdown with NY Dem who called AG Session a ‘criminal’ & ‘bigot’
Fox News host Tucker Carlson got into a fiery debate with New York Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Friday night over allegations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have perjured himself during his Senate confirmation process over questions about meeting with Russian officials. In a recent statement, Maloney said: Jeff Sessions’...
AG Jeff Sessions recuses himself from all investigations into Trump campaign
In a news conference Thursday afternoon, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised to recuse himself from any and all investigations that might occur into the Donald Trump for President campaign, including any investigations into possible contacts between the Russian government and that campaign. Sessions opened the news conference by strongly...
Mattis warns NATO member nations: Pull your economic weight or US may step back
Secretary of Defense James Mattis reaffirmed U.S. commitment to NATO Wednesday, CNN reported, but warned other member nations they must meet the alliance’s financial requirements or that commitment could be moderated. Mattis met with defense officials from the 27 other NATO member nations in Brussels and made his first address to the...
GOP Senators to Trump: Stay tough on Russia
One day after a bipartisan effort to introduce legislation that would prevent President Donald Trump from unilaterally lifting sanctions on Russia, a group of nine GOP senators wrote a letter urging the president to remain “tough-minded” on Moscow. The letter pushed for condemnation of Russian aggression in Ukraine, and advocated for tough action...
Cory Booker calls Putin cause of global terror, slams Trump for ‘cozying up’ to him
Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) called Putin a cause of global chaos and terror and decried President Trump for “cozying up” to him. He made the contentious comments on CNN Thursday. Booker described the “egregious ways” in which Russia is conducting its foreign policy from Syria to Ukraine, and reported his meeting with Baltic countries feeling...
McCain: It’s ‘incredible’ Trump would equate US with ‘butcher’ Putin
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is standing firm in his opposition to President Donald Trump’s seemingly cozy relationship with the Russian bear. During a brief interview with CNN’s Manu Raju Thursday, McCain, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, went after Trump for his defense over the weekend of Russian President Vladimir...
McConnell, Rubio disagree with Trump’s defense of Putin
Both Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took issue with President Donald Trump’s defense of Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday. Trump, in a widely promoted pre-Super Bowl interview Sunday with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, answered a question about Putin being a killer with an assertion...
Trump says America is not ‘so innocent’ when asked about Putin’s brutality
President Donald Trump told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly that he doesn’t think America is “so innocent” when confronted with the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a killer of those who criticize him. In a preview of the interview, which is slated to air at 4 p.m. Sunday right before the Super Bowl, O’Reilly asks Trump...
Trump and Putin hold phone call amid warnings by GOP not to abandon sanctions
President Donald Trump had a 50 minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday amid reports that Republican leadership had warned him not to go soft on Russian sanctions. According to the British daily newspaper The Telegraph, the call was intended to be “the first test of an embryonic reset of Russo-US relations that has...
