White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah called the nerve agent attack on UK soil a “brazen and reckless” attack perpetrated by the Russians that prompted expulsion of 60 diplomats from the U.S.
White House officials leaked details of President Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, revealing that he ignored advice from his national security advisors not to congratulate the Russian president for winning his election.
President Donald Trump urged Americans to move beyond the partisan attacks based on Russian attempts to meddle in the election.
WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia are nearing an a agreement on Syria for how they hope to resolve the Arab country’s civil war once the Islamic State group is defeated, officials said.
California Governor Jerry Brown delivered a speech at a global economic summit in Russia Wednesday, challenging both Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to overcome the poor state of US-Russian relations.
President Donald Trump continued to cast doubt on the investigation into whether he or his campaign colluded with the Russians to interfere with the election, focusing on the Democratic National Committee’s refusal to provide their computer servers to law enforcement.
Former CIA officer Scott Uehlinger, host of “The Station Chief” podcast, discussed Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the dangers of politically motivated intelligence leaks, on Wednesday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily.
Former CIA Director John Brennan testified on Tuesday that after viewing all of the evidence that was available to him on the Russia probe he is not aware of any collusion between Russia and members of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
President Trump said many times on the campaign trail that he hoped to get along with Russia to deal with challenges such as Islamic terrorism and the conflict in Syria.
Already testy, relations between the United States and Russia plummeted Monday as Washington suspended diplomatic contacts with Moscow over failed efforts to end the war in Syria and President Vladimir Putin put on hold a deal with the US on disposing weapons-grade plutonium.
Any military or intelligence cooperation between the United States and Russia to strike targets in Syria would include measures to ensure U.S. operational security and would not be based on trust, a top U.S. military official said on Monday.
Secretary of State John Kerry has said the United States and Russia have agreed to “concrete steps” for trying to revive a crumbling ceasefire in Syria, following a day of marathon talks in Moscow.
