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January 17, 2019

Law firm tied to Manafort's Ukraine work reaches settlement with Justice Department

A prominent law firm with ties to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's work for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine has agreed to pay $4.6 million and retroactively register as a foreign agent, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

January 17, 2019

House votes to maintain Russian sanctions

The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to maintain sanctions on three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, protesting the Treasury Department's decision to lift the financial penalties.

January 17, 2019

Michael Cohen levels new allegation, claims he worked to rig online polls at Trump’s direction

Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer who was recently sentenced to three years in prison, leveled a new allegation Thursday at President Trump by claiming his former boss directed him to rig online polls ahead of the 2016 presidential race.

January 17, 2019

Freshman GOP Sen. Hawley demands answers from FBI after bombshell Russia probe report

Freshman Republican Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday demanded answers from the FBI over a new report that the bureau opened a counterintelligence investigation into President Trump to probe whether he was threat to national security after the ouster of former FBI Director James Comey.

January 17, 2019

Thailand deports Belarusian who offered dirt on alleged Trump-Russia ties

A Belarusian model who last year claimed to have information on alleged Russian ties to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign after she was arrested in Thailand, was deported from the southeast nation on Thursday, police said.

January 16, 2019

Giuliani claims 'I never said there was no collusion' in Trump campaign

President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, claimed Wednesday night that he "never said there was no collusion" between members of President Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russian officials but only said that Trump himself never colluded with Russian officials.

January 16, 2019

DOJ official Bruce Ohr shared intel from dossier author in 2016 with prosecutors now on Mueller team

Details about Justice Department official Bruce Ohr's meetings with the author of the salacious anti-Trump dossier were shared by Ohr with his expansive circle of contacts inside the department -- including senior FBI leadership and officials now assigned to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ has learned.

January 16, 2019

Legislation to preserve Russia sanctions stalls, despite bipartisan push

A resolution to oppose the Trump administration’s decision to reduce sanctions against Russia stalled in the Senate Wednesday, even as several Republican broke with the party’s leadership to back the legislation.

January 16, 2019

Marc Thiessen: Yes, Trump wants restrictions on his Putin notes. No, that's not proof he's a Russian spy

The Post's report that President Trump "has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin" -- including taking away an interpreter's notes and instructing the person not to discuss what was said even with senior officials of his own administration -- has raised hackles in Washington. Some have gone so far as to suggest this is evidence that the president is a secret Russian asset.

January 15, 2019

AG nominee Barr backs Trump on border wall, but parts with president on Russia probe questions

President Trump’s nominee for attorney general William Barr told senators during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday that he supports the president’s call for new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, while departing from the president’s public stances on the Russia probe.