Betting the House on Red: Odds Favor Sanders in Nevada Amid Claims of Russian Backing

Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren fight to stay alive

Andrew Stiles
February 22, 2020 8:40 AM

LAS VEGAS — Sin City is a most poetic setting to observe the Democratic Party's ongoing struggle to nominate a challenger for President Donald J. Trump, the Las Vegas of human beings, whose name looms over the lustrous strip like the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.

Sanders Takes Aim at Washington Post for Timing of Russia Story

Elizabeth Matamoros
February 21, 2020 7:03 PM

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) on Friday said the Washington Post report about Russian interference in his 2020 presidential campaign was released to harm his campaign ahead of the Nevada caucuses.

Georgia, Backed by U.S. and Britain, Blames Russia for ‘Paralyzing’ Cyberattack

Reuters
February 20, 2020 9:56 AM

TBILISI (Reuters) - Britain and the United States joined Georgia on Thursday in blaming Russia for a large-scale cyber attack last year that knocked thousands of Georgian websites offline and disrupted national television broadcasts.

Founder of Putin-Tied Russian Tech Firm Hosts Fundraiser for Maine Democrat

Joe Schoffstall
February 18, 2020 3:45 PM

A recent fundraiser for Maine Democrat Sara Gideon was co-hosted by the founder and board of directors chairman of Russian tech giant Yandex, a search engine closely tied to associates of Vladimir Putin and allows itself to be controlled by the Kremlin.

U.S. Steps Up Warnings on Russia Over Syria’s Idlib, Military De-Confliction

James Jeffrey, U.S. special representative for Syria

Reuters
February 6, 2020 10:52 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy, saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of a de-confliction agreement and was also helping escalate the fighting in the northwestern province of Idlib.

U.S. Military Members, Families Hit With Hacks From Russia, Terror Orgs

Military families petition Congress to help them fend off threats, hacks from cyber terrorists

Adam Kredo
February 6, 2020 5:00 AM

Russian and other state-backed hackers continue to target U.S. military members and their families, holding their personal information hostage and threatening, among other things, to attack service members and their families in their homes.

Gabbard Sues Clinton for Calling Her a ‘Russian Asset’

Cameron Cawthorne
January 22, 2020 10:55 AM

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) on Wednesday filed a defamation lawsuit against twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for "carelessly and recklessly" accusing her of being a Russian asset.

Russia Gets New Government in What Putin Calls ‘Major Renewal’

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin hold a meeting with members of the new government in Moscow

Reuters
January 21, 2020 2:48 PM

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new government on Tuesday which he described as a break with the past, bringing in some fresh faces but retaining many senior ministers.

U.S. Urges China to Join Nuclear Arms Talks With Russia

FILE PHOTO: Trump meets Xi at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan

Reuters
January 21, 2020 12:20 PM

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States urged China on Tuesday to join trilateral nuclear arms talks with Moscow, calling Beijing's secrecy around growing stockpiles a "serious threat to strategic stability".

Pelosi Claims, Without Evidence, McConnell May Have ‘Russian Connections’

Graham Piro
January 14, 2020 4:50 PM

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Tuesday floated a conspiracy theory that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) may have Russian connections.