CNN’s Bombshell Russian Spy Story Looks More Like a Dud

The New York Times and Washington Post both flatly contradicted CNN's reporting

Alex Griswold
September 10, 2019 1:40 PM

CNN chief national security correspondent and former Obama diplomatic staffer Jim Sciutto had a major scoop Monday, reporting that "in a previously undisclosed secret mission in 2017, the United States successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government."

Mueller Discussion on CNN, MSNBC Plummeted After He Testified in July

Free Beacon analysis: Mueller mentioned more than 161,000 times on left-leaning cable outlets over 27 months

David Rutz
September 9, 2019 5:25 PM

Interest in Robert Mueller and the sprawling Russia investigation he oversaw for two years plummeted on MSNBC and CNN following his testimony last month, a Free Beacon analysis found.

Putin Says Russia Will Make New Missiles, Warns of Arms Race

Reuters
September 5, 2019 9:17 AM

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would produce missiles that were banned under a landmark Cold-War era nuclear pact that ended last month, but that Moscow would not deploy them unless the United States did so first.

Think Tragically to Avoid Tragedy

Americans need to recall what happens when global order collapses

Aaron Kliegman
September 4, 2019 12:30 PM

It is especially important to remember World War II at a time when most Westerners—especially Americans—have forgotten what real tragedy is.

NBC News Can’t Confirm O’Donnell’s Bombshell Trump-Russia Report

'This has not been confirmed by NBC News, I have not seen any documentation... that supports this'

Alex Griswold
August 28, 2019 11:20 AM

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell issued an on-air clarification Tuesday after making shocking claims about President Donald Trump's ties to Russian oligarchs that had not been vetted by NBC News.

U.S. Tests First Ground-Launched Cruise Missile Since INF Withdrawal

Flight test of Tomahawk variant, intermediate-range missile judged a success

Bill Gertz
August 20, 2019 5:00 AM

The U.S. military conducted the first test of a ground-launched cruise missile since the United States withdrew from the landmark 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia this month.

Russian Nuclear Accident Highlights New Cruise Missile

Moscow silent on radiation spike in northern Europe

Bill Gertz
August 14, 2019 5:00 AM

An explosion in northern Russia last week highlights Moscow's continued work on a new strategic cruise missile powered by a nuclear reactor.

Scarborough Attacks Trump for Spreading Epstein Conspiracy, Days After Spreading Epstein Conspiracies

"How predictably... Russian"

Alex Griswold
August 12, 2019 1:50 PM

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough attacked President Donald Trump for spreading conspiracy theories about the suicide of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, despite the fact that Scarborough and his Morning Joe colleagues spread Epstein conspiracy theories only days earlier.

MSNBC Contributor: The Russians Are In Trump’s ‘Ear’

Kumar: The Russians are trying to 'resurrect themselves'

Cameron Cawthorne
August 9, 2019 7:00 PM

MSNBC contributor María Teresa Kumar on Friday claimed the Russians were in President Donald Trump's ear, adding they are trying to "resurrect themselves" in the United States.

Continetti: ‘Nuclear Politics Is Back’

'We kind of thought it went away with the end of the Cold War'

Washington Free Beacon Staff
August 2, 2019 8:50 PM

Washington Free Beacon editor Matthew Continetti said Friday that when it comes to United States foreign policy relations with Russia and China, "Nuclear politics is back."