Former President Obama’s Homeland Security secretary on Wednesday defended his response to Russian interference in the 2016 election, arguing the last administration’s careful characterization was intended to ensure it was not seen as taking sides in a political fight, reports The Hill. The Hill: Trump Jr. Touts Handel as Georgia’s First GOP Woman Reuters: Kremlin Calls U.S. […]

Federal investigators probing the lobbying work of ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn are examining the role of Bijan Kian, Flynn’s former business partner, according to an FBI interviewee, reports Reuters. Investigators are also looking at whether payments from foreign clients to Flynn and his company, the now-inactive Flynn Intel Group, were lawful, according to two separate sources […]

Russia on Monday said it will treat U.S. or coalition aircraft that fly over any of its operating areas in western Syria as targets, after a U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet downed a Syrian bomber a day earlier, reports The Washington Examiner. “Any aircraft, including planes and drones of the international coalition, detected in the operation areas west of […]

The senior Justice Department official with ultimate authority over the special counsel’s probe of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election has privately acknowledged to colleagues that he may have to recuse himself from the matter, which he took charge of only after Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ own recusal, sources tell ABC News. AP: APNewsBreak: About […]

The Senate intelligence committee won’t probe whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice over the FBI’s investigation into his former associates and their contacts with Russian officials, leaving the criminal inquiry to special counsel Robert Mueller, reports CNN. Daily Caller: HuffPo Pulls Article Calling for ‘Ultimate Punishment’ of Trump The Hill: Republicans’ Satisfaction Plummets: Gallup Poll Daily Caller: NYT […]