Russia

Rep. Adam Kinzinger brings a bazooka to Josh Hawley's knife fight

After being one of only 10 House Republicans to vote for Donald Trump’s impeachment, Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois announced that he would be retiring from the House in 2022. After …

Wed Feb 2, 2022

Some Republicans say Tucker Carlson isn't the boss of them ... for now, at least

How long is this going to last? Republican senators are not immediately buckling to Tucker Carlson’s shilling for Vladimir Putin. The Fox News personality is very much on board with the Russian …

Wed Feb 2, 2022

Republicans’ plot to make Biden’s second year hell starts now, Manchin and Sinema help them

The House and Senate have returned from a week-long Martin Luther King Jr. Day recess, with the House scheduled to be in for the next two weeks and the Senate for three. On the to-do list for this …

Mon Jan 31, 2022

Biden engaged in massive diplomatic effort to bring allies together, face Putin with a single voice

On Thursday, President Joe Biden held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. That phone call wasn’t “perfect”—both in the sense that not everything went smoothly, and in the sense …

Fri Jan 28, 2022

Republicans are more terrified of their Russia-loving base than they are of actual Russia

On Monday, Rep. Tom Malinowski warned that his office was getting calls from Fox News watchers whose reliance on Tucker Carlson had led them to argue that the United States should be supporting …

Thu Jan 27, 2022

Tucker Carlson is a Nazi. There is no other word that fits

Americans should take some comfort in knowing that the Kremlin—despite repeatedly intervening in U.S. elections, despite almost a decade of occupying a large chunk of Ukraine, despite having shored up …

Wed Jan 26, 2022

Ukraine would not be on the brink of invasion were it not for Paul Manafort and Donald Trump

In 1995, a collapse of Soviet-era infrastructure created a massive public health disaster in Ukraine’s second-largest city. Over 1.6 million people were left without drinking water, and sewage was …

Tue Jan 25, 2022

Biden reportedly considering new troop deployments as Russia continues to threaten Ukraine

As Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to saber-rattle on the Ukrainian border, The New York Times reports that President Joe Biden is contemplating “deploying several thousand U.S. …

Mon Jan 24, 2022

U.S. nabs highest-ranking Kremlin insider 'in recent memory'

U.S. authorities now have in custody the highest-ranking Kremlin insider “in recent memory,” according to Bloomberg News. Vladislav Klyushin, 41, a Russian tech mogul with close ties to …

Mon Jan 3, 2022

Trump tore up nuclear deal, and now Iran's closer than ever to getting nukes. Can Biden fix this?

“This is a good day,” President Barack Obama began his remarks on Jan. 17, 2016, “because once again we are seeing what’s possible with strong American diplomacy.” On that day he celebrated the …

Sun Dec 12, 2021

Russian forces are massed on the border of Ukraine, and what Putin wants may be a price too high

To say that Russia is threatening to invade Ukraine is avoiding the obvious: That already happened. But on Tuesday, President Joe Biden will hold a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in …

Tue Dec 7, 2021

Memo could provide blockbuster proof of how Russia used Trump to damage America ... if it's real

There’s an admonition given to researchers in many fields: Beware of finding answers that are too close to your own assumptions. It doesn’t matter if your subject matter is science, history, or …

Fri Jul 16, 2021

While Biden works to strengthen democracy at home and abroad, Trump is still ‘doing Putin's work’

There’s no question that Hillary Clinton is a smart woman. When it comes to geo-politics in particular, few can match her combination of knowledge, direct experience, and just plain savvy. In June, on …

Sun Jul 11, 2021

The new space race: China has its own space station, plans for Mars, and a new deal with Russia

Just over a month ago, the world was looking upward to see where a large booster—the first stage of a Chinese Long March 5B—was going to fall to Earth. Despite a lot of publicity, and a good deal of …

Sun Jun 27, 2021

Biden-Putin meeting was 'constructive,' but no diplomatic breakthroughs

President Joe Biden met as scheduled today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and there wasn’t much in the way of fireworks. Putin’s tone in his post-meeting press conference had …

Wed Jun 16, 2021

Ted Cruz promotes Russian army recruitment video in order to disrespect the U.S. military

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas mostly spends his days saying foolish and easily debunked things out loud and then tweeting out similar witless things. It’s not a unique stance for a Republican to take these …

Thu May 20, 2021