Spying

Workers prepare election day kits in Texas.

National Security

Texas sees first known attempt of Russian meddling in 2018 US elections: Report

Anna Giaritelli · March 15, 2018 2:37 pm

Soldiers wearing protective clothing lift a tow truck in Dorset, England, as the investigation into the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal continues.

National Security

US, UK, French, German leaders issue statement agreeing Russia behind nerve agent attack, condemning Kremlin

Melissa Quinn · March 15, 2018 1:58 pm

Britain announced Wednesday it will expel 23 Russian diplomats, the biggest such expulsion since the Cold War, and break off high-level contacts with the Kremlin over the nerve-agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in an English town.

Beltway Confidential

How Russia spies in the UK

Tom Rogan · March 15, 2018 10:00 am

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia at United Nations headquarters. Britain said Wednesday it would expel 23 Russian diplomats and sever high-level bilateral contacts after Russia ignored a deadline to explain how a Soviet-developed nerve agent was used against ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

National Security

Nikki Haley warns: Russia could use chemical weapons in New York

Joel Gehrke · March 14, 2018 8:03 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, speaks.

National Security

Ben Sasse: NATO should punish Russia after Britain expels diplomats

Katelyn Caralle · March 14, 2018 6:14 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Moscow has been sending mixed signals about Ukraine but pledged to respect its territorial integrity. Russian President Vladimir Putin has long dreamed of pulling Ukraine, a country of 46 million people considered the cradle of Russian civilization, closer into Moscow's orbit. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky)

Russia vows retaliation over British diplomatic expulsions

Joel Gehrke · March 14, 2018 5:56 pm

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.

Russia warns: UK’s diplomatic expulsion is a ‘provocation’

Joel Gehrke · March 14, 2018 2:47 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during the scheduled Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. May is widely expected to announce a range of economic and diplomatic measures against Russia, in response to the nerve-agent on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. (PA via AP)

National Security

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats after nerve agent attack

Melissa Quinn · March 14, 2018 1:51 pm

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.

National Security

Russia rejects UK’s call for an explanation after spy poisoned

Joel Gehrke · March 13, 2018 8:15 pm

The Trump administration revealed Wednesday that the president is requesting $59.9 billion for non-military intelligence agencies and $21.2 billion for military intelligence in fiscal 2019. The non-military request covers the 16 members of the U.S. intelligence community, including the CIA and the National Security Agency, and is collectively known as the National Intelligence Program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump sends Congress record high ‘black budget’ spy funding request

Steven Nelson · February 27, 2018 6:57 pm

Carter Page denied reports that at various points in his life he worked with the Russian government and said many of these allegations were misrepresented by the media. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Carter Page says he’s never spoken with Trump in his life

Anna Giaritelli · February 6, 2018 12:49 pm

"I just read the memo written by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, and I hope that this minority report will be made public this week." Rep. Jim Banks tweeted. (@RepJimBanks/Twitter)

GOP Rep. Jim Banks calls for release of Democratic memo on FISA

Anna Giaritelli · February 5, 2018 7:20 pm