During his testimony before the Senate Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions really did not want to talk about his conversations with Donald Trump and the investigations into the campaign’s ties to Russia. Sessions repeatedly refused to answer questions from Democratic senators, while insisting he was not invoking executive privilege, as that is something only the president can […]

When Donald Trump asked Russia to hack our presidential election, Russia was listening. A new and devastating report from Bloomberg reveals that Russia launched vicious cyberattacks on voter databases and voting software in 39 states, far more than had previously been known. In Illinois, Bloomberg reports, “investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter […]

With signs of White House obstruction and Republican sabotage of investigations into connections between the Trump campaign and Russia, the demand for an independent inquiry has broken through on Capitol Hill. The Trump administration announced that it would not cooperate with a congressional request for documentation of foreign payments to former National Security Adviser Michael […]

Kellyanne Conway is tired of being held accountable for her boss and his actions. And her attempts to deflect from that accountability are becoming more vicious. In a recent interview, she tried to discredit serious concerns about Donald Trump’s ties to Russia by complaining that the media should focus on terrorism instead. “Imagine if the mainstream media, every time […]

The role of popular culture in politics has always been complicated, but in addition to acting as a potential bellwether for public sentiment, influential figures can help shape that sentiment. Former Late Show host David Letterman, for example, had a tremendous influence toward the end of the 2008 presidential campaign, and former Daily Show host Jon […]

Three months after launching an investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is refusing to do his job. If you watched the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings in March on Russian interference in the presidential election, you would have seen what appeared to be reassuring […]

Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of an independent commission to investigate how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. A new poll from NBC finds that 73 percent of respondents want an independent probe over the congressional investigations being led by Republicans in the House and Senate. The poll shows a majority of Americans do not […]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi offered a harsh, but completely fair, assessment of James Comey’s Senate testimony, leading her to ask the critical question, “What do the Russians have on Donald Trump?” Comey’s Thursday testimony was absolutely devastating for Donald Trump. Even Fox News host Chris Wallace declared it “very damaging for the president.” One of the most […]

We learned a lot from former FBI Director James Comey about Donald Trump’s attempts to shut down the investigation into Russia and Comey’s subsequent firing when he refused to comply. But Comey’s statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump appeared to show no interest in Russia’s nefarious attempts to hack our democracy is perhaps the […]

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) has made no secret of her opinions on Donald Trump and his administration. She was one of nearly 70 Democratic lawmakers who did not attend Trump’s inauguration, and was a vocal opponent of his Muslim travel ban. One month into his term, she told a town hall audience that Trump was an […]

Former FBI director James Comey’s prepared testimony, released in advance of his appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee, relays multiple instances of Donald Trump pressuring Comey to allow former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to escape scrutiny for his ties to Russia. The Comey testimony, when matched up to contemporaneous events, also shows other events […]

Donald Trump’s Russia problems are not going away, no matter how furiously he tweets about it. A new poll from Quinnipiac University, filled with bad news on top of more bad news for the president, shows just how big his Russia problems are. A huge majority — 68 percent — are either “very” or “somewhat” concerned […]

The evidence that Donald Trump may have inappropriately asked James Comey to pledge his loyalty to the president, in an attempt to derail the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s Russian ties, continues to grow. During Wednesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, a telling exchange between Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe raised even more serious questions. When […]

Unraveling the web of ties between Donald Trump and his closest associates to Russian officials is a complicated task, but the leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee has once again lucidly described the gravity of  the probe, and urged those at the center of it to put their country first. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner’s opening statement at […]

This week, Donald Trump’s attempts to shut down investigations into his team’s possible ties to Russia are coming back to bite him with a vengeance. In addition to failed attempts to solicit loyalty from the FBI director, who refused to give it and was subsequently fired, Trump reportedly also sought help from other intelligence officials to […]

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, recently spoke with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show to explain the stakes involved in investigating Russian interference in not only the 2016 presidential election, but in democracies around the world. While the full six-minute clip is worth watching, below is a […]

You would not think that the spotlight on Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would be a laughing matter in the White House. You would be wrong. During a White House meeting with Trump and several congressional GOP leaders, to discuss the GOP’s attack on health care, the president “joked” about his son-in-law’s newfound fame: TRUMP: I’d like to […]

The shocking British dossier about Donald Trump’s ties with Russia was used by the FBI to obtain a surveillance warrant of the Trump campaign’s foreign policy adviser, Carter Page, according to a new CNN report. The FBI corroborated certain elements of the report prepared by former spy Christopher Steele to obtain the secret warrant, under the Foreign […]

From the coasts to the heartland, Americans demonstrated across the nation under the banner of “March for Truth” to demand answers about Donald Trump’s possible collusion with the Russian government. The objectives of the protests are straightforward and nonpartisan: establish an independent commission to investigate Trump’s ties to Russia; ensure the independent commission operates with transparency; […]

Just as the investigation into Donald Trump’s possible collusion with the Russian government heats up, he is reportedly taking the shockingly brazen step of beginning to dismantle sanctions against Russia. And the sanctions he is targeting for removal first? They are directly related to the very Russian activities involving Trump and the 2016 United States […]

Breaking out of “red” and “blue” boxes, the March for Truth movement continues to grow across the nation. On June 3rd, Americans from more than 40 states will take to the streets to demand answers about the possibility of collusion between Donald Trump and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. Marches are now scheduled in […]

In a troubling admission, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told NBC News that he doesn’t know if Russia bugged the Oval Office when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak met with Donald Trump. Andrea Mitchell asked Tillerson, if he thought “Russians were bugging the Oval Office,” to which he responded, “I […]

On Monday, we learned that Donald Trump had violated the trust of a close ally by releasing classified information shared with the United States to Russian officials. Contradicting denials from his own top aides, Trump confirmed the story in a bizarre and unfinished Twitter rant Tuesday morning. Only a day later, the New York Times has another […]

The Trump White House has decided to completely shut down all lines of questioning on Russia. On Wednesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced, during what was supposed to be an off-camera press gaggle, that the administration would no longer address any such questions. Multiple reporters confirmed the latest creative initiative to avoid addressing one of […]

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster undermined his previously solid reputation Monday when he delivered a misleading semi-denial of the story that Donald Trump revealed classified information to Russia. He suffered another blow when Trump contradicted that denial during an early morning Twitter rant Tuesday. It was against that unfortunate backdrop that McMaster briefed reporters at the White House Tuesday afternoon. The […]

European allies are beginning to distance themselves from America, citing concerns that Donald Trump’s decision to share secret intelligence with Russia undermines their relationship with the United States and makes them less safe. Trump’s behavior is destabilizing the alliances forged in the fires and aftermath of World War II and the Cold War, introducing a […]

As pressure mounts for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) to recuse himself from that committee’s investigation into Donald Trump’s Russia ties and all House intel public hearings have been cancelled, the Senate Intelligence Committee is attempting to fill the void. While an independent investigation and special prosecutor are still sorely needed, Senator Mark Warner […]

Despite Donald Trump’s efforts, Americans are not backing down from demanding answers regarding Trump’s ties to Russia and that country’s meddling in our presidential election. And the shocking revelation that Trump gave classified information to Russia only adds to the urgency and raises even more questions about his relationship with that country. The March for […]

After several members of the Trump administration carefully denied the explosive story that Donald Trump had revealed highly classified information from a close ally to Russia, Donald Trump took to Twitter to tell the real story. And the real story, according to the president, is that he certainly did do the things his defenders said he did […]

One of Donald Trump’s recurrent campaign themes was the string of lies he constantly spouted regarding Hillary Clinton and the investigation into her email practices, an investigation in which she was cleared of any wrongdoing. In one speech, Trump said that mishandling of classified information should be “disqualifying” for a presidential candidate. He falsely accused Clinton […]