Dec 26 Watch 7:13 Russia's interference operations aren't over. What's at risk for U.S. democracy? By PBS News Hour As foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election continues to be scrutinized by several federal investigations, some say that Russia is still mounting intelligence operations in the U.S. Hari Sreenivasan gets two perspectives from Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 6:56 American journalist Marvin Kalb writes memoir of a year that changed Russia By PBS News Hour Some 40 years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet Union in 1956 was once again wracked with turmoil and upheaval. In “The Year I Was Peter the Great,” journalist Marvin Kalb chronicles his experience living there as a young American… Continue watching
Dec 23 AP report: U.S. officials say lethal weapons headed to Ukraine By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Ukraine will soon have more lethal American-made weapons to help it fight Russian-backed separatists. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 7:39 News Wrap: Trump signs GOP tax bill, predicts Americans will grow to like it By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Trump signed the Republicans' $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law, his first major legislative victory. Also, Congress returned home for the holidays after passing a government spending bill to keep the government from shutting… Continue watching
Dec 20 U.S. slaps 5 Russians with sanctions over human rights By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Russians, including the leader of Chechnya, under a U.S. human rights law that has been a major irritant between Washington and Moscow. Continue reading
Dec 15 Most Americans believe Trump trying to obstruct Russia probe, poll finds By Chad Day and Emily Swanson, Associated Press The survey also shows that Americans are unhappy with the way President Donald Trump is dealing with the investigations led by Congress and special counsel Robert Mueller. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 6:12 Why is Trump so insistent that Russia didn't interfere in the election? By PBS News Hour During his annual news conference in Moscow, Russian President denied interfering in last year's U.S. election, in words strikingly similar to those of President Trump. Judy Woodruff talks with Greg Miller of The Washington Post about Trump's routine denials of… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 5:37 To this Russian-American community, Russia has become a political scapegoat By Ryan Chilcote How have strains in U.S.-Russia relations affected Russian-Americans and recent immigrants? Special correspondent Ryan Chilcote reports from the Brighton BEach neighborhood of Brooklyn, the first stop for many of the 3 million Russian or former Soviet Union immigrants who come… Continue watching
Dec 14 Putin says U.S. hurts itself with 'invented' Trump collusion case By Vladimir Isachenkov and Kate De Pury, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin scoffed at allegations of collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, saying they have been "invented" by Trump's foes and have hurt the U.S. political system. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 9:33 Justice Department defends Russia probe from GOP claims of FBI political bias By PBS News Hour The deputy attorney general defended Robert Mueller's Russia investigation on Wednesday against GOP charges that the probe is a partisan "witch hunt" against President Trump. House members pointed to text messages by a top FBI official about Trump as a… Continue watching