Jan 12 Watch 6:07 News Wrap: Kremlin wants to tear apart NATO, Mattis warns By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, defense secretary-designate Gen. James Mattis said at his confirmation hearing that the U.S. must recognize Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to break apart the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Also, the first of 3,500 U.S. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 10:34 What kind of threat does Russia pose to the U.S.? By PBS News Hour President-elect Trump has said he would like to improve relations with Russia. But his choice for defense secretary, Gen. James Mattis, views Russia as America’s number one threat. What’s the reality of the White House-Kremlin dynamic? Steve Inskeep discusses with… Continue watching
Jan 12 Where Tillerson, pick for top diplomat, differs from Trump on issues By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Rex Tillerson's foreign policy isn't sounding much like Donald Trump's. Continue reading
Jan 12 Newly leaked dossier on Trump circulated in DC for months By Jack Gillum, Associated Press The purported Russian efforts were described in a newly released and uncorroborated dossier that was produced in August. But it circulated more widely in Washington in October. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 14:38 How credible are reports that Russia has compromising information about Trump? By PBS News Hour On Tuesday evening, CNN reported unsubstantiated claims that Russian intelligence compiled a dossier on the president-elect during his visits to Moscow; BuzzFeed later published 35 pages of content from the alleged dossier. But Mr. Trump dismissed the developments as “fake… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 5:05 In heated news conference, Trump talks health care, Russia rumors By PBS News Hour On Wednesday, the president-elect gave his first news conference in six months, from New York. During the session, he described his intention to quickly repeal and replace Obamacare, blasted reports that Russia has compromising intelligence on him and dismissed CNN… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Tillerson says U.S. can ‘define a different relationship’ with Russia By PBS News Hour ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, the president-elect’s nominee for secretary of state, appeared before the Senate Wednesday for the start of his confirmation hearing. Senators quickly focused on Russia, questioning if Tillerson had too cozy a relationship with the Kremlin; he… Continue watching
Jan 11 Official: Trump was briefed on unverified but potentially compromising report By Eileen Sullivan and Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Top intelligence officials last week told President-elect Donald Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, a U.S. official says. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch: Donald Trump’s first news conference as president-elect By News Desk Defiant and unyielding, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him. His extraordinary defense, coming just nine days before Trump's inauguration, dominated a highly anticipated press conference in which… Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 3:23 Top intelligence officials stop short of providing evidence of Russian hacking at Senate hearing By PBS News Hour The nation’s top intelligence officials appeared publically before the Senate Intelligence Committee, days after the release of a report on the alleged role of Russian influence during the presidential election. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching