Dec 16 Watch 4:44 In final year-end press conference, Obama ties Putin to cyberattacks By PBS News Hour On Friday, President Obama gave what is expected to be his final presidential press conference, during which he implied that President Vladimir Putin was behind Russian cyberattacks on Democratic Party targets. But he was careful when asked about President-elect Trump’s… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 12:12 Shields and Ponnuru on the ‘dark cloud’ of Russian cyberattacks By PBS News Hour Reports emerged this week that the CIA is confident Russia attempted to sway election results through cyberattacks. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review join Judy Woodruff to discuss what Russia’s interference suggests about the future… Continue watching
Dec 16 WATCH: In year-end news conference, Obama addresses Russian hacking, Aleppo By Julie Pace and Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Barack Obama on Friday warned against turning Russian hacking in the United States into a "political football" and said he hoped his successor, Republican Donald Trump, will take foreign influence in American elections seriously once he takes office. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 4:47 How Putin could have been involved in U.S. election disruption By PBS News Hour A CIA investigation reportedly found that Russia tried to sway U.S. election results in President-elect Donald Trump’s favor. On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in efforts to disrupt the… Continue watching
Dec 13 Fall of Aleppo poses first major test of Trump’s Russia posture By Bradley Klapper and Josh Lederman, Associated Press Critics say Trump's brushstroke analysis of Syria's internal conflicts paints a far rosier picture of Russia's aims than reality — and even endorses some of the propaganda Assad has used to delegitimize his opponents. Continue reading
Dec 13 Dog diplomacy? Putin trots out dog before talks with Japan over territorial dispute By Howard Amos, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin tried a bit of dog diplomacy ahead of his trip to Japan, and then gave a glimmer of hope that a 70-year territorial dispute with Tokyo could be resolved. Continue reading
Dec 12 Top GOP leaders back congressional probes into Russian hacking By Alan Fram, Associated Press Congress' top Republicans endorsed investigations into the CIA's belief that Russia meddled in last month's election to help Donald Trump win. Continue reading
Dec 03 Russia sees Trump as conduit for eased sanctions By Vivian Salama, Associated Press Russia's government denies that it tampered in the U.S. election, but now that the results are in, members of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party aren't holding back. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 8:10 Why James Mattis could be an ‘awkward fit’ for the Trump administration By PBS News Hour Who is James “Mad Dog” Mattis, the president-elect’s choice for secretary of defense? Judy Woodruff sits down with two who know the retired general well: Michael Gordon of The New York Times and Steve Simon, a former national security council… Continue watching
Nov 20 Obama and Putin speak at economic summit in Peru By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru. Continue reading