By Sam HusseiniAug 17, 2018
I was dragged out of the conference in Helsinki. If the media want a free press, they must first confront their own hypocrisies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
JAMES HEINTZ / The Associated PressJul 27, 2018
The Russian president makes the comment after the White House backs away from Donald Trump's suggestion that Putin could visit Washington this autumn. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 27, 2018
It’s not enough to point out Donald Trump’s constant barrage of false claims. At a minimum, they must be countered before their effects become irreversible. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Paul Street / TruthdigJul 22, 2018
In the wake of Helsinki, missing from "Russiagate" media hysteria is the question of who will protect us from the influence of U.S. oligarchs. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
ZEKE MILLER and KEN THOMAS / The Associated PressJul 20, 2018
The administration rebuffs an effort backed by the Russian president to hold a referendum in separatist-leaning eastern Ukraine on the region's future. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 18, 2018
The Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki is the biggest news of the year so far, but let us not lose sight of all the critically important related stories that are going untold. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
MATTHEW LEE / The Associated PressJul 18, 2018
Although the White House says the offer—to allow the U.S. access to Russians accused of election meddling in return for interviews of Americans accused by the Kremlin of unspecified crimes—is under consideration, the State Department called Russia's allegations against the Americans "absurd." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / Informed CommentJul 18, 2018
While Vladimir Putin’s behavior has been objectionable, there is something profoundly hypocritical about the American elite pretending the U.S. doesn’t embrace people like the Russian leader all the time. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
RAF CASERT / The Associated PressJul 17, 2018
Key EU leaders travel to Japan and China looking for the trust, friendship and cooperation they feel they can no longer get from a century-old ally. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO / The Associated PressJul 17, 2018
Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, the president seeks to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Angela Charlton / The Associated PressJul 17, 2018
The two presidents have received two very different receptions upon returning to their native countries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
The Associated PressJul 16, 2018
The Russian president tells Fox News that his summit with Donald Trump is the beginning of his country's path back from Western isolation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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