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May 01 2019
News
Democrats grill Barr amid reports of Mueller's frustration
The attorney general appears before Congress amid reports that the special counsel told him his four-page summary of the investigation caused confusion.
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr testified before Congress on Wednesday for the first time since the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report of his nearly two-year investigation into Russian
NBC News (Online)
Mar 31 2017
News
Trump: Flynn should get immunity from possible prosecution if he talks
President Trump encouraged former aide Michael Flynn to seek immunity from prosecution on Friday and again denounced the various investigations into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russians who sought to influence last year's election.
USA TODAY
Oct 31 2017
News
Fact check: False statements on Russia from the Trump team
George Papadopoulos, who served as a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents. He admits he lied about repeated contacts during the campaign with people he believed had ties to the Russian government.
USA TODAY
Oct 25 2016
News
Is Trump Right About Putin?
One of the surprises of the 2016 election is to have a Republican candidate saying the United States needs to be more conciliatory toward the autocratic Russian president Vladimir V. Putin. Meanwhile, the Democrat is talking tough.
New York Times (News)
Apr 30 2014
Opinion
Opinion: Not Getting Through to Mr. Putin
The United States and the European Union announced another round of sanctions against Russia on Monday and Tuesday: the Americans against Russians close to President Vladimir Putin, including the president of the state-owned oil company Rosneft; and the Europeans against senior Russian officials and secessionist leaders in Ukraine. The stated reason is that Russia has fulfilled none of the New York Times (News)
Oct 15 2016
News
Clinton camp steps up attacks on WikiLeaks, bashes media
Hillary Clinton’s advisers are ramping up attacks on WikiLeaks and the Russian government over a damaging email hack, lashing out at Donald Trump and the media for failing to treat the breach as a threat to national security.
The Hill
Jun 24 2017
News
White House spokesman does not rule out Trump-Putin July meeting in Germany
A White House spokesman did not rule out a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin when he was asked about reports the two leaders may hold talks on the sidelines of a Group of 20 meeting in Germany next month.
Reuters
Mar 26 2019
News
The Reckoning Finally Arrives for the Trump Resistance
With Mueller’s investigation over, Democrats, the news media and the national security state have a lot to answer for.
“The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” That single sentence, taken from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the
Bloomberg
Nov 15 2016
News
Trump, Putin talk of ‘strong and enduring relationship;’ president-elect prepares to meet today with vice president to discuss cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a telephone conversation Monday that relations between their countries were “unsatisfactory” and vowed to work together to improve them, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Washington Post
Feb 23 2022
Perspectives Blog
6 Ways Fact Checkers are Biased
Last updated May 19, 2023
When conducted properly, fact-checking can be used by the public to cut through the polarization around an issue and get right to the facts. But if you look more closely, many fact checks are biased, imbalanced, or incomplete. Why? Fact checks often exhibit as much bias as regular news articles and analyses. Fact checker bias is revealed by the claims they
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