Pete Kasperowicz

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House Democrats on Friday highlighted Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer by reading them out on the House floor. (Screengrab)

National Security

Democrats read Donald Trump Jr. emails on the House floor

Pete Kasperowicz · July 14, 2017 5:07 pm

A Russian spokeswoman charged Friday that the U.S. embassy in Moscow is flooded with CIA and Pentagon spies, a possible sign that Russia may be preparing to expel them. (By NVO/Wikipedia)

Russia accuses US of sheltering spies in Moscow embassy

Pete Kasperowicz · July 14, 2017 1:16 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., defended Donald Trump Jr. on Friday for meeting with Russian officials last year, and said meeting people who might have political information for you during a campaign is "not a crime." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Sean Duffy: ‘Nothing wrong’ with Donald Trump Jr. meeting Russians

Pete Kasperowicz · July 14, 2017 12:03 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said President Trump is proposing some of the most destructive policies the U.S. has ever seen in generations. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Bernie Sanders: Trump’s ‘destructive policies’ worse than his ‘stupid tweets’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 13, 2017 12:47 pm

The battle has Democrats charging that Republicans are looking to make it easier for Trump to waive sanctions against Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia sanctions bill stuck in procedural hell

Pete Kasperowicz · July 13, 2017 4:01 am

Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday that he doesn't see how Donald Trump Jr. committed any crime, after revealing he met in 2016 with a Russian lawyer who said she had incriminating information about Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Alan Dershowitz: ‘I don’t see any crime’ that Donald Trump Jr. committed

Pete Kasperowicz · July 12, 2017 6:34 pm

A vast iceberg with twice the volume of Lake Erie has broken off from the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf, scientists said Wednesday. (John Sonntag/NASA via AP)

Energy and Environment

Trillion ton iceberg breaks free from Antarctic ice shelf

Pete Kasperowicz · July 12, 2017 12:52 pm

Rep. Steve King of Iowa argued Wednesday that Congress should build President Trump's border wall by taking money from Planned Parenthood and federal food stamps. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Steve King: Use Planned Parenthood, food stamp money to fund border wall

Pete Kasperowicz · July 12, 2017 12:22 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Republicans are shooting for a vote to raise the debt ceiling before the start of the shortened August recess. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Mitch McConnell: Senate shooting for debt ceiling hike before August break

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2017 6:48 pm

CNN's app now has a one-star rating on the App Store. (iStock photo)

CNN app savaged as ‘fake news’ by reviewers

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2017 1:26 pm

Ranking Member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Tuesday that he would be pushing for Donald Trump Jr. and other top Trump administration officials to testify about a 2016 meeting they had with a Russian lawyer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Adam Schiff: Trump aides who met with Russia lawyer will have to testify

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2017 12:44 pm

Donald Trump Jr. changed his account of the meeting he had with Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya during the 2016 campaign over the weekend, saying Sunday July 9, 2017, that Veselnitskaya told him she had information about Clinton. (Yury Martyanov /Kommersant Photo via AP)

National Security

‘Nyet’: Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. denies connections to Moscow

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2017 11:39 am