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Dan Boylan

dboylan@washingtontimes.com

Dan Boylan was a former general assignment reporter at The Washington Times.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a meeting with his supporters in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Putin is expected to easily win another six-year term in this year's presidential election. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

House Democrats slam lack of new Russian sanctions

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday lashed out the Trump administration for what she and others in her party called a "dangerous and brazen" failure to follow through on Congress' efforts to punish Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections with new sanctions.

January 30, 2018
Brushing aside opposition from the Department of Justice, Republicans on the House intelligence committee voted to release a classified memo that purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and Justice Department in the Russia investigation. (Associated Press)

House Republicans vote to release secret FISA memo

Republicans on the House intelligence committee voted late Monday to release a controversial, classified GOP memo alleging that the FBI and Justice Department illegally spied on the Trump campaign in 2016.

January 29, 2018

‘The Punji Trap’ explores Pham Xuan An’s impact on Vietnam War

Luke Hunt, award-winning Australian war reporter and frequent Washington Times stringer, is the author of "The Punji Trap — Pham Xuan An: The Spy Who Didn't Love Us," the story of a North Vietnamese operative whose hidden hand shaped the way America saw the Tet Offensive which began 50 years ago Tuesday. The charismatic Pham Xuan An served as a correspondent for Time Magazine and Reuters — and the North's super spy in Saigon.

January 29, 2018
Additional sources say the memo, which was compiled by committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes and his staff, is critical of the deputy attorney general and now-former deputy FBI director for their oversight roles.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House Republicans vote to release secret memo on FBI abuse of power

The House Intelligence Committee voted late Monday to release a controversial, classified memo alleging that the FBI and Justice Department abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on Trump campaign associates during the 2016 presidential election cycle.

January 29, 2018
Additional sources say the memo, which was compiled by committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes and his staff, is critical of the deputy attorney general and now-former deputy FBI director for their oversight roles.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FISA abuse memo could be released by House intelligence panel late Monday

The House Intelligence Committee could vote on Monday to release a controversial, classified memo alleging that the FBI and Justice Department abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on Trump campaign associates during the 2016 presidential election cycle.

January 29, 2018
In this June 21, 2017, photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed-door meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Grassley, Pelosi urge Trump: Let Mueller do his work

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley on Friday urged the White House to let special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election-meddling "work its course," amid reports that President Trump seriously considered firing Mr. Mueller last summer.

January 26, 2018
President Trump has not invoked executive privilege in the investigations led by special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional committees about Russian meddling in the U.S. election, though he could set up a constitutional clash by blocking testimony from members of his team working during the presidential transition and in the White House. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump executive privilege poses political, legal minefield

The White House's increasingly aggressive threat to invoke executive privilege to keep current and former aides from answering questions in the competing Russian election meddling probes could work in the short term but set up President Trump for some bigger headaches down the road.

January 25, 2018
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. (Associated Press/File)

Chuck Grassley: FBI, Justice block Russia dossier information

The powerful head of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday accused the FBI and the Justice Department of bad faith in trying to suppress key sensitive details of the Russian election meddling scandal in 2016 and the Obama administration's handling of the investigation.

January 24, 2018
In this June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

James Comey, Jeff Sessions grilled by Robert Mueller’s team in Russia probe

Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have zeroed in on some of the biggest figures in the Russian election meddling probe, interviewing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and fired FBI Director James B. Comey and reportedly eyeing a sit-down in the coming weeks with President Trump.

January 23, 2018
It's special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation that are in disarray, not President Trump. The probe has hit a massive speed bump. (Associated Press)

Mueller’s Russia probe continues despite government shutdown

Special counsel Robert Mueller will continue investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and alleged collusion between President Trump's campaign and the Kremlin despite the current government shutdown, Justice Department officials have confirmed.

January 20, 2018
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon leaves a House Intelligence Committee meeting where he was interviewed behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Steve Bannon to be interviewed by Robert Mueller

President Trump's ex-chief strategist Steve Bannon struck a deal Wednesday to be interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, avoiding the need to appear before a grand jury, according to multiple sources.

January 17, 2018