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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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Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is scrambling behind the scenes for a legislative solution after names of Trump transition team members swept up in Obama-era intelligence reports were revealed earlier this year. (Associated Press/File)

Devin Nunes works to restrict ‘unmasking’ during presidential transitions

Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is scrambling behind the scenes for a legislative answer to one of the Russian election meddling saga's most festering issues: how names of Trump transition team members swept up in Obama-era intelligence reports were revealed earlier this year.

December 14, 2017
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Istanbul, threatened to remove the U.S. from the Middle East peace process because of President Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Muslim leaders say U.S. lost influence with Jerusalem move

The White House pushed back Wednesday after representatives from 57 Muslim-majority nations gathered in Turkey to criticize the Trump administration's policy shift on Jerusalem and demand that the city's east be recognized as the capital of a "State of Palestine."

December 13, 2017
Donald Trump Jr. refused to tell the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence last week about conversations he had with his father regarding a 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer. (Associated Press/File)

Trump Jr. to meet with Senate Intelligence Committee

President Trump's oldest son will testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday as part of the panel's Russian election meddling probe, according to Capitol Hill sources.

December 12, 2017
Nikki Haley, ambassador to the United Nations, says the relocation of the U.S. Embassy will "move the ball forward for the peace process." (Associated Press/File)

Nikki Haley defends Jerusalem move for U.S. Embassy

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has expanded her defense of the Trump administration's historic and controversial move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the American Embassy there.

December 10, 2017
Mikhail Lesin (right) served as a top press aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin until 2009. As his broadcast network RT expanded, he had a falling-out with Mr. Putin, one American intelligence source said, and he moved his family to California. (REUTERS/ITAR-TASS/KREMLIN PRESS SERVICE)

Mikhail Lesin’s death swung attention to Russia after Obama’s intelligence fiasco

That so much of Mikhail Lesin's death remains unexplained more than two years later underscores the deep confusion in Washington over what American spies knew and didn't know about the depths of Russian subversion activities in 2015 and, more broadly, whether Moscow's subsequent election-meddling exposed a major hole in American intelligence.

December 7, 2017
In this July 11, 2017, file photo, Donald Trump Jr. is interviewed by host Sean Hannity on his Fox News Channel television program, in New York. Trump has arrived on Capitol Hill for a private interview as part of the House intelligence committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Son says Donald Trump not in the loop in explaining fateful Russia meeting

President Trump's eldest son denied to a congressional panel that he communicated with his father directly about what to say about a controversial June 2016 Trump Tower meeting he held with a Kremlin-connected lawyer as part of the probe into Russian meddling in the presidential election.

December 6, 2017
Donald Trump Jr. was interviewed by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in its investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump Jr. faces Hill grilling on Russia contacts

President Trump's eldest son is schedule to appear before the House Intelligence Committee this week as Washington braces for another highly anticipated testimony in the Russian election-meddling saga.

December 4, 2017

Erik Prince, Blackwater founder, faces grilling over Russia probe

The founder of the Blackwater security firm, Erik Prince, is expected to urge Congress on Thursday to investigate suspected Obama-era spying on Trump campaign officials who met with foreign officials before the inauguration, Capitol Hill sources said.

November 29, 2017
In this March 15, 2017, file photo, a sign marks a pick-up point for the Uber car service at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride-hailing service's customers and drivers. The revelation Tuesday marks the latest stain on Uber's reputation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Uber faces questions hack, $100,000 ransom from Capitol Hill

Troubled ride-sharing giant Uber faces growing pressure from Capitol Hill to explain why it paid a $100,000 ransom to cover up a hack last year that exposed the personal information of about 57 million riders and drivers.

November 28, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin supports a proposal to grant only Russian vessels transport rights to the Northern Sea Route, which is claimed by Russia. (Associated Press/File)

Russia may ban foreign ships from Northern Sea Route

Russian lawmakers looking to boost the country's energy and shipping industries are weighing a ban on foreign-flagged ships from the strategically critical Northern Sea Route across the Arctic.

November 23, 2017