Republican lawmakers made their first official inquiry into opening an investigation of reports the Obama administration's national security adviser and others "unmasked" several Trump campaign officials swept up in U.S. surveillance operations against foreign targets during last year's presidential election campaign. Published April 12, 2017
Inside the classical limestone State Department headquarters, America's diplomats learn statecraft, etiquette and strategy -- and generally are discouraged from use of the middle finger as a negotiating tool. Published April 11, 2017
President Trump's national security adviser on Sunday signaled a shift in the administration's stance toward Syria, which now includes regime change, as Russia and Iran recommit to supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad after the U.S. strike early Friday on a Syrian air base that is believed to have launched a chemical attack on civilians last week. Published April 9, 2017
Republican insiders say Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, got the "genie out of the bottle" regarding suspected misconduct by President Obama's top national security aide, Susan E. Rice, and that his surprise decision Thursday to step aside from leading the panel's probe into Russian meddling in the presidential election was worth it. Published April 6, 2017
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee announced Thursday that he is stepping aside from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election until he can clear himself of "baseless" ethics complaints filed against him by "left-wing activist groups." Published April 6, 2017
Former National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice categorically denied Tuesday that she did anything wrong by unmasking the identities of Trump campaign officials swept up in U.S. surveillance, while the Republican chairman of a Senate probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election said his panel may want her to testify. Published April 4, 2017
The Obama administration's national security adviser played a central role in "unmasking" several Trump campaign officials who had been swept up in U.S. surveillance operations against foreign targets during last year's presidential election campaign, according to current White House officials and sources on Capitol Hill. Published April 3, 2017
Lawmakers will follow the "intelligence wherever it leads" in the probe of Russian efforts to affect the 2016 election, bipartisan heads of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday, as they announced plans to question 20 key people -- including President Trump's son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner. Published March 29, 2017
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes showed no sign of buckling beneath growing Democratic demands Tuesday that he recuse himself from a probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, as the White House blasted the media anew over what officials say is its obsession with alleged Trump campaign connections to Moscow. Published March 28, 2017
Amid charges that Russia has tried to meddle in the U.S. and other overseas election campaigns, the Kremlin pledged not to interfere in next month's Serbian presidential election, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday. Published March 27, 2017
Europe is reluctant to confront Russia's increasingly sophisticated information warfare attacks, including efforts to influence the upcoming German and French elections, America's top general in Europe warned the Senate Thursday, adding that proposed cuts to the State Department budget in President Trump's budget blueprint would only make matters worse. Published March 23, 2017
The attack outside Britain's Parliament Wednesday came amid a yearslong struggle by British authorities to contain a small but persistent strain of Islamic extremism promoted by a clutch of radical preachers, including one who was sentenced in September for encouraging young men to join the Islamic State group. Published March 22, 2017
Former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn faced fresh scrutiny on Wednesday when the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee formally requested the White House, FBI, Defense Department and Director of National Intelligence surrender all documents related to his foreign contacts and payments. Published March 22, 2017
British police have launched a "full counterterrorism" probe after an assailant drove over pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before attacking a police officer outside Parliament -- a rampage that ended with four dead, including the attacker. Published March 22, 2017
A day after the House Intelligence Committee held its first public hearing exploring allegations that Russia manipulated the 2016 election, the panel's top Democrat questioned whether America's current political climate can stomach a full investigation into what he called an "unprecedented act." Published March 21, 2017
