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President Donald Trump arrived Monday afternoon at the Finnish presidential palace in Helsinki for his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was greeted at the door to the palace by the Finish president, about 20 minutes after Putin arrived via the same entrance. The summit was already running about 45 minutes behind schedule on […]

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After their initial meeting, the two leaders brought in their top aides for an expanded bilateral meeting, the next step in their first official summit, which concludes with a joint news conference. Gathered at the Finnish presidential palace, a historic venue where previous US presidents have also gathered with their Russian and Soviet counterparts to […]

Photo by Mikhail MetzelTASS via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin, it seems, knows how to play the waiting game. The Kremlin leader arrived in Helsinki at around 1:00 pm local time, just around the time his summit with President Donald Trump was originally scheduled to start. Observers took note: Putin has a habit of […]

Trump: Private Putin meeting was “a very good start” What we’re covering here What we’re covering here NOW: President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are having a one-on-one meeting in Helsinki, Finland. Only their interpreters are present. Why it matters: The leaders will be hoping to reverse the steep decline in relations between the […]Read More

Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, responded to Trump’s tweet ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which the President said the US relationship with Russia “has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!” Sasse responded to Trump right as the […]Read More

The comments from State Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, a candidate seeking the Republican nomination in the race to replace retiring Rep. Lynn Jenkins, came at a July 2 meeting of the Leavenworth County Republican Party. During his more-than-30-minute speech, Fitzgerald lamented the fact that people believe “Western civilization is the problem,” argued that Christendom is “under […]

“He wasn’t keeping his side of the bargain,” John Dowd told CNN on Saturday. Dowd defended his attempt to have a good relationship with Mueller at the outset because of what he called the importance of a “trust factor” as a way of “trying to get more done.” “They told us the documents they wanted, […]Read More

Manafort faces trial on bank fraud and other financial charges in the Eastern District of Virginia beginning July 25. Until now, there had been no indication that his role in the Trump campaign would become part of the trial, and he had asked the judge to keep details about his ties to President Donald Trump […]

Pompeo brushed aside the comments Sunday, saying “if those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster,” and noting that the UN Security Council has been clear on what North Korea needs to achieve. He spoke in Tokyo with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts after two days of talks in Pyongyang. While his talks […]

Thai rescue teams arrange a water pumping system at the entrance to a flooded cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand on Saturday, July 7, 2018. AP Updated 7:02 AM ET, Sun July 8, 2018 Thai rescue teams arrange […]

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