Russia

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new court filing says former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied about sharing polling data on the 2016 presidential race with Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate accused of having ties to Russian intelligence...

By LARRY NEUMEISTER , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian lawyer who became a focal point of the investigation into whether there was collusion between Russians and President Donald Trump's election campaign was charged with obstruction of justice Tuesday in an unrelated case in New York...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the building collapse in Russia (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Russian emergency officials say the death toll in the collapse of an apartment building has risen to 21 after the recovery of two more bodies from the rubble. The discovery of the bodies on Wednesday afternoon...

by Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report compiled by private researchers and expected to be released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee says that "active and ongoing" Russian interference operations still exist on social media platforms, and that the Russian...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO nations: (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will suspend its obligations under a landmark nuclear treaty in 60 days in response to Russia's alleged violation of the pact. Pompeo...

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA , Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — All-night talks at the Group of 20 summit led to a possible "breakthrough" on fixing the global trading system, European diplomats said Saturday, as negotiations stretched into the final hours of the...

By ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One lied about his knowledge of Russian-hacked emails, another about a Russian real estate deal, a third about dialogue over sanctions with a Russian ambassador. A pattern of deception by advisers to President Donald Trump, aimed at covering up...

By SYLVIE CORBET , Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Fifty nations and over 150 tech companies pledged Monday to do more to fight criminal activity on the internet, including interference in elections and hate speech. But the United States, Russia and China are not among them. The group of governments...

By LOLITA C. BALDOR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says that a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. military reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea on Monday. Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon says the Russian SU-27 made a high-speed pass...

By DESMOND BUTLER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year before federal prosecutors accused Maria Butina of operating as a secret agent for the Russian government, she was a graduate student at American University working on a sensitive project involving cybersecurity. Butina's college...