U.S. Asks Iran To Release Missing FBI Agent
U.S. diplomats used a meeting with their Iranian counterparts to press for the release of Americans being detained in Iran, the Trump administration said Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
US Feared For Safety of Nikolai Gorokhov
A Russian lawyer investigating an alleged $230 million money-laundering scheme nearly died in March after he fell from his fourth floor apartment in Moscow.
Randolph Alles, Retired General, Is Chosen To Lead Secret Service
The Trump administration has settled on a new appointment to lead the agency charged with protecting the president.
US Treasury Rejects Exxon Mobil Request To Drill In Russia
The Trump administration will not grant special permission to U.S. companies, including Exxon Mobil, to carry out oil and gas drilling in Russia while sanctions remain intact, according to a statement from Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Friday.
4 Times In 4 Days: Russian Aircraft Fly off US Coast
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military says Russian military aircraft have approached the coast of Alaska four times this week, and U.S. fighter jets intercepted them twice.
Volkswagen To Pay $2.8B Criminal Fine In US Diesel Emission Scandal
DETROIT — Volkswagen must pay a $2.8 billion criminal fine for purposely building a diesel engine equipped with software to cheat on greenhouse gas emissions tests.
U.S. Considers Charges Against WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
U.S. sources have told CNN that they have prepared charges against Julian Assange, the Australian whistleblower who founded WikiLeaks.
CIA Director Calls WikiLeaks ‘Hostile Intelligence Agency’
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, in his first speech since taking over the agency, lambasted WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange calling the group a “non-state hostile intelligence service” that is often abetted by “state actors like Russia.”
US Drops Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb In Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN — The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission.
Spicer: ‘I Let The President Down’ Over Hitler Comments
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday again tried to apologize for his comment that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War II, calling it an “inexcusable and reprehensible” mistake.