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In this Nov. 12, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Michael Bleyzer and Alex Cranberg, two political supporters of Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil-and-gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv via AP)

After boost from Trump energy secretary, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine

November 11, 2019 at 4:55 p.m.

Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men...

Trump allies pressed Ukraine over gas firm, sources say

October 6, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump's main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal...

Pages from a confidential whistleblower’s report ...

Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images

May 9, 2019 at 8:03 a.m.

The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk...

A man walks past the building of the Russian military intelligence service in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 14, 2018. Twelve Russian military intelligence officers hacked into the Clinton presidential campaign and Democratic Party and released tens of thousands of private communications in a sweeping conspiracy by the Kremlin to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election, according to an indictment announced days before President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)Russia

Charges undermine Assange denials about hacked email origins

July 14, 2018 at 9:17 p.m.

At the beginning of 2017, one of Julian Assange's biggest media boosters traveled to the WikiLeaks founder's refuge inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London and asked him where he got...

Herbert Raymond McMaster, U.S. National Security ...

Trump adviser: Russian meddling “incontrovertible”

February 17, 2018 at 10:27 p.m.

President Donald Trump's national security adviser said Saturday there was "incontrovertible" evidence of a Russian plot to disrupt the 2016 U.S. election, a blunt statement that shows how significantly the...

FBI silent as U.S. officials targeted by Russian hackers

November 26, 2017 at 10:13 p.m.

The hackers' targets: The former head of cybersecurity for the U.S. Air Force. An ex-director at the National Security Council. A former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

A counterterrorism officer stands in front ...

AP sources: Trump Tower meeting in 2016 draws more scrutiny

November 18, 2017 at 2:30 p.m.

Earlier this year, a Russian-American lobbyist and another businessman discussed over coffee in Moscow an extraordinary meeting they had attended 12 months earlier: a gathering at Trump Tower with President...

Russian-American lobbyist says he was in Trump Jr.’s meeting

July 14, 2017 at 9:46 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A Russian-American lobbyist says he attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump's son that was billed as part of a Russian government effort to help the...

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