Russia

There's a bit of controversy in the air over special counsel Robert Mueller's multiple grand jury investigation into possible contacts between the Trump presidential campaign and the Russian government. Is this a fishing expedition? Can Mueller exceed his mandate and investigate whatever he wants? Why a grand jury, anyway? Aren't those unconstitutional?

The months long Democrat quest to find proof that the Russian government used the Trump campaign to hijack the 2016 election is starting to take a toll -- on Democrats.

The Defense Intelligence Agency is releasing a series of unclassified reports on military threats to the United States. The first is on Russia, and it is worth taking the time to read.

Official Washington is nearing a frenzy over the meeting and email exchanges between Donld Trump, Jr. and a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign. Partisans on both sides are talking with far too much certainty about events they know too little about -- in other words, just another day inside the Beltway.

There's still a war going on in Afghanistan, and if recent reports are true, it appears the Russians may be supplying the Taliban with weapons:

The idea that Russia under Vladimir Putin is, or ever can be, America's friend ought to be in tatters now that it's becoming clear the Russians were behind a massive and potentially devastating hack of the NSA