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A growing number of Republicans called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step aside from an investigation into Russian interference in the election. President Donald Trump said there was no need and he retains "total" confidence in Sessions
Attorney General Jeff Sessions met Russia's ambassador during the election despite telling his confirmation he had "no communications with the Russians".
More US troops may be needed in Syria to speed up the campaign against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), the top commander for the Middle East has stated, specifically referring to the push to liberate Raqqa.
Earlier comments from the Russian Foreign Ministry suggested that Syria and sensitive bilateral issues would be discussed at the meeting.
The remarks came after the New York Times and CNN ran a story based on anonymous source
PRESIDENT Trump is planning to have his first chat as commander in chief with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to a new report.
In an interview to Fox News on Friday, Trump said it would be to the advantage of both Russia and the US to mend ties and pool their efforts in the fight against terrorism.
Snowden was not on Obama's list of commutations or pardons.
Russia says it views the arrival of more than 3,000 US soldiers in Poland as a threat to its own security.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for defence secretary and spy chief have been taking aim at Russia during their Senate confirmation hearings.
HACKING, spying and claims of sexual perversion. The reports swirling around the upper echelons of US power might be murky, but all signs point to one clear beneficiary.
Washington should move from viewing Russia as a permanent adversary to a partner at times, Rex Tillerson, nominated to head the State Department under President-elect Donald Trump, said during a hearing of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Moscow considers the scandal a clear attempt to damage relations with Washington and the president-elect personally.
The Obama administration has blacklisted five prominent Russians, just 11 days before he leaves office.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no new evidence had been produced to show that Russian officials was involved.
Trump has agreed to meet with U.S. intelligence officials this week to review their findings
The new US sanctions against Russia are another manifestation of the unpredictable and aggressive foreign policy by the Obama administration, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin press-secretary, said.
Obama also suggested that the Russians sought to affect previous elections via cyber-espionage, and suggested that the U.S. would engage in covert retaliation activity.