An Oregon man is facing federal charges over allegations he orchestrated multiple large-scale cyberattacks over the course of several years, federal authorities announced Tuesday. Ethan Foltz, 22, allegedly developed the “Rapper Bot” Botnet, a network of devices such as digital video recorders and WiFi routers that have been infected with malware and used to conduct distributed…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged that imposing secondary sanctions on China for refining Russian oil could drive up global energy prices, even as Washington has punished India with additional tariffs for continuing to purchase crude from Moscow. Speaking to Fox News on August 17, Rubio cautioned that targeting Chinese refiners would have…
Vladimir Putin and his Russian delegation may have been welcomed on United States soil, but sanctions meant that when it came time to pay for the refuelling of their aircraft, they offered to pay in cash. Speaking about the summit and the current state of negotiations, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Donald Trump’s…
Rep. Jason Crow says Trump-Putin meeting was “historic embarrassment” for U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado says the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was “a historic embarrassment for the United States — there’s no other way to put it.” Source link
Rubio says “both sides are going to have to make concessions” to end war in Ukraine – CBS News Watch CBS News Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine and Russia will both have to make “concessions” to reach an agreement to end the fighting in Ukraine. Source link
MSNBC host Antonia Hylton has suggested that President Donald Trump’s aides, particularly Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, may have been “frightened” by what they had witnessed during the president’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Saturday night’s episode of MSNBC’s The Weekend: Primetime, Hylton spoke to former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul—an Obama appointee—about…
President Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him the People’s Republic will not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office. Trump make the remarks during an interview Friday with Fox News’ “Special Report,” ahead of his sit-down in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. “I will tell you, you know, you…
Eight pages of documents detailing U.S. plans to “honor” Russian President Vladimir Putin during Trump’s failed summit with the world leader were allegedly left behind in the business center of an Alaskan hotel. NPR reported that the papers, which have not been confirmed as authentic, included U.S. State Department markings and were found on a…
In Alaska, President Vladimir Putin walked on a red carpet, shook hands and exchanged smiles with his American counterpart. Donald Trump ended the summit praising their relationship and calling Russia “a big power … No. 2 in the world,” albeit admitting they didn’t reach a deal on ending the war in Ukraine. By Saturday morning…
The highly anticipated US-Russia presidential summit in Alaska had raised hopes for progress on ending the Ukraine war, but instead left more questions than answers. Still, observers viewed Vladimir Putin’s diplomatic return to US soil – his first in a decade – as a symbolic win for Moscow. The nearly three-hour talks, which both Putin…