35 Russian Diplomats Leave US, State Department Confirms
Obama expelled the diplomats, saying they were really spies, and ordered new sanctions on Russian spy agencies for alleged Russian hacking of political sites during the presidential election.
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Obama expelled the diplomats, saying they were really spies, and ordered new sanctions on Russian spy agencies for alleged Russian hacking of political sites during the presidential election.
The U.S. said the two Cold War-era estates, one on Long Island and one in Maryland, were being used for intelligence activities.
President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts.
The defense ministry said in a statement that one of the flight recorders was found early Tuesday morning about a mile away from the shore.
Russian military officials now say some bodies have been recovered, but rescuers are seeing no sign of any survivors, CBS2 reported.
The transition team says Conway "will work with senior leadership" in the White House "to effectively message and execute the administration's legislative priorities and actions."
Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov was several minutes into a speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition in the capital, Ankara, when a man wearing a suit and tie shouted "Allahu akbar'' and fired at least eight shots.
The CIA says U.S. intelligence agencies agree that Moscow was behind the cyber break-in of the Democratic National Committee.
President Barack Obama on Friday warned against turning Russian hacking in the United States into a "political football."
Russia on Thursday was denying claims that it meddled in U.S. elections, but CBS News has learned that the orders to hack Democratic computers came from the highest levels of the Kremlin.
U.S. intelligence sources said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin knew about his country's attempts to sway the American presidential election.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that an inquiry would be conducted by the Senate intelligence panel.
Key congressional Republicans joined Democrats in demanding a bipartisan investigation into the Kremlin's activities and questioned consideration of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson -- who has close business ties with Moscow -- as head of the State Department.
"I'm, like, a smart person. I don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years," Trump said.
His team is pushing back against CIA claims that Russia helped influence the outcome of the election in Trump's favor.
U.S. officials believe Russia not only tried to influence this year's presidential election, but also favored President-elect Donald Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, intelligence sources confirmed.
Police say an international warrant on the man, who was not named, was issued by the Interpol and that officers cooperated with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on the case.
The Moscow-backed leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, faced criticism Wednesday after his sons took part in televised mixed martial arts fights involving children as young as eight.
Russia will play France for the gold medal in women's handball after beating reigning Olympic champion Norway 38-37 in extra time.
Mikhail Terentyev, head of Russian Paralympic Committee, said the IPC decision was a "huge injustice."
The IOC approved the entry of 271 Russian athletes for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday.
Informal surveys of Russia's main outlets suggest that Trump gets plenty of praise -- especially for his "anti-establishment" stance -- and that favorable assessments of Hillary Clinton are comparatively rare.
The IOC has decided against a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The two incidents were "more aggressive than anything we've seen in some time," a senior defense official told CBS News.
Russia's Emergencies Ministry official says all 55 passengers and six crew members aboard a Boeing 737-800 that crashed on landing at the airport in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don have been killed.
