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CONFIRMED: Putin’s Election Hacking Was About Hurting Clinton, Not Helping Trump

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch U.S. intelligence overheard a Russian operative brag about targeting Hillary Clinton in the upcoming 2016 presidential election as payback for an “influence campaign” the former secretary of state ran against Vladimir Putin five years earlier. Senior intelligence officials told Time that a Russian military intelligence officer with…

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Putin Jails Top Critic For Biggest Challenge To His Power In Years

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Russian President Vladimir Putin is jailing critics and protesters amid the biggest challenge to his power in years. Alexei Navalny was jailed and fined Monday for a period of fifteen days. Navalny’s arrest was accompanied by nearly 1,000 other arrests after protesters clashed with police. The gathering…