The Russia House: Russian-American lobbyist, Rinat Akhmetshin, who served in a counterintelligence unit of the old Soviet army, has confirmed that he was present in the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. in which a Russian lawyer claimed to …

Unkindest Cuts: The NY Times reports today that federal budget cuts might hit hardest in Northern Virginia where much of the population lives on federal spending. The Pentagon is set to furlough as many as 90,000 civilian employees, cutting their …