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Trump is facing mounting pressure over how long he knew about Russian bounties on US troops. Here's what we know about when he was briefed.
Lawmakers are questioning when Trump was briefed on intelligence about Russian bounties on US troop…
Michelle Mark
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Top US general in the Middle East questions bounty killing reports but warns 'Russians are not our friends'
The general said the intel was "very worrisome" but expressed skepticism that the secret Russian pa…
Ryan Pickrell
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Iran reportedly paid bounties to the Taliban to target US troops in Afghanistan
The suspected Iranian bounty plot was reportedly cited by US officials as a partial justification f…
John Haltiwanger
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Trump won't say if he's confronted Putin over Russia's reported bounties on US troops
Trump on Monday would not say whether he's confronted Putin over reports Russia paid Taliban-linked…
John Haltiwanger
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Former US ambassador to Russia says Trump 'always sides with Putin' after the president said the Russian bounty intelligence is 'Fake News'
A former US ambassador to Russia excoriated President Trump for suggesting intelligence on a suspec…
John Haltiwanger
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US secretly warned Russia of blowback if it paid for bounties on American troops, report says
Trump, who initially denied he was briefed about the matter, later went on to say that the intellig…
David Choi
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The bounty price against US troops in Afghanistan reached as high as $100,000, report says
The bounties against US troops netted upwards of $100,000, according to Afghan officials cited in T…
David Choi
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NATO officials say they were briefed on Russian bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan — even though Trump claims he wasn't
Three NATO officials told Insider they were briefed on the matter by US intelligence. Trump claims …
Mitch Prothero
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Russia reportedly paid Taliban-linked militants bounty money to kill American troops
Russian officials said they were not aware of the allegations that the country's military offered b…
David Choi
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Trump was briefed on unverified intelligence that China offered bounties to Afghan 'non-state actors' to attack US troops
"The U.S. has evidence that the PRC attempted to finance attacks on American servicemen by Afghan n…
Oma Seddiq,John Haltiwanger
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US officials discovered Russia's payments to the Taliban to target US troops, but Trump's White House didn't tell House Republicans in a briefing
US officials reportedly intercepted data exhibiting huge financial transfers from Russia's military…
John Haltiwanger
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The president of Ukraine's Athletics Federation, who is fighting in the war, says he feels 'great' dropping bombs on Russian soldiers
Yevhen Pronin is part of a drone team known as the "Tactical Busters" which has a Russian bounty on…
Barnaby Lane
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Biden administration reveals the intelligence community is not very confident Russia actually put bounties on US troops
American intelligence had reportedly found last year that Russian military intelligence officered t…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Former national security officials are questioning the White House's claim Trump never knew about a Russian bounty on US troops
The report has again raised questions about Trump's relationship with Russia, which has dogged him …
Tom Porter
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Former national security adviser says the Russian bounty reports show Trump is 'surrounded by sycophants and weaklings who aren't doing their jobs'
"We have a president who is doing our arch-adversary's bidding, it would seem. And he is surrounded…
John Haltiwanger
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A Russian businessman has put a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin's head, calling for military officers to arrest him as a war criminal
Russian crypto investor Alex Konanykhin, who is based in California, told Insider the million-dolla…
Cheryl Teh
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Russia did pay extremists to attack US soldiers in Afghanistan, according to 3 separate Taliban sources
Two current Taliban officials and a former one told Insider that they know Russia funds some operat…
Mitch Prothero
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The shadowy Russian intel unit that allegedly paid Afghan militants to kill US troops is the same one running assassinations in Europe
Unit 29155, part of Russia's military intelligence agency, has been tied to assassination attempts …
John Haltiwanger
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How Iran tried to bribe Taliban operatives with bounties on US soldiers, according to a former Taliban commander
In recent months it has emerged that both Russia and Iran offered to pay Taliban commanders to atta…
Mitch Prothero
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The US is offering bounties of $10 million to anyone who can catch hackers meddling in the presidential election
State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have already been detected trying to interfere wi…