Yes, Putin did it: and Trump plans to meet him, alone

Following the finding by the Senate Intelligence Committee that Vladimir Putin did indeed interfere in the 2016 US election, questions are being raised about what Trump hopes to gain from meeting him – and whether Trump’s interests are the same as the US’s, writes Marion McKeone

Vladimir Putin will meet Trump on Monday week

It was a conclusion US President Donald Trump could have done without ahead of his July 16 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Tuesday evening, as most of Washington departed the city to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, and fireworks with friends and family, the Senate Intelligence Committee unleashed a firework of its own.

Following a 16-month investigation, it concluded, in direct opposition to the findings of the Republican members of ...