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Podcast: Why Congress Has a Russia Problem

CQ on Congress, Episode 112

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after their summit in Helsinki in 2018. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after their summit in Helsinki in 2018. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have denounced President Donald Trump’s accommodation of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but as CQ foreign policy reporter Rachel Oswald explains, Congress is still wrangling with how to stop Russia from tampering in another U.S. election. And Cesar Vargas of the Dream Action Coalition makes the case for abolishing ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

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