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Trump set to release ‘very important’ transcript of first call with Ukraine’s president on Tuesday
President Donald Trump said he is prepared to release the transcript sought by House Democrats of his first phone call with Ukraine’s president, in April, as soon as Tuesday.“We’ll probably give it to you on Tuesday, Monday being a holiday,” Trump told reporters Saturday as he prepared to board Air Force One. “We have another...
US Republicans push for Joe Biden’s son to give evidence in Trump impeachment investigation
The US Republican Party on Saturday fought back against an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump by calling for the son of his main rival Joe Biden to be called as a witness.Trump has accused the Bidens of unspecified corruption due to Hunter Biden’s role as a director of Ukraine energy company Burisma when Joe Biden – now a...
‘Climate emergency’ declared by 11,000 scientists as they warn of ‘untold suffering’ if urgent action not taken
The plans of most countries under the Paris climate agreement are not enough to slow climate change, according to a new report published on Tuesday by the Universal Ecological Fund. Almost three quarters of the 184 pledges made by countries to cut down on greenhouse gases were found not to be ambitious enough. Only the 28 member states of the...
Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed Ukraine hack theory, Mueller documents reveal
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s servers, Manafort’s deputy told investigators during the special counsel’s Russia probe. The unsubstantiated theory, advanced by President Donald Trump...
US President Donald Trump says ‘angry majority’ supports him against impeachment drive
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he believed an “angry majority” of American voters will support him against an impeachment inquiry as he sought to rally his supporters to voice their opposition to the Democratic attempt to oust him.At a packed arena in Tupelo, Mississippi, Trump aired his grievances at length a day after the...
US energy chief Rick Perry refuses to testify in Trump impeachment inquiry
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry, a member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet who has played a pivotal role in the Ukraine controversy, will refuse to testify as requested next week in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against Trump.Perry’s refusal, revealed by an Energy Department spokeswoman said on Friday, represented the...
Trump impeachment effort passes first test of support in US Congress
The US House of Representatives took a major step in the impeachment effort against US President Donald Trump on Thursday when lawmakers approved rules for the next stage of the Democratic-led inquiry into the president’s attempt to have Ukraine investigate a domestic political rival.The Democratic-controlled House voted by 232 to 196 to...
Impeachment probe: top adviser Alexander Vindman so alarmed by Donald Trump’s Ukraine call that he reported it to White House lawyer
A top adviser to President Donald Trump on Ukraine testified on Tuesday that he was so alarmed after hearing Trump ask Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, that he reported the matter to a White House lawyer out of concern for US national security.Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, director of...
Trump goes on Twitter tear after White House official condemns his Ukraine call
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Quint Forgey on politico.com on October 29, 2019.US President Donald Trump launched a sustained online offensive on Tuesday after details emerged of damaging congressional testimony by a senior White House official – retweeting numerous messages by...
Donald Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigation of Bidens in ‘damning testimony’, US envoy William Taylor tells impeachment inquiry
The top US diplomat in Ukraine testified on Tuesday that he was told that President Donald Trump made the release of security aid to Ukraine contingent on Kiev publicly declaring it would carry out politically motivated investigations that he sought, according to a copy of his statement to lawmakers.William Taylor, who as the charge...
