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    'This is stunning': Quotes from Capitol Hill on Day 6 of Trump impeachment trial
    Jan28

    'This is stunning': Quotes from Capitol Hill on Day 6 of Trump impeachment trial

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial was overshadowed on Monday by an unpublished manuscript from former national security adviser John Bolton that said Trump wanted to freeze U.S. aid to Ukraine to pressure the country for politically beneficial investigations. …read more Source:: The...

    Donald Trump denies telling Bolton Ukraine aid was tied to probe
    Jan27

    Donald Trump denies telling Bolton Ukraine aid was tied to probe

    Democrats want the ex-NSA, other officials to testify in trial. …read more Source:: The...

    Key U.S. senators in battle over Trump impeachment trial testimony
    Jan27

    Key U.S. senators in battle over Trump impeachment trial testimony

    (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden. …read more Source:: The...

    Aging Iran airliner crash-lands on highway, injuring only 2
    Jan27

    Aging Iran airliner crash-lands on highway, injuring only 2

    TEHRAN: An aging Iranian passenger airliner carrying 144 people crash-landed on a runway and skidded onto a major highway next to an airport Monday, the latest crash in the Islamic Republic as US sanctions bar it from parts or new aircraft. Authorities said two people suffered injuries in the hard landing of the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 flown by...

    Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine funds to probe – report
    Jan27

    Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine funds to probe – report

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it aided political investigations into his Democratic rivals, former national security adviser John Bolton recounts in a draft of his forthcoming book. The revelation challenges the defense offered up by Trump and his attorneys in his...

    Trump wanted aid to Ukraine frozen until it helped on probes of political rivals: NYTimes
    Jan27

    Trump wanted aid to Ukraine frozen until it helped on probes of political rivals: NYTimes

    US President Donald Trump told a then-top aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden, the New York Times reported on Sunday. …read more Source::...

    Bolton says Trump wanted to tie Ukraine aid to probe: Report
    Jan27

    Bolton says Trump wanted to tie Ukraine aid to probe: Report

    Former national security advisor John Bolton alleges in a book draft that President Donald Trump wanted to freeze Ukrainian military aid until Kiev investigated his political rivals, The New York Times reported on Sunday. …read more Source:: The Times of...

    Trump wanted aid to Ukraine frozen until it helped on probes of political rivals: report
    Jan27

    Trump wanted aid to Ukraine frozen until it helped on probes of political rivals: report

    Democrats need to win over at least four Senate Republicans to approve the calling of witnesses. Mr. Bolton said this month he was willing to testify in the trial if a Senate subpoena was issued. …read more Source:: The...

    Sacked security adviser says Trump tied Ukraine funds to Biden probe
    Jan27

    Sacked security adviser says Trump tied Ukraine funds to Biden probe

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told his national security adviser he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it aided political investigations into his Democratic rivals, according to a report in The New York Times on Sunday. The newspaper said John Bolton’s description of his exchange with Trump appears in...

    Trump wanted aid to Ukraine frozen until it helped on probes of political rivals: NYTimes
    Jan27

    Trump wanted aid to Ukraine frozen until it helped on probes of political rivals: NYTimes

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