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Trump ordered aid freeze before Ukraine call: Reports
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump ordered almost US$400 million (RM1.6 billion) in aid to Ukraine to be frozen days before he allegedly asked its president to investigate the son of Joe Biden, US media said late Monday, quoting administration officials.The reports in The Washington Post and The New York Times add to a burgeoning crisis around...
Trump says he put ‘no pressure’ on Ukraine, as tension mounts
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump on Monday swatted away mounting pressure from Democrats demanding his impeachment, rejecting accusations he had offered aid to Ukraine only if it investigated his political rival Joe Biden. Battered by the burgeoning scandal during his first full day at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Trump...
Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian President and asking for Biden probe, officials say
September 24, 2019 11:29 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – US President Donald Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost US$400 million (S$550.99 million) in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before a phone call in which Mr Trump is said to have pressured the Ukrainian President to investigate the son of...
Trump addresses UN in shadow of Iran crisis, domestic scandal
President Trump hints new measures on ending Iran’s nuclear technology. (Reuters pic)NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump will try selling his tough Iran policy in a speech to the UN on Tuesday, but the bid for international leadership will be overshadowed by growing political scandals at home. “We’ll be talking about Iran,” Trump told...
Trump says he’s not taking talk of impeachment over Ukraine seriously
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President is defiant as House Democrats press for Ukraine files
Leading congressional Democrats demanded Monday that the Trump administration turn over documentation about allegations that President Donald Trump sought to pressure the Ukrainian president to dig up dirt on a leading political rival, as a growing number of their colleagues said his actions could warrant impeachment. …read more Source::...
US soldier arrested for sharing bomb-making instructions
Democratic candidate O’Rourke (centre) becomes a bomb target of Jarrett Smith. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A US soldier who shared bomb-making instructions online and spoke of attacking the headquarters of a major television network has been arrested, the Justice Department said Monday. Jarrett Smith, 24, an army private assigned to Fort Riley,...
Trump says, ‘no I didn’t’ on pressuring Ukraine
Trump, however says his conversation with a Ukrainian leader was interesting. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday denied trying to coerce Ukraine into investigating his Democratic political rival Joe Biden, but wavered about whether he would release a transcript of a phone call that some Democrats say are grounds for his...
Trump insists he never pressed Ukraine to dig for Biden dirt
Congressional Democrats on Monday pressed their demands for full disclosure of a whistleblower’s complaint about President Donald Trump and intensified calls for impeachment. Trump insisted anew he did… …read more Source:: Japan...
Trump says he may release transcript of controversial Ukraine phone call
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering the release of a transcript of his controversial July phone call with Ukraine’s president but … …read more Source:: The Japan...
