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    Ukraine expert at White House sounded alarm
    Oct29

    Ukraine expert at White House sounded alarm

    October 29, 2019 9:50 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – A White House national security official who is a decorated Iraq War veteran plans to tell House impeachment investigators on Tuesday (Oct 29) that he heard President Donald Trump appeal to Ukraine’s President to investigate one of his leading political rivals, a request the aide...

    Democrats prepare to move Trump impeachment inquiry onto public stage
    Oct24

    Democrats prepare to move Trump impeachment inquiry onto public stage

    October 24, 2019 9:34 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – House Democrats are preparing to move their largely private impeachment inquiry onto a more public stage as soon as mid-November and are already grappling with how best to present the complex Ukraine saga to the American people. …read more Source:: The Straits...

    Trump ‘tied Ukraine aid directly to Biden probe’
    Oct24

    Trump ‘tied Ukraine aid directly to Biden probe’

    October 24, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • The top US envoy to Ukraine has testified that a senior diplomat told him in early September that President Donald Trump made US security aid to Ukraine entirely dependent on a public promise to investigate former vice-president Joe Biden and the 2016 election. …read more Source:: The Straits...

    Trump says US government should stop hiring ‘Never Trumpers’
    Oct23

    Trump says US government should stop hiring ‘Never Trumpers’

    October 24, 2019 3:58 AMWASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Donald Trump called on his administration to stop hiring “Never Trumpers,” after a parade of current and former aides added fuel to a House impeachment inquiry with damaging testimony about the president’s actions towards Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Straits...

    William Taylor, ‘model’ diplomat, is at centre of impeachment inquiry
    Oct23

    William Taylor, ‘model’ diplomat, is at centre of impeachment inquiry

    October 23, 2019 8:40 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked Mr William Taylor, a highly respected former diplomat, to become America’s top diplomat in Ukraine in June, Mr Taylor initially hesitated. …read more Source:: The Straits...

    Trump aide Mulvaney says was ‘absolutely not’ asked to resign
    Oct20

    Trump aide Mulvaney says was ‘absolutely not’ asked to resign

    October 20, 2019 11:20 PMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Top White House aide Mick Mulvaney said Sunday (Oct 20) he has “absolutely not” been asked to resign over his public admission that Donald Trump had tied military aid for Ukraine to Kiev’s opening a probe into the Democrats. …read more Source:: The Straits...

    US diplomat told Congress he raised red flag about Biden and Ukraine: Source
    Oct19

    US diplomat told Congress he raised red flag about Biden and Ukraine: Source

    October 19, 2019 9:37 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A US diplomat told congressional investigators this week that he raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s position with a Ukrainian energy company in 2015, only to be turned away by an aide to then-Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the testimony said on Friday (Oct 18)....

    Democrat rivals pile on Elizabeth Warren as Joe Biden defends son’s work in Ukraine in TV debate
    Oct16

    Democrat rivals pile on Elizabeth Warren as Joe Biden defends son’s work in Ukraine in TV debate

    October 16, 2019 11:01 AMWESTERVILLE, OHIO (BLOOMBERG) – Ms Elizabeth Warren’s rivals targeted her new status as a front-runner in the Democratic race in a televised debate on Tuesday (Oct 15), questioning and criticising her for not explaining the cost of her healthcare plan and for proposing dramatically higher taxes on the...

    Pence, Giuliani will not cooperate in US House impeachment inquiry
    Oct16

    Pence, Giuliani will not cooperate in US House impeachment inquiry

    October 16, 2019 7:48 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday (Oct 15) they will not cooperate with a US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival. …read more...

    At crowded Democratic debate, Biden and impeachment to draw spotlight
    Oct16

    At crowded Democratic debate, Biden and impeachment to draw spotlight

    October 16, 2019 7:39 AMWESTERVILLE (AFP) – Twelve Democrats square off Tuesday (Oct 15) in a crowded presidential debate overshadowed by an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, who has dragged chief rival Joe Biden into the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:: The Straits...