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NATO chief says Trump remains committed to alliance
Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of NATO, said Sunday that he believes U.S. President Donald Trump remains committed to the 70-year-old military alliance. Speaking on “Fareed Zakaria GPS” in the aftermath of a NATO summit in London, Stoltenberg said,c for several reasons. First of all, that is something the president has expressed, meeting the...
Pelosi reveals plan to proceed with articles of impeachment against Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she has asked key chairmen to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, a historic step that signals the House is increasingly likely to vote to impeach Trump before the end of this year. “Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders, and a heart full of...
Donald Trump, you’re no Bill Clinton
Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris, offering weekly perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption. One problem for President Donald Trump, The New York Times said a couple months ago, is that he is not enough like Bill Clinton, who “faced impeachment with discipline.” The other day, however, The Washington...
Trump abused power of presidency, Democrats conclude in impeachment report
U.S. President Donald Trump abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rivals, House Democrats concluded in a report released Tuesday. The 300-page House Intelligence Committee report, which is expected to form the basis of articles of impeachment, also accuses Trump of...
Putin speaks by phone with von der Leyen
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday and congratulated her on her new position, according to the Kremlin. “It was noted on both sides that, despite the current difficult period in relations between Russia and the European Union, it is in the common long-term interests to find...
Zelenskiy airs his grievances with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a recent interview that he did not view his conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump about a potential White House visit and investigations into Trump’s political rivals from the lens of a quid pro quo — but he blasted the U.S. for treating his country like a political chess piece. In an...
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
First published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, November 30, 2019 | By Rytis Daukantas First published in Der Standard, Austria, November 28, 2019 | By Oliver Schopf First published in The Economist, U.K., November 30, 2019 | By Kal First published on POLITICO.com, U.S., November 27, 2019 | By Matt Wuerker First published in The Minneapolis...
Gordon Sondland denies allegations of sexual misconduct
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU and a major impeachment witness, was accused of sexual misconduct in a report published by ProPublica and Portland Monthly on Wednesday. Sondland and his lawyer deny the allegations. The report recounts allegations from three women — all named — who said Sondland acted in sexually inappropriate ways...
Waiting for Obama
Today, almost every Democratic presidential campaign starts with what one close adviser to Barack Obama calls “The Pilgrimage”: the journey to the West End to meet the former president. The West End of Washington, D.C., sandwiched between the better-known districts of Georgetown and Dupont Circle, is known as a neighborhood that people travel...
How TV prepared us for the impeachment hearings
Everybody mocked the media last week for asking if the impeachment hearings were loaded with enough “pizzazz” to keep the public watching. “Saturday Night Live” created a faux soap opera to show what a real impeachment drama would look like. A New York Times op-ed chastised the public for expecting the kind of entertainment fix we usually get...
