Section: European Voice (EU)
The Russia hawk in the White House
Just weeks into her new job as the White House’s top Russia analyst, Fiona Hill was sitting in one of her first high-level meetings with the president, his national security adviser, and a pounding migraine. Furiously writing notes, keeping her head down, and willing both the meeting and the hammering in her head to end, it took her a few...
David Cameron defends Biden Ukraine scenario
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday supported the explanation offered as to why former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pressured the president of Ukraine in 2015 to crack down on corruption. Speaking on “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN, Cameron said, “It’s certainly true to say that the British view, I think in common with the...
Conflict of interest questions add to scrutiny of Trump’s Ukraine envoy
Mediating peace between Russia and Ukraine was supposed to be a part-time job for Kurt Volker. But he’s now at the center of a full-blown scandal — with questions about his own conduct that are separate from the alleged pressure campaign that could lead to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. As Trump’s special representative...
Stop comparing Trump’s impeachment case to Johnson’s … or Nixon’s … or Clinton’s
The internet is awash in historical explainers and hot takes trying to make sense of our sudden constitutional crisis. Marshalled on behalf of a range of competing viewpoints, the arguments are sprinkled with references to Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton—the three presidents who faced impeachment proceedings before Donald Trump....
Russia concerns fueled rejection of Hungary’s Commission nominee
Members of the European Parliament cited concerns about “connections to Russia” in rejecting the Hungarian nominee for the next European Commission, László Trócsányi. The Parliament’s legal affairs committee on Thursday blocked the confirmation of both Trócsányi, slated to become commissioner for relations with the EU’s neighbors, and...
How the Trump probe is playing in Ukraine
KYIV — On the day the U.S. House of Representatives announced it would begin an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, Vitaly Sych, the chief editor of Ukrainian news magazine Novoye Vremya, came into work expecting a quiet day. He had a cover story, a 10-page feature, ready and proofed for the page. By midday, however, as events unfolded across...
Support for Trump’s impeachment jumps: poll
Voters are now evenly split on whether Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump, a marked increase in support for impeachment, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. The poll, which began after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her support for impeachment proceedings on Tuesday, shows 43...
Tusk hits back at Trump
NEW YORK — Globalism above patriotism. Solidarity before sovereignty. Truth not lies. European Council President Donald Tusk delivered a rhetorical beat-down of U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Thursday, forcefully rebutting the American president’s speech endorsing nationalism and patriotism as the key to a better...
Congress releases whistleblower complaint alleging Trump abused his office
An intelligence community whistleblower claimed White House officials expressed alarm that they had witnessed US President Donald Trump “abuse his office for personal gain” during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky in July. According to an unclassified version of the complaint released Thursday morning, the whistleblower...
Nancy Pelosi’s long road to impeachment
Speaker Nancy Pelosi dialed her long-time deputy, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, on Monday afternoon to let him know she’d come to a momentous decision: she was going to endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Pelosi was in New York City for a private dinner with members of the Acela Corridor elite — Fortune 500...
