Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
In response to Trump, Democrat to focus on pocketbook issues
WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is using the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to appeal to working-class voters, saying her party is focusing on easing health care costs and addressing other pocket-book issues. “It’s pretty simple. Democrats are trying to make your health care...
France’s Macron: Distancing of Russia a ‘major error’ for EU
WARSAW, Poland — French President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of engaging in historical revisionism on World War II but said during a visit to Poland on Tuesday that a strong Europe needs to remain open to honest dialogue with Moscow. Macron addressed students and faculty members at Jagiellonian University in Krakow on the second day of his...
Trump faces accusers: What to watch during his big speech
WASHINGTON — Who’s clapping now? On the brink of his Senate acquittal, President Donald Trump will be unleashing “relentless optimism” during his third State of the Union address, a speech designed to pivot from his impeachment to his drive for reelection. Trump is speaking from a position of strength, with nearly complete control of the...
Pompeo defends his attacks on US media as ‘perfect message’ in former Soviet states
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s attacks on National Public Radio and what he called the “unhinged media” are being heard around the world. While traveling in Central Asia over the weekend, the top U.S. diplomat faced questions from a local reporter about whether he retaliated against the radio network after being pressed by one of its...
Trump trial closing arguments aim at voters, history
WASHINGTON — Closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are unfolding Monday as much for history as any effort to sway votes, one final chance to influence public opinion and set the record ahead of his expected acquittal in the Republican-led Senate. The House Democratic prosecutors drew on history, the Founding...
Iran plane downing: Tehran ends co-operation with Ukraine
Iran has ceased co-operation with Ukraine in its investigation into the downing of Ukrainian passenger jet PS752 by Iranian missiles last month. It comes after leaked remarks suggested Iran knew immediately that it had struck the plane. Ukrainian TV aired an exchange between air traffic control and a pilot who was landing as the jet crashed. The...
After NPR dust-up, Pompeo defends press freedom abroad
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — For the past four days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been calling for authoritarian governments in eastern Europe and Central Asia to ease restrictions on press freedom despite criticism for his own treatment of journalists at home. In Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan over the weekend and again on Monday,...
Impeachment trial heads to historic end in frenetic week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial heads toward a historic conclusion this week, with senators all-but-certain to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after narrowly rejecting Democratic demands to summon witnesses. There’s still plenty of drama to unfold before Wednesday’s...
Impeachment trial heads to historic end in frenetic week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial heads toward a historic conclusion this week, with senators all-but-certain to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after narrowly rejecting Democratic demands to summon witnesses. There’s still plenty of drama to unfold before Wednesday’s...
Trump speech to project optimism at time of bitter division
WASHINGTON — Standing before lawmakers in the grand-domed Capitol where his impeachment trial is still underway, President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will declare the state of the union s trong, even when it is bitterly divided as he asks Americans for a second term. After becoming just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached,...
