Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
The latest on the Ukranian plane crash in Iran that killed 176 people
The latest on the Ukranian plane crash that killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians, in Iran: 7:40 a.m. Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne has tweeted about the deadly plane crash in Iran, which killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians. “Our hearts are with the loved ones of the victims, including many...
The latest on the Ukranian plane crash in Iran that killed 176 people
The latest on the Ukranian plane crash that killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians, in Iran: 7:40 a.m. Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne has tweeted about the deadly plane crash in Iran, which killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians. “Our hearts are with the loved ones of the victims, including many...
Trump eyes 2 House Republicans for impeachment legal team
WASHINGTON — Republican House members John Ratcliffe and Jim Jordan are being considered for a role on President Donald Trump’s defence team for the upcoming Senate impeachment trial, a person familiar with the discussions said Tuesday. A final decision has not been made, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss...
Biden stands by his foreign policy resumé as he slams Trump
Rising tensions between Washington and Tehran are testing whether Joe Biden can capitalize on his decades of foreign policy experience as he seeks to challenge a president he derides as “dangerous” and “erratic.” Biden is expected to deliver lengthy remarks Tuesday in New York about President Donald Trump’s decision to approve an airstrike...
Biden’s foreign policy prowess tested by Iran tensions
Rising tensions between Washington and Tehran are testing whether Joe Biden can capitalize on his decades of foreign policy experience as he seeks to challenge a president he derides as “dangerous” and “erratic.” Biden is expected to deliver lengthy remarks Tuesday about President Donald Trump’s decision to approve an airstrike that killed...
Georgia’s new GOP senator sworn into office amid impeachment
WASHINGTON — W ealthy Republican businesswoman Kelly Loeffler was sworn in Monday as the newest senator from Georgia, a political newcomer who takes office amid a presidential impeachment, swirling tensions with Iran and at the dawn of what looms as a bruising national election. Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Loeffler to the vacant seat...
Trump returns to Washington to face a pair of challenges
WASHINGTON — His 17-day holiday stay at his Florida resort over, President Donald Trump has returned to the White House facing twin challenges: the fallout from the strike he ordered to kill an Iranian general and his looming impeachment trial in the Senate. The dueling images — one of potential chaos in the Middle East, the other a politicized...
White House ‘escalates campaign’ to hide 20 emails about Ukraine from Congress: New York Times
The Trump administration escalated its stonewalling of Congress on Friday. “The Trump administration disclosed on Friday that there were 20 emails between a top aide to President Trump’s acting chief of staff and a colleague at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget discussing the freeze of a congressionally mandated...
Small cracks emerge in GOP unity over Trump impeachment trial
The Senate seems certain to keep U.S. President Donald Trump in office thanks to the overwhelming GOP support expected in his impeachment trial. But how that trial will proceed — and when it will begin — remains to be seen. Democrats are pushing for the Senate to issue subpoenas for witnesses and documents, pointing to reports that they say have...
Small cracks have appeared in GOP unity on impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — The Senate seems certain to keep President Donald Trump in office thanks to the overwhelming GOP support expected in his impeachment trial. But how that trial will proceed — and when it will begin — remains to be seen. Democrats are pushing for the Senate to issue subpoenas for witnesses and documents, pointing to reports that they...
