Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Trump holds campaign rally in Michigan as impeachment looms
WASHINGTON — An indignant and defiant President Donald Trump stared down Wednesday’s impeachment votes as he has every obstacle in his presidency: by broadcasting his grievances via tweet. The White House insisted Trump would be busy working rather than focused on the proceedings in the House, but the president spent much of his day...
GOP embraces Trump as never before with anti-impeachment
WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ unbroken opposition to impeachment is their most unapologetic embrace of President Donald Trump yet, binding them to a president whose loyalty from his party’s core conservative voters is matched only by his opponents’ loathing for him. Just three months ago, initial revelations of a phone call in...
Live updates: House votes on impeachment of President Trump
The House of Representatives will debate and vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday after weeks of testimony related to his dealings with Ukraine and hours of fiery debate over the process. …read more Source:: National...
Congress takes aim at Syrian war crimes, Russian aggression
WASHINGTON — Congress on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure on Syria, Russia and China while making it more difficult for the Trump administration to reduce commitments to allies from Europe to Asia. As part of a defence policy bill that passed the Senate, lawmakers will impose sanctions on Syrian troops and others responsible for atrocities committed...
Giuliani: Trump ‘relied on’ his claims about US diplomat
WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, says he provided the president with information that the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was impeding investigations that could benefit Trump politically. Within weeks, she was recalled from her post. In an interview with The New York Times, Giuliani portrayed himself as...
Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates faces sentencing
WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates, who was charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, will learn how much his extensive co-operation with the Justice Department has paid off when he is sentenced in Washington’s federal court. Neither his lawyers nor federal prosecutors are seeking prison...
Financial support and Conservative leadership race; In The News for Dec. 17
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 17. What we are watching in Canada … The country’s finance ministers are meeting in Ottawa today, with more federal help for resource-dependent provinces such as Alberta...
Vulnerable Democrats fall in line behind Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON — Utah Democrat Ben McAdams stepped into a small town city council chamber just outside Salt Lake City and took a deep breath. “I will vote yes,” McAdams told reporters. With a tight smile, the congressman made clear, in the heart of ruby-red Utah, that he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The scene played out across the...
CNN reporter: Giuliani made a stunning admission
In an interview with the New Yorker, Rudy Giuilani said he needed former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch “out of the way,” and went on to say she was going to make investigations into President Donald Trump’s political rival “difficult.” …read more Source:: National...
House vote, and on to the Senate: What’s next in impeachment
WASHINGTON — The House will vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump this week after spending the past three months investigating the president’s dealings in Ukraine and deciding whether his behaviour was grave enough to qualify as high crimes and misdemeanours. The House Judiciary Committee on Friday approved two articles of...
