Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Trump claims Marie Yovanovitch refused to hang his portrait in embassy in Ukraine
President Trump attacked former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday, saying she was “not an angel” and claiming she refused to hang his framed photograph in the embassy in Kiev for at least a year. “This ambassador that everybody says was so wonderful, she wouldn’t hang my picture in the embassy,” Mr. Trump told “Fox and...
Trump doubles down on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory
U.S. President Donald Trump is still promoting a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House security adviser called it a “fictional narrative.” Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” on Friday and said he was trying to root out corruption in the Eastern European nation when he...
Lindsey Graham Begins Senate Investigation Into The Bidens
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting documentation on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s work in Ukraine on Thursday, as the week’s public impeachment inquiry hearings in the House drew to a close. In his two-page letter, Graham asked...
Impeachment: Hill says Ukraine election meddling a ‘fictional narrative’ distracting from Russia
A former White House Russia analyst sternly warned Republican lawmakers — and implicitly President Donald Trump — to quit pushing a “fictional” narrative that Ukraine, not Russia interfered in the 2016 election as they defend Trump in the impeachment inquiry. In Thursday testimony, Fiona Hill, a career expert on Russia, and David Holmes, a State...
Former White House aide Fiona Hill appears to take aim at GOP lawmakers for ignoring Putin election threat
Former White House official Fiona Hill on Thursday will accuse lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee of echoing Russian propaganda by fomenting the “fictional narrative” that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election, according to her prepared testimony obtained by NBC News. Hill, one of the foremost U.S. experts on Russian President Vladimir...
Hockey’s cradle up for sale and pantless in Winnipeg; In-The-News Nov. 21
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 Nov. 21. What we are watching in Canada … OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Julie Payette is honouring 39 people with the Order of Canada this morning, including actor William Shatner, writer...
Buttigieg looks to prove his staying power in Atlanta debate
ATLANTA — Pete Buttigieg’s dramatic rise in the Democratic race makes him a prime target at Wednesday’s debate as the candidates bunched at the front of the pack seek to distinguish themselves with just three months until 2020 presidential voting begins. The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has gained significant ground in...
‘The answer is yes’ to ‘quid pro quo,’ Sondland to tell impeachment hearings
Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed for House impeachment investigators Wednesday he spoke with President Donald Trump on a cellphone from a busy Kyiv restaurant the day after the president prodded Ukraine’s leader to investigate political rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: National...
Sondland testimony targets Trump, Pompeo and confirms deal with Ukraine
Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland is pointing the finger at President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton in explosive public testimony on Wednesday in which he says explicitly there was a “quid quo pro” linking a White House visit for Ukraine’s president to investigations into...
Sondland testifies at pivotal impeachment hearing — live updates
In the most high-stakes testimony in the impeachment inquiry yet, the House will hear testimony from the U.S. diplomat who discussed efforts to pressure Ukraine directly with President Trump. Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, will appear before the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning to explain his shifting testimony, as...
