Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Trudeau builds a cabinet and hockey stops using ‘midget’; In-The-News Nov. 20
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. 20. What we are watching in Canada … OTTAWA — It will be all business this afternoon when the prime minister unveils a cabinet to navigate a new era of minority government in a...
Impeachment witness Volker says he ‘should have seen’ link between Ukraine aid and push to investigate Biden
The second round of testimony in Tuesday’s impeachment hearings is underway in Washington, with witnesses Tim Morrison of the National Security Council and Kurt Volker, former special envoy to Ukraine. Both have already testified behind closed doors in House Democrats’ impeachment investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump and his...
‘I knew I had to report this’: Top White House aides testify at impeachment hearing
A career Army officer testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine was “improper,” as Republicans in the impeachment inquiry tried to undercut the national security official with remarkable exchanges questioning his loyalty to the U.S. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said that it was his “duty” to report his concerns about...
Tillerson swipes at Trump: ‘Asking for personal favors and using United States assets as collateral is wrong’
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that “clearly asking for personal favors and using United States assets as collateral is wrong,” a swipe at President Donald Trump as the investigation into his dealings with Ukraine intensifies. PBS Newshour’s Judy Woodruff asked Tillerson at an event in Texas what he would have done if —...
Canadian students urged to flee Hong King and a modest hero; In-The-News Nov. 19
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. 19. What we are watching in Canada … Some Canadian universities are urging their exchange students in Hong Kong to consider returning home as the semi-autonomous Chinese...
Trump attacks another witness as his impeachment defense faces new tests
President Donald Trump’s impeachment angst led him to fire off a new attack on a key witness and threatens to deepen in the frenetic week ahead with crucial testimony scheduled from officials caught in the middle of the Ukraine storm. But as is perpetually the case with the President, a brew of competing scandals and controversies will...
70% of Americans say Trump’s actions tied to Ukraine were wrong: POLL
An overwhelming 70% of Americans think President Donald Trump’s request to a foreign leader to investigate his political rival, which sits at the heart of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry, was wrong, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. …read more Source:: National...
GOP senator says whistleblower’s sources ‘exposed things that didn’t need to be exposed’
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said Sunday that the administration officials who provided the whistleblower with information on President Donald Trump’s conduct toward Ukraine “exposed things that didn’t need to be exposed.” …read more Source:: National...
Trump attacks Pence aide who said Ukraine call was ‘unusual and inappropriate’
President Donald Trump on Sunday blasted an adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who told House impeachment investigators earlier this month that Trump’s asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to probe the Bidens and Democrats in a July 25 call was “unusual and inappropriate.” …read more Source:: National...
Ex-NSC official agrees Sondland was a ‘problem’ and operated in irregular foreign policy channels
In newly released testimony, two aides described their concerns as they listened to President Donald Trump discussing political investigations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the July 25 phone call at the heart of the House impeachment inquiry. And in one instance, former National Security Council official Tim Morrison testified in...
