Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Biden: New Trump campaign attack ad proves he’s ‘terrified’
NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign says President Donald Trump’s misleading new television ad is proof that Trump is “in a panic” and knows Biden “would beat him like a drum.” Biden’s 2020 campaign issued a statement Friday responding to news that Trump is spending $8...
Biden’s top 2020 Democratic rivals avoid rush to defend him
Democratic presidential candidates are united in condemning President Donald Trump for seeking a foreign country’s help to trash a domestic political rival. But when it comes to defending the president’s target, former Vice-President Joe Biden, it’s more complicated. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren suggested she’d...
A first: Vermont GOP governor backs Trump impeachment probe
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Vermont’s governor became the first Republican chief executive to support an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump but cautioned that he wants to know more before any further actions are taken. Gov. Phil Scott said at a news conference Thursday that he wasn’t surprised by the news that Trump...
North American stock markets subdued despite U.S. impeachment frenzy
TORONTO — North American stock markets were relatively subdued Thursday despite the frenzy taking place in Washington, D.C. over efforts to impeach the U.S. president. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 6.11 points to 16,790.40, breaking a three-day slide. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 79.59 points at 26,891.12....
Trump at private event: ‘Who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that’s close to a spy’
President Trump expressed disgust Thursday morning with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer and the White House aides who helped him or her as “almost a spy” and suggested it was treason. Speaking at a private event in New York, Trump described reporters as “scum” and raged at the Democrats’ new...
Trump Melts Down as Whistleblower Complaint Is Released
Early Thursday morning, the whistleblower complaint filed against Donald Trump on August 12 was released to the public. For someone maintaining his innocence, it doesn’t look great! According to the allegations, deemed credible by the inspector general, not only did the president try to get Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election by...
A first: Vermont GOP governor backs Trump impeachment probe
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Vermont’s governor has become the first Republican chief executive to support an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump but cautions that he wants to know more before any further actions are taken. Gov. Phil Scott said at a news conference Thursday that he wasn’t surprised by the allegations that...
Whistleblower complaint says White House officials acted to ‘lock down’ record of Trump-Ukraine call
A whistleblower’s complaint about President Donald Trump, made public on Thursday, says White House officials were so concerned about what the president said in a July call with Ukraine’s new leader that they intervened to “lock down” the transcript of the conversation. The whistleblower, whose name and gender has not been released,...
Blockuster whistleblower report accuses Trump of ‘soliciting’ foreign interference in 2020 vote and seeking to cover up damning Ukraine call
A blockbuster intelligence whistleblower report accuses President Trump of “soliciting foreign interference” in the 2020 election and sought to cover up his damning call with the Ukraine president by moving it to a new computer server. The intelligence whistleblower report that was revealed Thursday morning says the unnamed operative was alarmed...
Whistleblower complaint reveals witnesses, concern over handling of Trump Ukraine call
A complaint from a whistleblower reveals there are witnesses who can back up their story and it indicates concern over the handling of the memo of President Donald Trump’s phone call with the President of Ukraine, according to a congressional source. …read more Source:: National...
