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Trump’s Ukraine Call Might Violate Election Laws, But No One’s Enforcing Them
Oct05

Trump’s Ukraine Call Might Violate Election Laws, But No One’s Enforcing Them

Campaign finance lawyers believe Trump’s request to Ukraine’s president that he investigate Joe Biden and his family broke the law. But the FEC lacks a quorum and the Justice Department sees no crime.(Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source::...

Second official is weighing whether to blow the whistle on Trump’s Ukraine dealings
Oct05

Second official is weighing whether to blow the whistle on Trump’s Ukraine dealings

A new complaint, particularly from someone closer to the events, would potentially add further credibility to the account of the first whistleblower, a CIA officer who was detailed to the National Security Council at one point. …read more Source:: Toronto...

Democrats subpoena White House for documents on Trump’s efforts with Ukraine
Oct05

Democrats subpoena White House for documents on Trump’s efforts with Ukraine

A U.S. House of Representatives committee has subpoenaed the White House demanding documents that could provide details on President Donald Trump’s effort to push Ukraine to produce information that could damage Joe Biden’s presidential run. …read more Source::...

Ukraine Conducts Probe Sought By Trump Regarding Hunter Biden’s Former Employer
Oct05

Ukraine Conducts Probe Sought By Trump Regarding Hunter Biden’s Former Employer

A new top prosecutor will review 15 dropped corruption investigations involving the owner of a gas firm on whose board Hunter Biden sat. Ruslan Ryaboshapka says he knows of no evidence against Biden.(Image credit: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters) …read more Source::...

GOP Sen. Johnson says Trump blocked Ukraine aid
Oct05

GOP Sen. Johnson says Trump blocked Ukraine aid

A Republican senator said Friday he learned from a U.S. ambassador that President Donald Trump was tying military aid for Ukraine to an investigation of the 2016 election. But when the senator asked Trump if he could assure the Ukraine leadership the money would be coming, the president blocked him from carrying that message. …read more...

GOP Sen. Johnson says Trump blocked Ukraine aid
Oct04

GOP Sen. Johnson says Trump blocked Ukraine aid

…read more Source:: Toronto...

U.S. diplomats discussed Ukraine in text messages — here are a few takeaways
Oct04

U.S. diplomats discussed Ukraine in text messages — here are a few takeaways

Text messages released by House Democrats span a frenetic eight-week period from July to September, revealing new details about State Department efforts to commit Ukraine to an investigation into the 2016 presidential election and the family of Democratic rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Global...

The kitchen’s on fire, and Scheer won’t grab the fire extinguisher
Oct04

The kitchen’s on fire, and Scheer won’t grab the fire extinguisher

The Conservative Party of Canada has painted itself into a corner on the issue of climate change. Were the issue not quite so pressing, and the injury not so entirely self-inflicted, one could almost feel sorry for the party. Here they are, hoping to form the government in a country where the majority of people recognize climate change as the...

Ukraine to review criminal cases against owner of gas company linked to Biden’s son
Oct04

Ukraine to review criminal cases against owner of gas company linked to Biden’s son

Trump had pressed for such a review in a phone call with Ukraine’s new leader, a “favour” that now has led the U.S. Congress to begin an impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: Global...

The Latest: Trump denies quid pro quo with Ukraine
Oct04

The Latest: Trump denies quid pro quo with Ukraine

…read more Source:: Toronto...