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Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Records on Firing of Biden-Ukraine Prosecutor
Sep27

Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Records on Firing of Biden-Ukraine Prosecutor

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for records about the firing of Ukraine’s top prosecutor after then-Vice President Joe Biden threated to withhold aid. The lawsuit was filed yesterday against the U.S. Department of State (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No....

The Trump-Ukraine Affair: What You Need To Know And What’s Coming Next
Sep27

The Trump-Ukraine Affair: What You Need To Know And What’s Coming Next

Washington is closing out a week that included a vortex of developments involving President Trump, Congress and the 2020 election. Here’s what may be around the corner.(Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source::...

Biden’s top 2020 Democratic rivals avoid rush to defend him
Sep27

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
Sep27

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...

Special Coverage: Ukraine Inquiry And House Intelligence Hearing On Whistleblower
Sep27

Special Coverage: Ukraine Inquiry And House Intelligence Hearing On Whistleblower

A redacted version of the whistleblower complaint at the center of an impeachment inquiry was released, and the House Intelligence Committee heard from Joseph Maguire, the nation’s top spy. …read more Source::...

Donald Trump’s year of ‘presidential harassment’
Sep27

Donald Trump’s year of ‘presidential harassment’

President Trump has had many catchphrases throughout his career as a real estate mogul, reality show star and president of the United States of America. Though not as prolific as ‘You’re fired!’ or ‘Fake News!’, a phrase he has turned to multiple times as things started to become rockier in the White House is ‘presidential...

Giuliani’s Ukraine gambit at core of whistleblower complaint
Sep27

Giuliani’s Ukraine gambit at core of whistleblower complaint

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North American stock markets subdued despite U.S. impeachment frenzy
Sep27

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....

When it comes to friends, Donald Trump needs only the bare minimum
Sep27

When it comes to friends, Donald Trump needs only the bare minimum

Donald Trump needs only 34 friends to save his tangerine neck but his lifeboat is getting leaky. “Cracks emerge among Senate Republicans,” the Washington Post assures its Trump-hating owner and subscribers. “I would not be happy,” a member of the Grand Old Party from Wisconsin says of the latest furor, if in fact the furor is true. Mitt Romney,...

Trump at private event: ‘Who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that’s close to a spy’
Sep26

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...