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Giuliani associate: Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure
Jan16

Giuliani associate: Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure

Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump’s personal lawyer, made several potentially explosive claims in a televised interview Wednesday night with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. …read more Source:: Toronto...

White House broke law on Ukraine aid, watchdog says as Senate starts impeachment procedures
Jan16

White House broke law on Ukraine aid, watchdog says as Senate starts impeachment procedures

The U.S. Senate opens its historic proceedings against President Donald Trump on Thursday with a formal reading of the articles of impeachment by House prosecutors, followed by the arrival at the Capitol of Chief Justice John Roberts, who will swear in all 100 senators as jurors for just the third impeachment trial in U.S. history. …read...

Trump administration violated law in withholding Ukraine aid: U.S. watchdog
Jan16

Trump administration violated law in withholding Ukraine aid: U.S. watchdog

The report, released Thursday, said the funds were withheld for a “policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act.” …read more Source:: Global...

Trump Broke The Law In Freezing Ukraine Funds, Watchdog Report Concludes
Jan16

Trump Broke The Law In Freezing Ukraine Funds, Watchdog Report Concludes

The Government Accountability Office opined on Thursday that the Trump administration’s actions in the Ukraine affair went beyond the bounds of a law called the Impoundment Control Act.(Image credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) …read more Source::...

Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid
Jan16

Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

…read more Source:: Toronto...

Iran must compensate crash victims families, Canada-led group agrees
Jan16

Iran must compensate crash victims families, Canada-led group agrees

Canada and other countries are demanding compensation from Iran for the families of people killed when Iranian forces shot down an airliner leaving Tehran last week. That’s one of five elements in an agreement coming out of a meeting Canada hosted in London today, with representatives from Britain, Sweden, Afghanistan and Ukraine. The...

Trump administration violated law in withholding Ukraine aid: U.S. watchdog
Jan16

Trump administration violated law in withholding Ukraine aid: U.S. watchdog

The federal government’s watchdog agency said Thursday a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the aid. The freeze is at centre of the impeachment of President Donald...

Nations of Iran crash victims seek compensation for families
Jan16

Nations of Iran crash victims seek compensation for families

LONDON — The governments of countries that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner demanded Thursday that Tehran accept “full responsibility” and pay compensation to the victims’ families. The foreign ministers of Canada, the U.K., Afghanistan, Sweden and Ukraine issued the statement on after a meeting at the Canadian High...

Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid: Government Accountability Office
Jan16

Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid: Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office says the Trump administration broke the law when it withheld US security aid to Ukraine last year that had been appropriated by Congress — an issue at the center of the impeachment of President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: CTV...

Ukraine opens probe of possible surveillance of ambassador
Jan16

Ukraine opens probe of possible surveillance of ambassador

Ukrainian police said Thursday they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance by an unknown party before she was recalled from her post in May. …read more Source:: CTV...