Section: US & Canada
Stuck between the pandemic and politics, some countries ban rivals’ vaccines
Amid a rush for doses, Ukraine, Iran and Taiwan have announced bans on vaccines made by their geopolitical foes. …read more Source:: The Washington...
Ukraine Sanctions ‘Russian Trojan Horse’ Media Assets Associated With Putin Friend
Ukraine has sanctioned the media assets connected to a political heavyweight with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kyiv’s latest move against pro-Kremlin figures inside the country. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump left a trail of shady money for investigators to follow — and it could put him behind bars
Donald Trump is the leader of a political crime family. As president, he abused the power and influence of the office to personally enrich himself, his family and his inner circle. Much of Trump’s apparent extortion, self-dealing, influence-peddling, and outright blackmail was done in plain sight. One such scheme, in which Trump attempted...
My Urge to Fail and Fail Again
My daughter, West, just texted me and asked what I thought about her getting a tattoo—tasteful and small, monochrome, she doesn’t know where yet (uh-oh)—of a Samuel Beckett epigram from Worstward Ho: “Fail again. Fail better.” This brings me to tears. That she would ask—she’s 21; she can do as she pleases, but she also knows that I...
U.S. Pledges Continued Economic, Military Support To Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged continued U.S. economic and military support to Ukraine under President Joe Biden’s new administration. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Ruling Party Expels U.S. Sanctioned Lawmaker
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party has voted to expel a lawmaker after he was put under U.S. sanctions over alleged U.S. election interference. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Why Russians Are Protesting the Arrest of Alexei Navalny
So Why Are People in Russia Protesting? People in Russia are protesting the arrest of opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, which occurred on Jan. 17. Navalny was arrested allegedly for violating his parole conditions from a prior false conviction of embezzlement and money laundering. He was unable to fulfill these...
A Harvard professor argues the Trump mob’s siege fits the Framers’ ‘paradigmatic case of treason’
Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to begin next week, and senators will be asked to decide whether or not he committed “incitement to insurrection.” While Trump has previously been accused by various commenters of “treason” on multiple fronts, in uses of the term usually dismissed by...
A Harvard professor argues the Trump mob’s siege fits the Framers’ ‘paradigmatic case of treason’
Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to begin next week, and senators will be asked to decide whether or not he committed “incitement to insurrection.” While Trump has previously been accused by various commenters of “treason” on multiple fronts, in uses of the term usually dismissed by...
Trump is forcing the GOP into a humiliating bind as a parting gift
For weeks now, Republicans in Congress have been playing a rhetorical game regarding the impeachment of Donald Trump on charges — for which he is quite obviously guilty — of inciting an insurrection. On one hand, Senate Republicans want very badly to acquit Trump, even though this would allow him to run for office again, believing that the...
