Section: US & Canada
Pompeo denies retaliation but won’t explain watchdog ouster
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday adamantly denied that he recommended firing the State Department’s independent watchdog in retaliation for investigations into Pompeo’s conduct as America’s top diplomat. But Pompeo again declined to provide specific reasons for Steve Linick’s dismissal as inspector...
Video Purportedly Shows Russian Snipers In Ukraine
Video released by the Ukrainian military shows what it claims is a team of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) snipers operating in eastern Ukraine. Analysts interviewed by RFE/RL agreed that the men’s equipment indicated that, at the very least, they were supported by a state actor — and that Russia was the most likely...
Trump Is Brazenly Interfering With the 2020 Election
Imagine that the White House chief of staff wrote a secret memo, at the behest of the president of the United States, to the Treasury secretary and the director of the Office of Management and Budget. In the carefully hidden memo, the chief of staff directs the two to secretly and illegally cut off all federal funding to two key swing states,...
Ukraine’s Zelensky pulled back into U.S. political fray after leaked Biden tapes
The Ukrainian leader called on law enforcement to investigate conversations between Biden and then-President Petro Poroshenko and said they might be perceived “as high treason.” …read more Source:: The Washington...
Which Way Will Ukraine Swing?
A year after Zelensky’s election, mixed messaging on the country’s relationships with Russia and Europe is raising eyebrows internationally. …read more Source:: Foreign...
The Latest: Cruise ship stranded for weeks docks in Croatia
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — ‘New normal’ anything but as countries continue to reopen. — Cruise ship stranded for weeks...
Ukrainian President ‘Sure’ IMF Memorandum To Be Signed By End Of Month
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, says he is certain a memorandum with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be signed by the end of May to bolster the country’s finances. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Who Leaked Biden’s Calls to Ukraine?
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos Getty/APThey’re leaked communications from the Democratic presidential frontrunner and conservatives are already sharing them all over social media in hopes they’ll help Trump’s re-election campaign. It sounds like the final months of the 2016 election—or the height of 2019’s...
A New Round Of Biden Smears Launched From The Ukraine Fever Swamps
The 2020 election is six months away, and foreign interference in it has begun. The same people who brought you the conspiracy theories for which President Trump sought to extort Ukraine last year — leading to his impeachment — are now peddling something new. It’s audio clips of Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry...
Ukraine To Use Separatist Interviews As Evidence Of Role In MH17 Downing
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) says it will use a journalist’s interview with former separatist figures as evidence of crimes committed during the war in the east of the country, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
