Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution, Then And Now
Three years ago the streets of Ukraine’s capital were engulfed in protests as Euromaidan demonstrators demanded the resignation of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. January 22, 2014, marked a turning point when Berkut riot police cracked down violently on protesters. Twenty-year-old demonstrator Serhiy Nihoyan and 25-year-old Mikhail...
Top Senate Democrat reveals plan to undermine Trump, claims Republicans will help him do it
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) revealed legislation he’ll introduce to undermine President Trump’s agenda – and he claims that Republicans will help him do it. In a Sunday interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week,” Schumer said that he’ll be introducing a bill to make sure Trump cannot...
Russia foreign ministry: Date for Trump-Putin call being finalized
A spokesman for Russia’s foreign ministry said Monday that his government expects to finalize a date soon for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first phone call with President Donald Trump since his inauguration last week.On a conference call with reporters that was reported by Reuters, Russian foreign ministry spokesman Dmitry...
The Morning Vertical, January 23, 2017
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Chaos
In August 2014, Pope Francis warned a group of journalists that “we are in a world at war everywhere.” He recalled: “A man said to me, ‘Father, we are in World War III, but spread out in small pockets everywhere.’ He was right.” The pope’s conclusion was partly a reflection of the time. Because August 2014 marked one hundred years...
Eastern European countries back NATO support against Russia
ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: To discuss the security situation in Europe, I am joined from Warsaw by Paul Jones, the American ambassador to Poland. He’s a career foreign service officer appointed by President Obama in 2015 and is staying on with the Trump administration. Ambassador, what is your reaction to the Kremlin...
Trump’s ‘alternative facts’ could put lives at risk
“Alternative facts” could kill, warn national security and other government veterans, and eventually could unravel the fabric of democracy and America’s standing in the world.This weekend, it was crowd size. By next week, it could be how many troops were killed, and who was responsible for the attack. Or how successful the American response...
Trump looms large as Canada, allies finalize plans for NATO mission to Latvia
OTTAWA — President Donald Trump will loom large when representatives from several NATO countries gather here this week to finalize plans for deployment of a Canadian-led battle group to Latvia starting in the spring. But at least one senior official from the eastern European nation is counselling calm. Canada agreed last year to lead one of four...
U.S. NATO troops surge in Europe after Russian aggression
CHRIS LIVESAY, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND: In the port city of Bremerhaven on Germany’s North Sea coast, approximately 4-thousand American troops and 25-hundred vehicles began arriving in early January. Known as the Iron Brigade, they’re from the Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort...
Questions abound over Trump’s NATO stance ahead of meeting
President Donald Trump is joined by the Congressional leadership and his family before formally signing his cabinet nominations into law, Friday, Jan. 20, 2107, in the President’s Room of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Vice President Mike Pence, the president’s wife Melania Trump, their son Barron Trump, and...
