Section: US & Canada
With Impeachment Over, Critics See Trump ‘Retribution Tour’
In the week since his acquittal on impeachment charges, a fully emboldened President Donald Trump is demonstrating his determination to assert an iron grip on government, pushing his Justice Department to ease up on a longtime friend while using the levers of presidential powers to exact payback on real and perceived foes.Trump has told...
Marie Yovanovitch Warns State Department ‘Is In Trouble,’ Says Its Leaders Lack ‘Moral Clarity’
Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch issued a grim warning on Wednesday night during her first public appearance since her blockbuster hearing in the House’s impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump. “We need a vigorous Department of State, but right now the State Department is in trouble,” Yovanovitch said as she was...
John Kelly Finally Lets Loose on Trump
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council aide and impeachment witness President Donald Trump fired Friday, was just doing his job, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told students and guests at a Drew University event here Wednesday night. Over a 75-minute speech and Q&A session, Kelly laid out, in...
Did Trump Lose His Big Gamble on Biden?
Joe Biden might not be out, but he’s way, way down. After consecutive poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, the onetime prohibitive front-runner is in deep trouble.It’s impossible to talk about this turn of events without talking about Donald Trump, and not only because he’s the man Biden hopes to succeed as president....
8 killed in minibus crash in central Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — A minibus crash in central Russia killed eight people in the early hours on Thursday, local police said. A minibus with nine people on board was attempting to overtake another vehicle on a highway in the Pskov region about 600 kilometers (370 miles) northwest of Moscow and crashed into an oncoming truck. Seven passengers and the...
John Kelly Finally Lets Loose on Trump
MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Lieut. Col Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council aide and impeachment witness President Donald Trump fired Friday, was just doing his job, former White House chief of staff John Kelly told students and guests at a Drew University event here Wednesday night.Over a 75-minute speech and question-and-answer...
Yovanovitch: Political leaders need to do more to support the foreign service
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in a public address Wednesday called on political leaders to do more to support the U.S. foreign service, while warning about a demoralized atmosphere at the State Department under President Trump… …read more Source:: The...
Tensions Soar as Leaders Prepare for Key Global Security Summit
Political and military leaders from across the world head to Germany for the three-day Munich Security Conference that opens Friday. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Munich, from Iran to Hong Kong, Ukraine to Libya, there is no shortage of security flashpoints — and the conflicts are taking place against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak and...
Nunes And Other House Intel GOPers Boycott Meeting To Force Schiff To Investigate FISA
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes (R-CA) and his eight Republican colleagues on the committee skipped a meeting on Wednesday in protest of committee chair Adam Schiff (D-CA). The GOP lawmakers sent Schiff a letter informing him that they would not attend a Strategic Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) subcommittee...
Where’s Hunter? Until Recently, On the Board of the Left’s Premier National Security Network
If Joe Biden’s presidential campaign collapses in the coming weeks, as looks increasingly likely, it will be in part because of stories like this. In 2011, two years into his father’s term as vice president, Hunter Biden was appointed by the Truman National Security Project, a left-leaning foreign policy network, to its board of...
