Section: US & Canada
Trump wants Pentagon to review conduct of witness central to impeachment case
Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman testified before the House impeachment panel that Trump inappropriately pushed Ukraine’s President to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. …read more Source:: Global...
‘The Gloves Are Off’: Trump Pushes Revenge Operations
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettySince his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump has privately encouraged his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to keep at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ukrainian Police Major, Ex-Convict Wanted In Arson Case Involving RFE/RL’s Reporter’s Car
Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office in Lviv suspects an underworld criminal and a police major of collusion in the arson of a vehicle belonging to RFE/RL correspondent Halyna Tereshchuk. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
He Learned His Lesson
My colleagues are covering the details of the emerging DOJ scandal tied to the sentencing of Roger Stone. I want to note a pattern, which seems critical. Famously, the day after Robert Mueller testified before Congress Trump was on the phone with President Zelensky of Ukraine, trying to bully him into opening those investigations. The plot had...
Senators Vote To Acquit President Trump
The Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Trump of charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to his Ukraine conduct, bringing to an end a fast-tracked two-week impeachment trial. We’re following the reactions to the historic decision. …read more Source::...
Repairing Ukraine’s Gutted Gunboats
By the summer, Ukraine hopes it can repair the damaged navy vessels returned by Russia. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump’s Conquest of the Department of Justice is Complete
“You know, the saddest thing is that because I’m the president of the United States, I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department,” President Donald Trump said in a radio interview in November 2017. “I am not supposed to be involved with the FBI. I’m not supposed to be doing the kind of things that I would love to be...
DOJ review of Ukraine material began “several weeks” ago, source says
Justice Department officials have been “quietly” reviewing records and documents from Ukraine for “several weeks,” a source familiar with the matter tells CBS News. …read more Source::...
Dem senator requests State records on Trump activities in Ukraine
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a request to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asking the department to send records on U.S. activities in Ukraine since President Trump took office. …read more Source:: The...
Trump, Unleashed
The Senate’s acquittal of Donald Trump elicited predictions that the president would now be “unleashed,” freed to do as he pleased. His actions over the past few days offer a first glimpse of what that might look like. With the threat of accountability gone, or at least diminished, Trump is bestowing favor on his loyal defenders, and...
