Section: US & Canada
The Oversight Wars Are Not Going Away
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump has slouched to its preordained conclusion. But the confrontation between the president and the House of Representatives over the House’s oversight powers and the president’s authority to resist congressional demands for information and testimony is very much still ongoing.Over the next...
Ukrainian leader seeks more independence, fires top aide
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president dismissed his chief of staff on Tuesday in a sign of intensifying rivalries in his entourage and a possible move to distance himself from a powerful billionaire. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration released his decree ousting Andriy Bohdan and putting foreign affairs adviser Andriy...
Ukrainian leader seeks more independence, fires top aide
Ukraine’s president has fired his chief of staff in a sign of intensifying rivalry in his entourage …read more Source:: ABC...
Ukrainian leader seeks more independence, fires top aide
Ukraine’s president dismissed his chief of staff on Tuesday in a sign of intensifying rivalries in his entourage and a possible move to distance himself from a powerful billionaire. President … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
BERN NOTICE: Sanders Poised to Seize Victory in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H.—The main players in the 2020 presidential race were all in New Hampshire on Monday making their pitch to voters ahead of the Granite State’s “first in the nation” primary. Elizabeth Warren was also here, persisting, and promoting her “intersectional policy,” though no one seemed to care. She did,...
U.S. soldier pleads guilty to distributing bomb-making instructions
A 24-year-old U.S. Army soldier who said he wanted to travel to Ukraine to fight with a far-right military group has pleaded guilty to distributing bomb-making instructions, according to prosecutors. …read more Source:: United Press...
‘Like I’m in a Bad Movie.’ Concerns Mount on Quarantined Ship as More Passengers Test Positive for Coronavirus
Gay Courter, 75, has a perfect view of the Yokohama docks from the balcony of her cabin on the virus-stricken Diamond Princess. “There are currently thirty-something ambulances, some with their headlights on,” she tells TIME by phone. “There are men in military uniforms and more executive-looking types holding clipboards. People in white hazmat...
Nadler demands answers from Barr on ‘new channel’ for receiving Ukraine info from Giuliani
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is demanding answers from Attorney General William Barr about a Justice Department “intake process” that will review information on Ukraine from President Trump’s a… …read more Source:: The...
US Scrutinizing Information Ahead of 2020 Election, Including From Giuliani
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani ahead of the November election, but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken “at face value.”Barr spoke at a news conference a day after Senate...
China Virus Deaths Top 1,000 As Ukraine Readies Evacuation Of Citizens
China’s National Health Commission has reported 108 new fatalities on February 10 from a novel respiratory virus, bringing the total death toll in the country to 1,016. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
