Section: US & Canada
Turkish-Russian Tension Over Syria Opens Door to Washington
Questions about the future of Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia are growing as fallout continues from Monday’s killing of at least five Turkish soldiers by Russia-backed Syrian government forces. The rising Russia-Turkey tension over Syria is now seen as offering an opportunity to the United States to improve strained ties with...
Collins: Trump has learned ‘a pretty big lesson’ from impeachment
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) on Tuesday defended her newly announced decision to vote to acquit President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, saying he has learned “a pretty big lesson” over his dealings with Ukraine…. …read more Source:: The...
Susan Collins announces she’ll vote to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has announced that she will vote to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment put forward by the House of Representatives.In a Tuesday speech from the Senate floor, Collins — who had previously been seen a possible GOP swing vote on impeachment — discussed both articles and gave her reasons for...
McConnell Says Trump’s Articles of Impeachment Are ‘Constitutionally Incoherent.’ But Are They?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–Ky.) on Tuesday railed against the articles of impeachment facing President Donald Trump, characterizing them as an affront to the founding fathers and an attempt to overturn the 2016 election. It is the “the most rushed, least fair, and least thorough” impeachment process in history,...
Connecting the IRGC to the Shootdown of the Ukrainian Passenger Jet
KIEV, Ukraine—On Jan. 8, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 model passenger jet with slightly more than three years in service, crashed just outside of Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. It was the second major commercial aviation disaster connected to Ukraine...
‘Between Two Fires’ looks at the complexities of life in Putin’s Russia
Joshua Yaffa lives in Russia and is the Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker magazine. In his new book, “Between Two Fires,” he writes about how complicated life is in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and how — to some degree — he found the same in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Trump ‘Hasn’t Told Me Not To’: Giuliani Still Sniffing Around For Biden Dirt
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani acknowledged Tuesday that he’s still sniffing around for “more information” on Joe Biden in Ukraine, even as the Senate approaches its vote to acquit President Trump in his impeachment trial. Witnesses in the impeachment proceedings against Trump described Giuliani’s central role in Trump’s pressure...
AZ Man Allegedly Threatened To ‘Blow Schiff’s Brains Out’ After Watching Fox Segment
Federal prosecutors charged an Arizona man in October over alleged threats to murder House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), a court document filed last week reveals. The document, first spotted by the eagle-eyed Nick Martin of The Informant, stems from the prosecution of Jan Peter Meister. Arizona federal prosecutors charged...
Senators Give Speeches Ahead of Expected Vote to Acquit Trump in Impeachment Trial
U.S. Senators were delivering speeches Tuesday on whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, as he himself prepared to deliver his annual State of the Union address later in the day before members of Congress.The speeches by the senators, who are serving as the jurors in Trump’s impeachment trial, are not officially part...
Tracking The Main Excuses GOP Senators Are Offering Trump Ahead Of Acquittal
After months of using an inevitable impeachment trial as a pass to dodge questions about President Trump’s Ukraine behavior, the pending acquittal vote has GOP senators laying out their reasons for clearing Trump for the conduct. It’s not expected that any Republicans will join Democrats in voting to remove the President, which...
