Section: US & Canada
Lamar Alexander Just Gave Democrats What They Wanted
Democrats placed their hopes on Senator Lamar Alexander, and last night, the Tennessean brushed those hopes into the dustbin. Alexander announced that he would not vote to call witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, effectively ruling out any chance of introducing new evidence or extending the trial.But if Democrats...
Democrats Say Trump Is Responsible for Ukrainian Deaths. They’re Wrong.
“Where were you on July 25th?” Rep. Jason Crow (D–Colo.) asked during Democrats’ opening arguments in President Donald Trump’s Senate trial. That’s the day that Trump, having held up congressionally authorized military assistance to Ukraine, made his notorious phone call asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...
The Virus That Still Has No Name
Since it first appeared in Wuhan, China, late last year, a newly discovered coronavirus has sickened more than 9,800 people, killed at least 213, caused a run on face masks, and shut down travel throughout China. All this has happened, and the virus still doesn’t have an official name.The virus’s temporary designation—2019-nCoV—is...
Trump Impeachment Trial Nears End as Senate Debates New Witness Testimony
The U.S. Senate is set to vote Friday on whether to allow new testimony and documents in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as reports of new revelations surface from Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton.The Republican-majority Senate is widely anticipated to acquit Trump after rejecting Democratic calls for...
Ukraine’s Zelensky: ‘We dearly appreciate’ President Trump: ‘New sentiment, a new attitude’
by WorldTribune Staff, January 31, 2020 Asked whether President Donald Trump’s impeachment has spoiled U.S.-Ukraine relations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said “it seems to me it’s the other way around.” Zelensky said the United States has been “and will remain our key ally in defending sovereignty and territorial...
GOP senator: Trump’s actions to withhold Ukraine aid ‘wrong’ but not impeachable
Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), a prominent Republican moderate, criticized President Trump on Friday for actions “including asking a foreign country to investigate a potential political opponent” that he called “wrong and inapp… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine Airlines CEO thanks Canada for help investigating Tehran crash
OTTAWA — The head of Ukraine International Airlines is thanking Canada for its part in investigating the crash of one of its planes outside Tehran in early January. In a long statement on the airline’s website today, Yevhenii Dykhne also says the company expects the formalities for compensation to families of the 176 people killed will be...
Ukraine Airlines CEO thanks Canada for help investigating Tehran crash
OTTAWA — The head of Ukraine International Airlines is thanking Canada for its part in investigating the crash of one of its planes outside Tehran in early January. In a long statement on the airline’s website today, Yevhenii Dykhne also says the company expects the formalities for compensation to families of the 176 people killed will be...
McConnell Has The Votes To Block Witnesses At Trump Impeachment Trial
Senate Republicans secured the votes to block additional witnesses and documents for President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, with Sen. Lisa Murkwoski’s (R-AK) announcement Friday that she will oppose a measure seeking witnesses for the trial. With only two Republicans planning to join Democrats in a witness vote slated for Friday,...
Secretary of State Pompeo tells Ukraine that Trump remains its fiercest supporter
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo’s visit to Ukraine came as the impeachment trial of President Trump appeared to near its climax …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
