Section: US & Canada
EU slaps sanctions on 7 over elections in east Ukraine
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Top Ukraine Official: I Trusted Bolton More Than Anyone
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via APWhen Volodymyr Zelensky at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
Bolton Book Claims Barr Was Worried About Trump’s Deals With Dictators. The Justice Department Says Bolton’s Projecting.
President Donald Trump must be having second thoughts about firing national security adviser John Bolton last September. (Though thank goodness he did.) Bolton—who was particularly salty that Trump wouldn’t let him bomb Iran—is now dishing about the president in an upcoming book, a draft copy of which was leaked by an unknown source to The...
State Dept. Kicks NPR Reporter Off Ukraine Trip After Pompeo’s Clash With Outlet
NPR diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen was booted from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming trip to Ukraine after Pompeo berated NPR “All Things Considered” co-host Mary Louise Kelly for asking him about the Ukraine scandal during an interview on Friday. NPR Executive Director of Media Relations Isabel Lara told TPM that the...
‘No way to dress that up’: Trump lawyer’s Biden-Burisma arguments draw praise from even CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin
Pam Bondi’s breakdown of the corruption concerns surrounding Hunter Biden’s business dealings in the Ukraine during the Senate impeachment were so effective, that even CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin had to give her credit for it.During the White House defense team’s opening arguments Monday, the former Florida attorney...
US State Department Bars NPR Reporter from Pompeo Trip After Testy Interview
The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming foreign trip, a press association and NPR said on Monday, days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalist’s interview with him. The removal of NPR reporter Michele Kelemen, who was part of...
Pam Bondi Lays Out Case Against Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Burisma
Former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi made the White House’s case to the Senate on Monday afternoon that President Donald Trump had good reason to ask Ukraine to investigate the conflict of interest involving former Vice President Joe Biden; his son Hunter Biden; and the corrupt Ukraine gas company, Burisma. Using clips of testimony...
EU Expands Russia Sanctions List Linked To Aggression Toward Ukraine
The European Union has added seven names to its list of people facing sanctions for undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity and independence. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Disasters Foretold: Boeing 737 Max 8 and Lac-Mégantic
The Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes—Lion Air in Indonesia in October 2018 and five months later, Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa —killed 346 including 18 Canadians. Comparisons with the July 6, 2013 Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster reveal a predictable pattern. A runaway oil train laden with volatile Bakken shale oil from North Dakota crashed in the...
Trump impeachment: Defence to conclude arguments as pressure for witnesses grows
Former national security adviser John Bolton writes in a manuscript that Trump wanted to withhold military aid from Ukraine until it committed to helping with investigations into Democratic rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Global...
