Section: US & Canada
Bolton bombshell undercuts Trump impeachment defence
Democrats demanding new witnesses in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are seizing on a report that the U.S. President ordered former national security adviser John Bolton to keep military aid to Ukraine frozen in a bid to coerce political favours. …read more Source:: CTV...
Trump fires back at John Bolton over explosive Ukraine allegation in forthcoming book
President Donald Trump has strongly denied explosive allegations about his Ukraine dealings made by John Bolton, his former national security adviser, in a forthcoming book. In a series of tweets published just after midnight Monday, Trump accused Bolton of parroting falsehoods to promote book sales. “I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid...
Reports: GOP Senators Shaken By Bolton Allegations Of Trump’s Ukraine Scheme
Republican senators, who have refused to allow witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump thus far, are reportedly shaken in their resolve after the New York Times published claims from an unpublished manuscript of Bolton’s book, which contains explosive accounts of Trump’s direct involvement in the Ukraine...
Democrats Demand Bolton Testify at Trump’s Impeachment Trial
The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defense argument. Bolton writes in the forthcoming book that Trump told him that he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in security...
Defence resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defence team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote on whether to hear witnesses or proceed directly to a vote that is widely expected to end in his acquittal. The articles of impeachment charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of...
Bolton’s Book Ties Ukraine Aid To Biden Probe. Trump Howls It Isn’t True.
On early Monday morning, President Donald Trump denied former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s allegation that he directly connected aid to Ukraine to his push for Ukrainian officials to help his efforts to have Joe Biden investigated. According to an unpublished manuscript of Bolton’s upcoming book obtained by the New York...
This Is a Trial of the Constitution Itself
The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump has begun. Senators now face the monumental question of whether to remove the president from office—and yet, something bigger is at stake here. The Constitution’s fundamental design is on trial too.This is clear from the articles of impeachment themselves. Start with the first article,...
Beyond the Growth Gospel
The history of modern economic planning doubles as a resort travelogue. In 1947, the forefathers of neoliberalism launched their world-conquering project at the Hôtel Du Parc on Mont Pèlerin in the Swiss Alps. Global economic consensus has remained synonymous with jet-setting hospitality in the decades since. From Davos to Doha, today’s...
There’s No Defending Donald Trump. That’s Why His Lawyers Want to Put Joe and Hunter Biden on Trial Instead.
So hours after a leak from John Bolton’s book shows, as if more evidence was needed, that Trump was out to shake down Ukraine and all of the president’s men knew it, the president’s legal team of Dewey, Cheatham & Howe will return to the well of the Senate today, after honoring the Lord’s day in the wake of that...
Remembering the Holocaust Amid Rising Anti-Semitism
Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world remembers the 6 million European Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II and renews its commitment to ensure the tragedies of the Holocaust are never repeated. Sadly, on this 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, we cannot ignore the...
