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Impeachment trial: Trump’s defence team set to begin opening arguments
The president’s attorneys will begin their arguments Saturday in the impeachment trial and are expected to insist the president did nothing wrong when he asked Ukraine’s leader to investigate political rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Global...
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Wuhan faces quarantine as coronavirus spreads, Imran Khan discusses China, and Trump picks up Ukraine conspiracy theory. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Impeachment trial to enter new phase with Trump defense
President Trump’s lawyers launch their defense Saturday after three long days of House Democratic impeachment managers laying out arguments that the president abused his power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstructed C… …read more Source:: The...
‘Take her out’: Recording appears to capture Trump at private dinner saying he wants Ukraine ambassador fired
A recording obtained by ABC News appears to capture President Donald Trump telling associates he wanted the then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch fired while speaking at a small gathering that included Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — two former business associates of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani who have since been...
The GOP’s Terminal Infection of Advanced Trumpism Has No Known Cure
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA dangerous virus is rapidly spreading that threatens grave danger to those afflicted. I’m talking, of course, about Trumpism. Even moderate exposure renders Republicans unable to discern lies from truth, often causing them to mistake scandalous revelations for a nothingburger. Case in point: Recently...
World briefs: Pompeo to visit Ukraine amid trial
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NPR reporter says Mike Pompeo ‘screamed and cursed’ at her, made her find Ukraine on a map
An NPR reporter claimed that her questions so angered Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he “screamed and cursed” at her in private and demanded that she point out Ukraine on a globe. The alleged interaction happened after Pompeo cut short an interview where Mary Louise Kelly pressed him on whether he supported Marie Yovanovitch, the...
All The President’s Men Are Whiny Little Boys
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyWe are a nation on downers, with a president on uppers and a Secretary of State that is, as the kids would say, tripping. Secretary of State and 56-year-old adult man Mike Pompeo threw a full-fledged tantrum Friday when NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly dared ask him tough questions about his role...
Recording links Trump to Ukraine ambassador ouster
The recording appears to contradict Trump’s statements that he did not know Lev Parnas, a key figure in the impeachment investigation. …read more Source:: Toronto...
House Is Given Tape of Trump Calling for Ambassador’s Ouster
An associate of Rudy Giuliani has provided congressional investigators with a recording of President Donald Trump saying he wanted to get rid of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source:: U.S....
