Section: US & Canada
Pompeo Heading To Ukraine, Belarus Next Week Before Visiting Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to travel to Ukraine next week as part of a weeklong regional tour that would also include legs in Britain, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, the State Department said on January 24. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Schiff shows clip of McCain in Trump impeachment trial
Schiff pulls out all the stops by playing a John McCain video on Ukraine in the US Senate. … …read more Source:: The...
Impeachment Trials and Conspiracy Theories: A Match Made in Hell
Does Russia get too much or too little credit in fueling the Ukraine scandal? As with everything these days, it’s too hard to tell. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Kafka on the Hill
Friday, as Democratic managers prepared their final day of impeachment arguments in the Senate, reports of a new recording began to emerge. According to the reports, Igor Fruman—a former associate of Rudy Giuliani who is now under federal indictment—recorded a conversation with President Donald Trump in April 2018, in which Trump said that he...
‘Take her out’ — Trump reportedly caught on tape ordering the removal of Ukraine ambassador
A copy of the recording is currently in the possession of federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, ABC reported. …read more Source::...
Watch live: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says President Donald Trump tried to cover up cheating
Democratic manager Rep. Hakeem Jeffries gave opening remarks Friday on Day Four of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, accusing the leader of trying to cover up attempts to “cheat” in his dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: United Press...
ABC: Recording apparently captures Trump discussing Yovanovitch ouster with Parnas, Fruman
Newly surfaced audio appears to capture President Trump telling associates he wanted then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Maria Yovanovitch fired during a private April 2018 dinner, ABC News reported Friday.As … …read more Source:: The...
LIVE VIDEO: Schiff’s impeachment managers offer last gasp in final day to attempt to make their case against Trump. President’s team prepares to strike back.
Democratic House impeachment managers will wrap up their case Friday in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The trial resumes at 1 p.m. ET. You can watch a live feed of the proceedings below once they begin. On Thursday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and his team of House Democrats focused largely on the abuse of power article...
Schumer Characterizes Trump’s Behavior as ‘Evil Scheme’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) on Friday dubbed President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as an “evil scheme.” “It was clear who was the cook chief and bottlewasher in this whole horrible scheme—this whole evil scheme: Mick Mulvaney,” Schumer said during his press...
The Trump book you didn’t hear about but is the most devastating yet
On Jan. 18, President Donald Trump—to the amusement of all and no doubt the delight of the book’s publicists who showed great restraint in not running down the street shouting out “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wheeeeeeeeeee!”—tweeted his condemnation of A Very Stable Genius to 71,453,880 followers. If I could bring myself to subscribe to the...
