Section: US & Canada
Universities across Canada hold moment of silence for plane crash victims
Universities across Canada held a moment of silence today to honour the 176 victims of a plane crash in Iran last week. Many students, faculty and researchers from more than a dozen Canadian universities were among those who died when the Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down. Some universities are also holding memorial services...
House Staff ‘Furious’ After State Dept. Abruptly Cancels Security Briefing
Questions surrounding the specific intelligence regarding the Trump administration’s claim that there was an “imminent” threat to four U.S. embassies aren’t any closer to being answered after the State Department reportedly canceled a classified congressional briefing scheduled for Wednesday morning. Within the past week, Trump...
Meet The House Impeachment Managers
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday introduced the impeachment managers who will be making the case to the Senate to convict and remove President Trump. The House will approve their selection in a floor vote later on Wednesday, the final necessary step before the House transmits its impeachment articles to the Senate. Here is a look at who is...
The Perils of Going Negative
Julian Castro roamed the Spin Room after Thursday night’s debate like Banquo’s Ghost.The former presidential candidate, who has quickly morphed into an enthusiastic pitchman for Elizabeth Warren, should have been a walking reminder of what happens to candidates who go for the jugular in debates.He eviscerated Beto O’Rourke...
Pelosi Names Schiff, Nadler as Prosecutors for Impeachment Trial
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named two House chairmen who led President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry as prosecutors for Trump’s Senate trial. Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who led the probe, and Judiciary Chair Rep. Jerrold Nadler, whose committee approved the impeachment articles, as among the managers of...
Pelosi Names Impeachment Prosecutors, Triggering Senate Trial
REUTERSThe team of House Democratic lawmakers who will act as prosecutors in the impeachment trial of President Trump was formally introduced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an announcement on Wednesday morning.The speaker named seven so-called “impeachment managers” who will take up the case, outlined in the two articles of impeachment that the House...
Pelosi Announces House Manager Team Led By Schiff, Nadler
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the seven members of her caucus who will serve as impeachment managers in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump. They are: House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Rp. Val Demings (D-FL) Rep. Zoe Logren (D-CA) Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) Rep. Sylva Garcia...
Zelenskiy, Merkel Discuss Situation In Donbas, Plane Crash In Iran
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the situation in Ukraine’s east, where Russia-backed separatists continue to control some part of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Released by Separatists, RFE/RL Journalists Describe Imprisonment in Eastern Ukraine
Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halazyuk, two contributors to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, were among the civilians released by Russia-backed separatists in a prisoner swap on December 29, 2019. Both had been held for more than two years. Shortly after their release, the two journalists told RFE/RL about the conditions of their imprisonment and...
As impeachment ritual begins, Pelosi names Schiff, Nadler to lead team of seven
WASHINGTON — Reps. Adam Schiff of California and New York’s Jerry Nadler will lead a team of seven Democrats in the prosecution of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstructing U.S. Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has also appointed freshman Jason Crow of Colorado, former Orlando police chief Val Demings of...
