Section: US & Canada
John Bolton said he is prepared to testify in Senate trial if subpoenaed
Republicans and Democrats have been at odds over whether or not there will be any witnesses called at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Author: TEGNA WASHINGTON — Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said in a statement Monday that he would be willing to testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment...
US Lawmakers at Stalemate on Start of Trump Impeachment Trial
U.S. lawmakers have returned to Washington after their holiday recess, but they are no closer to deciding when and how President Donald Trump will be tried in the Senate on impeachment charges which were approved last month in the House of Representatives.Key lawmakers remain stalemated over impeachment, now complicated by congressional debate...
Seeking the Cross: Icy Dips Mark the Feast of Epiphany
Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers plunged into the icy waters of rivers and lakes across Bulgaria on Monday to retrieve crucifixes tossed by priests in Epiphany ceremonies commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. By tradition, the person who retrieves the wooden cross will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy throughout the...
A Man in Full
Joe Biden has been through impeachment before.Not the oversexed and overhyped Bill Clinton variety, but the real 1974 Richard Nixon smoking-gun version. And for Biden, these were moments that transcended partisanship and called for national unity. Biden was in the Capitol cheering when Jerry Ford, in his first speech to Congress, broke with the...
Donald Trump’s Quiet Christmas Gift to the Kleptocrats
Nearly two decades ago, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the then-doughy dictator of Kazakhstan, came hat-in-hand to the George W. Bush White House, desperate to make a deal. The post-Soviet strongman had a problem: The Department of Justice (DOJ) had accused Nazarbayev of gob-smacking bribery. Per the DOJ, the Kazakh leader had put the squeeze on a range...
Germany’s Merkel to Meet Putin in Moscow on Saturday
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Moscow on Saturday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere.Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said Monday that the chancellor will discuss “current international questions” with Putin. Those will include Syria, Libya, Iran,...
What History Says About Witnesses at Senate Impeachment Trials
Key Capitol Hill players in the Bill Clinton impeachment are taking a decidedly different view about the Donald Trump impeachment when it comes to witnesses in a Senate trial. The two previous presidential impeachment trials in U.S. history included witnesses in some form. The Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 included...
Epifaniy: About 600 Parishes Of Moscow-Aligned Church Convert To New Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Some 600 parishes in Ukraine belonging to the Orthodox church aligned with the Moscow Patriarchate have in one year switched over to the newly formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the church’s leader says. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Solider Killed After Driving Over Mine In Donbas
A Ukrainian solider was killed inside a military truck that ran over an explosive device on January 5 near the frontline town of Khutir Vilniy in the easternmost Luhansk region, Ukraine’s military announced on social media. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump returns to Washington to face a pair of challenges
WASHINGTON — His 17-day holiday stay at his Florida resort over, President Donald Trump has returned to the White House facing twin challenges: the fallout from the strike he ordered to kill an Iranian general and his looming impeachment trial in the Senate. The dueling images — one of potential chaos in the Middle East, the other a politicized...
