Section: US & Canada
NYT to fight White House’s withholdment of emails about Ukraine aid freeze
The Trump administration said Friday that it will withhold 20 emails between two Trump administration aides regarding the freeze of a congressionally-mandated military aid package for Ukraine. …read more Source:: The...
Why Ukrainians Are Skeptical About Peace With Russia in 2020
KYIV, Ukraine—This is Ukraine’s sixth consecutive New Year at war. In the frigid steppes of the country’s southeastern Donbas region, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops remain engaged in a defensive, limited conflict against a Russian invasion force. Europe’s only ongoing land war has so far killed more than 13,000 people and...
Sendoff in Stead for NV national guardsmen bound for Europe
STEAD, Nev. — The first Nevada Army National Guard battalion to deploy to Europe in peacetime received a sendoff Friday during a mobilization ceremony north of Reno. About 70 soldiers from across the state are heading to Fort Hood, Texas for at least a month of additional training before a year-long deployment to Poland and other Eastern European...
Kurdish Opposition Prepares for War After Iran’s Top General Dies in US Drone Strike
KYIV, Ukraine—After a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Iran’s top military commander, members of a coalition of Iraq-based, Kurdish Iranian militias say they are ready to go to war against Tehran. “We accept the U.S. military as a liberation army. In the event of war, we will return to our country and fight with our people against...
It Was Manafort All Along
Josh Kovensky’s got an update here on yet more nuggets of information and clues tying Paul Manafort to the origins of the Trump/Giuliani extortion campaign in Ukraine. This particular meeting is only one part of the equation. But as we and others have explained previously it’s pretty clear that all the conspiracy theories we’re...
Iranian Cyberattacks Feared After Killing of General Qasem Soleimani
(BOSTON) — Iran’s retaliation for the United States’ targeted killing of its top general is likely to include cyberattacks, security experts warned Friday. Iran’s state-backed hackers are already among the world’s most aggressive and could inject malware that triggers major disruptions to the U.S. public and private...
In wake of Soleimani’s death, Iran could retaliate with cyberattacks: experts
Iran has been increasing its cyber capabilities but is not in the same league as China or Russia — which has proven most adept at sabotaging critical infrastructure, witnessed in attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and elections, experts agree. …read more Source:: Global...
New Mueller Docs Tie Manafort More Closely To Ukraine Pressure Campaign
New documents from the Mueller investigation tie Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort more closely to the beginnings of President Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign. The information comes from 356 pages of FBI interview notes from the Mueller investigation that were released under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Buzzfeed and...
Pelosi Stops Short Of Threatening Impeachment Delay While Bashing McConnell
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) bashed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) refusal to commit to Senate impeachment trial witnesses, with a statement Friday that stopped short of suggesting she’d withhold the impeachment articles until he did. “The American people deserve the truth. Every Senator now faces a choice: to be...
Russia halts oil supplies to Belarus in bid to coerce close ties
MINSK, Belarus — Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus as talks on strengthening economic ties remained stalled over concerns that Russia could effectively swallow up its neighbor. In a case that has echoes of Russia’s relationship with Ukraine before it annexed the Crimean Peninsula, Belarus’ state-owned oil company said Friday...
