Section: US & Canada
Trump Will Happily Settle for an Acquittal
At one point last month, President Donald Trump announced that he might just testify at his own impeachment inquiry, so eager was he to prove his innocence. It never happened. He said Hunter Biden and the whistleblower should be forced to testify too, as payback for their heresies. Don’t count on that either.In the end, Trump will settle...
Giuliani Associates Leveraged Connections to Pursue Ukraine Gas Deal to Benefit GOP Donors, Trump Friends
(KYIV, Ukraine) — Two men with close ties to Rudy Giuliani leveraged their political connections to pursue a deal to export natural gas from the U.S. to Ukraine intended to benefit Republican donors and friends of President Donald Trump’s family. The plan centered on replacing the head of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz...
Anti-Defamation League Slams Rudy Giuliani for Claiming George Soros Is ‘Hardly a Jew’
Drew Angerer/GettyThe Anti-Defamation League on Monday strongly rebuked Rudy Giuliani, calling the Trump attorney’s assertion that liberal philanthropist George Soros is “hardly a Jew” a dog whistle to anti-Semites.In an at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
DOJ, House Weigh In On How Impeachment Affects Mueller Grand Jury Doc Case
The House Judiciary Committee said Monday that evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury materials could yield new articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The possibility was floated in the case seeking disclosure of those materials, and the suggestion came hours after the committee made a similar claim in...
VOA Reporter’s Diary: Three Days of Harrowing Hazardous Environment Training
WASHINGTON – “Grenade!”I took off for the door. Three steps and I dove for the ground.This was the wrong answer.”Don’t run, guys! You’re not going to outrun a grenade.”I and a dozen other VOA journalists got up and dusted ourselves off. It was day one of a three-day hazardous environment training workshop...
Is Russia’s new bridge to Crimea ‘primarily an image project’?
The railway portion of Europe’s longest bridge opened Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The infrastructure project cost around $3.5 billion and spans nearly 12 miles. But as far as many European leaders are concerned, it’s nothing to celebrate. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Giuliani Pals Leveraged GOP Access to Seek Ukraine Gas Deal
The Soviet-born Florida businessmen made what sounded like a outrageous pitch: Replace the CEO of Ukraine’s biggest energy company and remove the anti-corruption U.S. ambassador to Kyiv as part of a plan to make millions shipping natural gas from Texas to Eastern Europe. …read more Source:: U.S....
House committee raises prospect of more impeachment articles
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee held open the possibility Monday of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump as it pressed anew for the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn. The committee wants a federal appeals court to order McGahn to testify as it examines potential obstruction of...
Vladimir Putin launches first Russian train to Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Monday the country’s first direct train to the annexed Crimea peninsula. …read more Source:: United Press...
Why We’re Pressing Hard for the Ukraine Documents
Saul Loeb/GettyBy Susan Smith Richardson and Jim Morris, Center for Public IntegrityThis weekend, at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
