Section: US & Canada
The House Impeached—But We Still Don’t Know What Happened
One month ago, on November 21, the House Intelligence Committee held its final public hearing on the impeachment of President Trump, wrapping up the fact-finding portion of the inquiry. On December 3, the committee released its report on Trump and Ukraine. And on Wednesday, the House impeached Trump.But something peculiar has happened since...
Dem Rep Says Putin Has Something on Trump
Rep. Norma Torres (D., Calif.) said on Friday that Russian president Vladimir Putin has compromising information on President Donald Trump but provided no evidence when pressed about it. CNN anchor Brianna Keilar asked Torres why Trump has appeared to side with Putin and believe Ukraine intervened in the 2016 election. Recent Stories in Politics...
China Fires Shot Across Bow With New Aircraft Carrier
The People’s Republic of China this week officially became a producer of aircraft carriers. The Shandong entered service, introducing the first domestically produced aircraft carrier to the People’s Liberation Army Navy. It’s a stark reminder that this is a competitive world when it comes to pursuit of national interests. The...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggests biased senators shouldn’t participate in impeachment trial
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said senators need to be impartial in carrying out their role as the “jury” in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.Ginsburg, 86, was asked during a BBC interview about Republican senators who have already said they will vote to acquit Trump, before the trial has even...
Germans Aim to Kneecap U.S. Sanctions on Russia
Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty ImagesLate on Friday, President Donald Trump is set to sign legislation sanctioning a gas pipeline project that would run from Russia to Germany. The Ukrainian government has worked to stop the project. The German government, meanwhile, opposes the sanctions. In a final series of meetings aiming to stave...
Bloomberg Won’t Talk About Giuliani, Citing No-Comment Policy For Other NYC Mayors
Newly minted presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg won’t talk about President Donald Trump’s globe-trotting, headline-grabbing personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for a very specific reason — he’s also the former mayor of New York. Giuliani is at the center of Trump’s pressure campaign against Ukraine, and, as a result, at...
Trump Canceled Pompeo November Trip To Ukraine Just As Impeachment Was Heating Up
President Trump personally intervened to cancel Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s scheduled stop in Kyiv in November at the last minute, just as new evidence about Rudy Giuliani and Trump’s role in the pressure scheme was boiling out into the open, the Daily Beast reported Friday. According to two U.S. officials and other people...
Trump blasts Christian magazine that called for his removal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump blasted a prominent Christian magazine on Friday, a day after it published an editorial arguing that he should be removed from office because of his “blackened moral record.” Trump tweeted that Christianity Today, an evangelical magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, “would rather have a Radical Left...
The 2019 Golden Dukes Awards Nominees Are Here
It’s that time again: The 2019 Golden Duke Awards are upon is. Named for the breathtakingly corrupt former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA), these awards honor the people behind the biggest political disasters of the year. Whether they’ve reached new heights of corruption, stupidity, or just plan weirdness, they deserve our...
Trump blasts Christian magazine that called for his removal
President Donald Trump is blasting a prominent Christian magazine that published an editorial arguing that he should be removed from office. Trump tweeted Friday morning that the magazine, Christianity Today, an evangelical magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, is a “far left“ publication, which “has been doing poorly and hasn’t...
