Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Names Veteran Diplomat as New US Envoy to Washington
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy named Volodymyr Yelchenko, 60, his envoy to Washington on Thursday. In choosing the soft-spoken but seasoned diplomat, he is putting his faith in Yelchenko to steer relations with the administration of President Donald Trump at a sensitive time. Ukraine’s new envoy to Washington is no stranger to...
Eternity, by Donald Trump
A Trump rally is often a miasma of misstatements and distortions, but in one unscripted aside last night at his appearance in Michigan, Donald Trump succinctly captured what living through his presidency is like. “You know, in the life of Trump, 10 months is an eternity,” he said. “It’s a long time.”For that matter, even a single day in...
Tlaib Celebrates on ‘Somber’ Impeachment Day
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) apparently didn’t get the memo from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) that impeaching President Donald Trump is a “somber” occasion. “Hey everyone, I am on my way to the United States House floor to impeach President Trump on behalf of my incredible district,” Tlaib said...
Putin: Trump Impeachment ‘Far-Fetched,’ Senate Will Acquit
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the U.S. impeachment process “far-fetched” Thursday, making a seemingly obvious prediction that Donald Trump will be acquitted in the Senate.Putin said Thursday at his annual news conference in Moscow that the move is a continuation of the Democrats’ fight against Trump. “The party...
Trump ally US Rep. Mark Meadows won’t seek reelection
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican congressman Mark Meadows, a top ally to President Donald Trump, said Thursday that he won’t seek reelection. In a statement, the North Carolina congressman said he struggled with the decision and came to it after discussion with his family. His announcement comes just a day after the U.S. House voted to impeach...
What Happens In The Senate Now That The House Has Impeached Trump
It’s official: A Senate impeachment trial is happening, now that the House has adopted its articles of impeachment. While the prospect of a trial has been looming over the Senate for several weeks, given the inevitability of a House impeachment of President Trump’s once the impeachment inquiry was announced in September, many major...
Trump’s Reelection Is Sitting on a Knife’s Edge
The bitter battle that culminated in last night’s House vote to impeach President Donald Trump foreshadows an even more dramatic struggle to come over his reelection. It’s a contest that will likely feature a historic mobilization of each party’s coalition, and will test widening satisfaction about the economy against widespread...
What’s Next in the Impeachment Process
Heritage Foundation legal scholar Tom Jipping joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the House’s impeachment process, and what’s next in the Senate. Read a lightly edited transcript, posted below, or listen to the podcast: Jarrett Stepman: The big news of the day is, of course, impeachment. If all reports are correct, then by the...
Seven Democratic Presidential Candidates Debating to Take on Trump
Seven U.S. Democratic presidential candidates are debating again Thursday, offering themselves to U.S. voters as an alternative in next year’s election to President Donald Trump, now newly impeached but undaunted in his quest for a second term in the White House.The one-time Democratic field of more than two dozen candidates has shrunk, as...
Fraught Gas Talks Between Russia, Ukraine, EU To Resume In Berlin
The next round of natural-gas transit talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union are set to resume in Berlin on December 19. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
