Section: US & Canada
The Stain of Impeachment Will Last Forever
Later today, Donald J. Trump will become just the third president in American history to be impeached.Because this outcome has been inevitable since at least late October, and because there is no practical prospect of the Senate voting to remove Trump from office, the impeachment has come to be seen as dull, lacking in drama, or yesterday’s...
Senate panel approved ‘sanctions from Hell’ targeting Russia
A key Senate panel advanced legislation on Thursday that would impose harsh restrictions on Russia stemming from its alleged meddling in foreign elections, aggression towards Ukraine and involvement in Syrian civil war. The resolution targets Russian banks linked to efforts to meddle in the U.S. and other elections and places … …read...
Pence Away From Washington As Impeachment Comes To A Head. It’s Not The First Time.
Perfect timing. Amid the House of Representatives debating articles of impeachment against President Trump, his vice president was nowhere to be found — well, at least not in Washington. According to a CNN report Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence slammed the impeachment process while at an event in Michigan. President Trump is scheduled to...
A Trump-empowering act of impeachment
The impeachment of President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress is like a Leafs-Bruins playoff series: everybody knows how it’s going to end, but they have to play the games anyway. Wednesday was Game Six—the formal vote in the House of Representatives on two specific “high crimes,” with all of the Democrats (except...
Anderson Cooper Skewers Rick Santorum’s Defense Of Trump’s Biden Scheme
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper tore into commentator Rick Santorum on Wednesday when the former Republican senator tried to defend President Donald Trump’s attempts to get foreign governments to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. “As you heard, the President believes, you may not believe it, the President believes there is corruption...
Schiff’s Latest Dig Against Trump Will Surely Get Under The President’s Skin
House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a unique ability to irk President Trump. And his stinging response to President Trump’s lengthy screed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is sure to do just that. “It is a long, angry rambling letter of someone who appears not well,” Schiff told CNN’s Dana Bash Wednesday morning when...
Impeachment Clears Last Major Procedural Hurdle Before Final Vote
The House of Representatives took a major procedural step Wednesday morning, setting the stage for a historic impeachment vote against President Trump later in the day. By a 228-197 vote, the House adopted the rules that will dictate how the House will go about voting to impeach President Trump, with the final votes likely happening Wednesday...
Ukraine’s Naftogaz Sees Little Chance of Agreement With Gazprom by January 1
There is very little chance of Ukraine signing a new gas transit deal with Russia’s Gazprom before Jan. 1, Naftogaz Chief Executive Andriy Kobolyev told a conference Wednesday.He also said he had no final confirmation that Russian representatives would attend another round of talks on a new agreement Thursday.Ukraine is a key transit route...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump’s calls to stop impeachment: ‘The President is not a lawyer’
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday weighed in on President Donald Trump’s assertion that the impeachment proceedings against him should stop, saying he “is not a lawyer.” The remarks from the 86-year-old justice came at an event in New York where she was awarded the Berggruen Institute Prize for Philosophy and Culture. She...
How U.S. Military Aid Has Helped Ukraine Since 2014
“U.S. military aid represents a physical manifestation of American support, which is essential,” retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges tells NPR. The U.S. has given $1.5 billion in such aid in the past 5 years.(Image credit: Yulii Zozulia /Barcroft Media via Getty Images) …read more Source::...
