Section: US & Canada
Trump Won’t Just Violate the Rules Again—He’s Already Doing It
Faced with impeachment, previous presidents have sought to lower tensions. Finding himself in the same situation the past few weeks, Donald Trump has instead opted for confrontation and defiance.Tomorrow, Trump will be impeached by the House for abusing his power in the pursuit of information in Ukraine damaging to a political rival, in a scheme...
William Taylor, Top Diplomat in Ukraine and Key Impeachment Witness, Is Stepping Down
A Vietnam veteran with decades of State Department experience, William B. Taylor Jr. sharply objected to what he saw as the Trump administration’s shadow foreign policy in Ukraine. …read more Source:: The New York...
Associate Of Rudy Giuliani Received $1-Million Payment From Ukraine Oligarch, Says U.S. Prosecutor
U.S. prosecutors said in court on December 17 that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, received a $1-million payment from a lawyer for Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Despite $1 Million From Oligarch Firtash, Judge Allows Parnas To Stay Free
NEW YORK — A Swiss lawyer for Ukrainian billionaire gas middleman Dmytro Firtash wired $1 million to Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas’s wife in September 2019, prosecutors and an attorney for Parnas said on Tuesday. The revelation came in a hearing where a Manhattan federal judge denied a request from the government to revoke...
Senator Concerned Over Reports Top U.S. Envoy To Ukraine To Be Recalled Early
A top U.S. senator said he is concerned over reports that the Trump administration plans to recall its top diplomat from Ukraine after he gave critical testimony during the impeachment hearing. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Congress takes aim at Syrian war crimes, Russian aggression
WASHINGTON — Congress on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure on Syria, Russia and China while making it more difficult for the Trump administration to reduce commitments to allies from Europe to Asia. As part of a defence policy bill that passed the Senate, lawmakers will impose sanctions on Syrian troops and others responsible for atrocities committed...
McConnell Rejects Schumer’s Bid for More Testimony at Trump Impeachment Trial
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s bid to have key aides to President Donald Trump testify at a Trump impeachment trial in January.McConnell called the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives’ effort to impeach Trump, likely culminating in a Wednesday vote against the...
Report: Bill Taylor To Step Down As Acting Ukraine Ambassador At The End Of The Year
Acting Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor will reportedly soon leave his post at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev. Unnamed current and former officials told NBC News on Tuesday that Taylor is expected to do so on Jan. 2, roughly six months after he began filling in for Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted in May. Politico reported on Monday that the Trump...
Father of Hunter Biden Says No One Wants Their Kids to Grow Up to Be Like President Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday said nobody wants their children to grow up like President Donald Trump. As his son Hunter Biden faces allegations of drug abuse, soliciting prostitutes, and participating in an influence peddling scheme at a Ukrainian gas company, the former vice president assailed Trump’s character...
Giuliani boasts, then backtracks on some details of engineering Ukrainian ambassador’s ouster
“She was going to make the investigations difficult for everybody,” Giuliani told The New Yorker of the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source::...
