Section: US & Canada
Judiciary Committee Restarts Marathon Debate, Before Voting on Impeachment
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee reconvenes Friday morning to vote on articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump. The committee recessed late Thursday after 14 hours of debate.The Democratic-controlled committee rebuffed Republican attempts Thursday to weaken or throw out the allegations and instead will vote on sending them to...
Republican-Led Senate Looms as Trump’s Savior
As early as next week, President Donald Trump could become only the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. If the Democratically-controlled House votes to impeach Trump for allegedly abusing his power related to his dealings with Ukraine, the case would move to the Republican-controlled Senate for an impeachment...
Trump Has Successfully Gamed the Courts
At its simplest level, the impeachment of President Donald Trump looks like a collision between the legislative and executive branches of government. In that fight, each side is trying to defend its prerogatives as it sees them: For Congress (or at least the Democratic-led House), this includes the power to appropriate foreign aid, and the power...
Democrats’ Biggest Vote of the Year Isn’t Impeachment
In the eyes of history, the ballot that House Democrats cast to impeach President Donald Trump will stand as the most significant vote they take this year, and maybe in their entire careers.But in terms of whether the party can keep its House majority after 2020, impeachment may not be the most important vote the Democrats cast this month, or...
Trump Administration Resists Ukraine Disclosures Ordered by Court
Brendan Smialowski/GettyBy R. Jeffrey Smith, Center for Public IntegrityThe Trump administration has refused to disclose how key officials at the Department of Defense and the White House Office of Management and Budget reacted to President Trump’s decision to halt military aid to Ukraine.On Nov. 25, federal district court Judge Colleen...
EU Extends Sanctions On Russia For Role In Ukraine Conflict
European Union leaders on December 12 decided to prolong economic sanctions on Russia over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine by another six months. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Millions in military aid at center of impeachment hasn’t reached Ukraine
About $20 million of the Pentagon aid originally held up by President Trump hasn’t reached Ukraine. The continued delay undermines a key argument against impeachment made by a new White House legal memo and Trump’s Republican allies. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Hunter Biden may have to reveal full Burisma, China earnings in child support lawsuit
Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President and Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, may be forced to reveal exactly how much money he made in Ukraine and China as part of a child support lawsuit, according to Page Six.Biden, 49, is being sued by Lunden Roberts, a former Washington, D.C., stripper who filed DNA evidence in court last...
Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist
Ukrainian police have detained several people suspected of involvement in the slaying of journalist Pavel Sheremet, who died in a car bomb blast in 2016, the country’s leadership announced Thursday. “Probable killers were detained today,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a press briefing in Kyiv with the...
What My Ukrainian In-Laws Taught Me About Freedom and Rock ’n’ Roll
KYIV, Ukraine—When the guitarist for Deep Purple hit those epic opening notes of “Smoke on the Water,” my 54-year-old Ukrainian father-in-law grabbed me by the shoulder with one hand, pumped his other in a fist, and yelled a drawn out “da!” No translation needed. The crowd in the Kyiv sports hall was going wild. The snarl of the guitars and the...
