Section: US & Canada
Democrats Have Failed to Prove Their Case Against Trump
The House Judiciary Committee has published articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Though potentially damning, the particular charges—abuse of power in connection with Ukraine and the 2020 election, and obstruction of Congress—face an unusual evidentiary problem compared with impeachments past. Because there is a plausible...
Pence Won’t Declassify Details Of Zelensky Call, Despite Schiff’s Demands
Vice President Mike Pence will not declassify additional testimony provided to the House Intelligence Committee by his national security aide Jennifer Williams, claiming through his lawyer that the impeachment inquiry is over. Williams turned over the information, which details a September 18 call between Pence and Ukraine President Volodymyr...
Judiciary panel takes its 1st steps toward impeachment vote
Author: Associated Press, Suzanne Nuyen, TEGNA Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are using a hearing for voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to deliver passionate arguments for and against the move. They began a marathon two-day session to consider the historic charges with a lively prime-time hearing at the...
Pricey trees and wild cats in an abandoned town; In The News for Dec. 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 12. What we are watching in Canada … Ontario’s four major teachers’ unions will hold a joint news conference this morning to give an update on their ongoing contract...
Ukraine Welcomes, Germany Rejects Expected U.S. Sanctions On Nord Stream
Ukraine has welcomed expected U.S. sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline as”good news,” while Germany, the main beneficiary of the project, has rejected the move as “foreign interference.” …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The False Romance of Russia
Sherwood Eddy was a prominent American missionary as well as that now rare thing, a Christian socialist. In the 1920s and ‘30s, he made more than a dozen trips to the Soviet Union. He was not blind to the USSR’s problems, but he also found much to like. In place of squabbling, corrupt democratic politicians, he wrote in one of his books on...
The Activist Left Feels Betrayed by the House Impeachment Process
In theory, progressives should be happy right now. After years of hesitation and deliberation, House Democrats are finally going to impeach Donald Trump, a man many liberals regard as the most dangerous president ever to occupy the Oval Office.But as the House moves closer to approving two articles of impeachment against him—both concerning the...
Huge Purges Start At Ukrainian Customs Agency
The head of Ukraine’s State Customs Service, Maks Nefyodov, has said his agency, which has been beset with corruption problems, will undergo a huge makeover next year and that he has started taking steps toward that goal, according to a presentation he gave to business associations, diplomats, donors, and political stakeholders in Kyiv on...
Death Toll In Ukraine College Fire Rises As Director Arrested For Negligence
Rescuers in Ukraine on December 11 found one more dead body amid the rubble of a burned-out college in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, bringing the number of deaths to 13. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine met for the first time in three years in an attempt to end the conflict in eastern Ukriane. In the wake of that meeting earlier this week in Paris, attention now shifts to renewed peace efforts to stem the violence between Ukrainian government forces and Moscow-backed separatists.Yet in interviews and comments...
