Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s leader says after talks with Russian president that an exchange of all prisoners will take place by year’s end
Ukraine’s leader says after talks with Russian president that an exchange of all prisoners will take place by year’s end …read more Source:: ABC...
Impeachment, Ukraine, Syria and warheads color Washington visit by top Russian diplomat
President Trump is set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, as his administration walks a fine line of preserving relations with Moscow in the face of Russian aggression on… …read more Source:: The...
Leaders of Russia, Ukraine agree to try new cease-fire but fail to agree on timeline for elections in separatist east
Leaders of Russia, Ukraine agree to try new cease-fire but fail to agree on timeline for elections in separatist east …read more Source:: ABC...
Oh The Places The GOP Will Go To Defend Donald Trump
They have brains in their heads. They have feet in their shoes. They could steer themselves in any direction they choose. And yet … Republicans pretzeled themselves Monday into ever-more contorted defenses of President Trump’s Ukraine pressure scheme. If you missed the House Judiciary Committee hearing, here’s a quick rundown of the...
New Ukrainian leader meets with rival Putin for first time
PARIS — President Vladimir Putin of Russia met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris to try to end five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Moscow-backed separatists. Both sat down at the French presidential palace along with the leaders of France and Germany for talks focused on...
Intel Committee Lawyers Went Toe to Toe in Latest Impeachment Hearing
The House Judiciary Committee convened another impeachment hearing on Monday that was heavy on the partisan fireworks and light on new information. The witnesses before the committee were Steve Castor, counsel for the Republicans, and Daniel Goldman, counsel for the Democrats. Both men traded their seats on the bench for seats at the witness...
Everyone Knew We Were Losing in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has long been the overshadowed war, eclipsed in public attention by the invasion of Iraq and a dozen other stories. Even so, the American occupation of Afghanistan grinds on, with an end seeming remote and any kind of positive resolution even more so.It’s bitterly appropriate, then, that on Monday—with more hearings in the...
Russia’s Fictional Narratives: A Double-Edged Sword
Fiona Hill’s warning to Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee not to repeat the “fictional narrative” that Ukraine interfered with the American election in 2016 calls for some historical perspective. Senator Angus King, independent of Maine and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, offered a bit of it recently when he...
New NAFTA deal set to land after flurry of last-minute changes
The long wait for ratification of the revised North American trade agreement appears to be nearly over, with word that congressional Democrats may be satisfied with the text of changes proposed by Donald Trump’s trade representative and circulated over the weekend. …read more Source::...
The Case for Multiple Articles of Impeachment
John Nichols The case against Trump must not be limited to Ukraine, as former Republican Representative Justin Amash points out. The post The Case for Multiple Articles of Impeachment appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source:: The...
