Section: US & Canada
The House Can’t Keep Ignoring Russia
Remember a man named Robert S. Mueller III?For almost two years, the news revolved around him. There were Mueller T-shirts and a cultish kind of Muellermania on cable television. There were even Mueller votive candles.More recently, though, the House of Representatives has proceeded with the president’s impeachment as though the man who...
Fox Host Rails Against Giuliani For Being An ‘Unethical Disaster’
Fox News host Steve Hilton urged President Trump to fire Rudy Giuliani in light of a New York Times report last week that reported that Giuliani came close to securing a lucrative deal to represent Ukraine while searching for dirt on the President’s political rivals. “It turns out that the former mayor’s own personal business...
Putin and Xi Oversee Launch of Landmark Russian Gas Pipeline to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday oversaw the launch of a landmark pipeline that will transport natural gas from Siberia to northeast China, an economic and political boost to ties between Moscow and Beijing.The start of gas flows via the Power of Siberia pipeline reflects Moscow’s attempts to...
Ukraine's Zelensky: I never talked to Trump about 'position of a quid pro quo'
Ukraine’s president says in a new interview that he never discussed a “quid pro quo” with President Trump, but criticized any blocking of U.S. security aid for his country at a time when it is at war with Russia.”I never talked to the president from… …read more Source:: The...
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, says U.S. shouldn’t block aid for a ‘strategic partner’
The president of Ukraine is saying that the U.S. shouldn’t block its aid as an ally, but he never spoke with President Trump about a “quid pro quo” deal to conduct investigations. “We’re at war. If you’re our strategic partner, then you can’t go blocking anything for us,” Ukrainian President …...
Ukraine to fire hundreds of prosecutors by year's end, including Giuliani-linked official: report
More than 500 federal prosecutors will reportedly be fired before the end of the month after a government review that ensnared a key ally of President Trump’s person attorney, Rudy Giuliani.The Washington Post reported Monday that … …read more Source:: The...
Trudeau to mark NATO’s birthday amid questions about military alliance’s future
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flies to London today to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NATO military alliance, which is facing questions and uncertainty about how to deal with Russia, China — as well as its own internal divisions. NATO was established by North American and Western European countries at the start of the Cold War as a...
Ukraine Officials Linked To Giuliani Pressure Campaign Are Getting The Boot Over Corruption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is taking his anti-corruption, pro-reform agenda seriously, with plans to boot more than 500 Ukrainian prosecutors from the governmental payroll by the end of the month. And some of those prosecutors are directly tied to to President Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and his pressure campaign to get Ukraine to...
Trudeau to mark NATO’s birthday amid questions about military alliance’s future
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is off to London where he will spend the next few days trying to give the NATO military alliance a boost amid existential questions about its future — while defending Canada’s own commitment to it. Leaders from all 29 NATO member states are gathering in London this week to celebrate the 70th birthday...
Trudeau to mark NATO’s birthday amid questions about military alliance’s future
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is off to London where he will spend the next few days trying to give the NATO military alliance a boost amid existential questions about its future — while defending Canada’s own commitment to it. Leaders from all 29 NATO member states are gathering in London this week to celebrate the 70th birthday...
