Section: US & Canada
The Bigger the Checks, the Worse the Diplomacy
No other developed, democratic country—and perhaps no other country in the world—would entrust any part of its foreign policy to someone like Gordon Sondland. A wealthy West Coast hotel owner, Sondland donated $1 million to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and was rewarded with an appointment as the U.S. ambassador to the...
Hello, John Bolton? This Is History Calling
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyIs former National Security Adviser John Bolton going to sell it, or give it away? (It, of course, being his bird’s-eye view of the president putting his own interest, in getting an advantage in the 2020 election, over the interests of his country.) “Will he or won’t he?” is the drama that...
Ukrainian Soccer Association Seeks Probe Into Millions Of Allegedly Embezzled UEFA Funds
Ukraine soccer’s governing body, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF), has called on law enforcement agencies to investigate its former president, who is now a lawmaker, on suspicion of embezzling up to 380 million euros ($418 million). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A White House review unveiled efforts to justify Trump’s Ukraine-aid decision, sources say
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s portrait pique and other distortions
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s latest reasons for firing Marie Yovanovitch as ambassador to Ukraine: She was an “Obama person” who refused to hang Trump’s portrait in the U.S. Embassy. That’s false on both counts. Trump’s pique about not having his picture displayed in a timely way – actually...
New documents show Pompeo’s contacts with Giuliani amid the Ukraine affair
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Giuliani associate prepared to testify Nunes aides scrapped Ukraine trip to avoid alerting Schiff
An associate to President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani is prepared to testify that aides to Rep. Devin Nunes (D-Calif.) dropped a planned trip to Ukraine to obtain dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden (D) in order to a… …read more Source:: The...
Devin Nunes denies that he met with Ukraine’s ex-top prosecutor to get Biden dirt
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Senate Republicans want to compel the whistleblower to testify in trial
Senate Republicans plan to compel the alleged whistleblower in the ongoing Ukraine scandal to testify in a Senate trial should House Democrats vote to impeach President Donald Trump.According to the Washington Examiner, “Republican members are arguing that [the alleged whistleblower’s] past position as Ukraine director and his current...
Let’s Go to War with Russia?
Who knew? Ukraine is the most important issue to the United States of America. No, literally. The witnesses actually said that in the Impeachment Show. And the reason why is that we need Ukraine to serve as a forward base in our war with Russia. Are we at war with Russia? Apparently. The entire D.C. Swamp, and the bureaucrats who have burrowed...
