Section: US & Canada
Trumps Signs Stopgap Spending Bill
President Trump on Thursday signed a short-term funding bill, averting the threat of a government shutdown until next month. Trump signed the bill, which will extend funding through December 20, hours before government funding was set to expire. The Senate, by a 74-20 vote, passed the short-term funding bill earlier in the day. The push to keep...
Impeachment Battle Mirrors US Political Divide
Two weeks of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine have deepened the already sharp divide between Democrats and Republicans and have prompted many lawmakers to place more of a premium on party loyalty than the quality of testimony, some political analysts say. With 2020 presidential...
Former Trump adviser undercuts GOP impeachment defenses
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House official said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s top European envoy was sent on a “domestic political errand” seeking investigations of Democrats, stunning testimony that dismantled a main line of the president’s defense in the impeachment inquiry. In a riveting appearance on Capitol Hill,...
Highlights of a Momentous Week of Impeachment Hearings
The U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry hearings picked up steam this week, as nine current and former U.S. officials testified about President Donald Trump’s controversial dealings with the Ukrainian government.The historic impeachment inquiry was triggered by a whistleblower complaint about a July 25 phone call between Trump...
The Atlantic Politics Daily: If Democrats Can’t Win Over Will Hurd
It’s Thursday, November 21. In today’s newsletter: What Joe Biden can’t bring himself to say. Plus, what about the moderate Republicans?*” SPECIAL PREVIEW »(Mark Peckmezian)Joe Biden’s seemingly never-ending series of verbal stumbles—most recently on display at Wednesday night’s Democratic debate—have led to...
Lindsey Graham launches Senate probe into Bidens, Ukraine
Sen Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Thursday sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting documents related to former Vice President Joe Biden’s communications with Ukrainian officials. …read more Source:: United Press...
White House, GOP embraced ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukraine, witness warns as impeachment hearings wrap
In the final day of a week of House impeachment hearings, a former senior White House aide warned that President Trump and his Republican allies have embraced a “fictional narrative” on Ukraine that is propagated by Russian security services to undermine U.S. democracy. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
The Impeachment Hearings Didn’t Hear From the Seven Most Important Witnesses
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post/GettyIf Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee brought home one fundamental point during a week that put Donald Trump’s presidency through the fire, it’s that the witnesses before the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry weren’t sufficiently senior to really know what Trump intended by...
Rudy Giuliani: Manafort’s ‘black ledger’ was a ‘fraud’, part of an US-Soros collaboration in Ukraine
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani told Glenn Beck during an exclusive interview on Wednesday that the infamous “black ledger” used to convict former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — who is currently serving 7½ years in federal prison for financial crimes in Ukraine — was a...
Ukraine in play: How Chinese investments change the game
Ukrainian industry is ailing. And with the West showing little interest in helping, China has stepped in – and could reshape Ukraine’s allegiances. …read more Source:: Christian Science...
