Section: US & Canada
Impeachment Inquiry Is ‘a Trial in Search of a Crime,’ Rep. Jody Hice Says
“They are searching for every haystack they can possibly find in hopes that there’s a needle somewhere that they can bring forward and say, ‘A-ha, we have something to impeach him,’” says Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. “And the American people are seeing it for what it is.” Read the lightly edited transcript of the interview, posted below, or...
‘Coup’ Concerns Suddenly Don’t Seem So Far-Fetched
For most of the last three years, Donald Trump’s critics have scoffed at supposed “conspiracy theories” that claimed a “deep state” of bureaucrats were aborting the Trump presidency. We have been told the word “coup” is hyperbole that reveals the paranoid minds of Trump supporters. Yet oddly, many people brag that they are proud members of...
Key witnesses will cap intense week in impeachment inquiry
House impeachment investigators will hear from two key witnesses Thursday who grew alarmed by how U.S. President Donald Trump and others in his orbit were conducting foreign policy in Ukraine, capping an intense week in the historic inquiry. …read more Source::...
Ex-Adviser, Diplomat to Testify in Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Two additional advisers will testify Thursday as the U.S. House of Representatives holds a marathon week of public hearings on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.Former White House adviser Fiona Hill and career foreign service officer David Holmes are to testify Thursday.On Tuesday Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President...
Fiona Hill, adviser with sharp eye for detail, is next up
WASHINGTON (AP) – They have heard the measured testimony of career diplomats and the mind-boggling account of a first-time ambassador who declared he was in charge of President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy. Now House impeachment investigators will hear from Fiona Hill, a no-nonsense former White House adviser who was alarmed …...
‘On whose authority?’: What to watch in impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) – They owned the White House’s policy on Ukraine. Or so they thought. Gradually, administration officials on both sides of the Atlantic understood that President Donald Trump was using a back channel headed by Rudy Giuliani to push Ukraine for investigations of Democrats. Former National Security Council adviser...
Ukraine is an afterthought in Washington’s impeachment drama
For Ukrainian officials, the best thing to do may be to stand back and try to avoid the cross-fire. …read more Source:: The Washington...
Key witnesses will cap intense week in impeachment inquiry
House impeachment investigators will hear from two key witnesses who grew alarmed by how President Donald Trump and others in his orbit were conducting foreign policy in Ukraine …read more Source:: The Boston...
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
Trump directed Ukraine quid pro quo, key witness says WASHINGTON (AP) — Ambassador Gordon Sondland declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Democrats in Presidential Debate Spar Over Foreign Policy, Climate
The impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump sought to pressure Ukraine was the first topic on the agenda Wednesday night as Democrats competing to be the party’s nominee in the 2020 election squared off in their latest debate in Atlanta.Senator Bernie Sanders called Trump perhaps the most corrupt president in modern U.S....
