Section: US & Canada
Sondland Confirms Quid Pro Quo Between Trump, Ukraine
Wednesday was the most explosive day yet in the House impeachment hearings and perhaps a crucial moment for the Trump White House when U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland testified that there was a quid pro quo between President Donald Trump and Ukraine.Trump has been denying allegations that he held up nearly $400 million in badly needed...
Biden Slams Trump for Withheld Aid, Ignores Obama Admin’s Ukraine Policy
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden slammed President Trump during Wednesday night’s debate for withholding aid to Ukraine despite the face that he was vice president when the Obama administration withheld lethal aid to the besieged country. Asked about the current impeachment effort against President Donald Trump, Biden criticized...
In debate, Democratic White House contenders back impeachment inquiry of Trump
Democratic White House contenders backed the impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump during a debate on Wednesday, saying his efforts to press Ukraine to investigate former vice-president Joe Biden was an example of the administration’s corruption. …read more Source::...
Pentagon Official Says Ukraine Asked About Aid On Day of Trump-Zelenskiy Call
Ukraine voiced concern over a stoppage in $390 million of U.S. military aid to the country as early as July 25, the same day that President Donald Trump made a controversial phone call to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Deval Patrick Cancels Atlanta Event After Only Two People Show Up
Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick was forced to cancel a campaign event Wednesday night after only two people showed up. Patrick, who entered the primary field too late to qualify for the MSNBC debate in Atlanta, was scheduled to speak across town at a campaign event at Morehouse College, a historically black university. He...
Ten US Democrats Spar in Presidential Debate
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....
Ukraine asked about military aid on the day of Trump’s call, Laura Cooper says
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Sondland Insists ‘Everyone Was in the Loop’ on Ukraine
As Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, recounted in riveting testimony in the House of Representatives impeachment hearings Wednesday, “Everyone was in the loop.”The legion of top U.S. officials well aware of President Donald Trump’s efforts this summer to get Ukraine to carry out investigations that would help Trump...
‘Everyone was in the loop’: Takeaways from 4th day of impeachment hearings
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador the EU and one of the most anticipated witnesses said “everyone was in the loop” about U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for Ukraine to announce investigations into a Ukraine gas company and the 2016 U.S. election. …read more Source:: Global...
Sondland dumps Pompeo into center of Ukraine storm
After devastating testimony from one of his own ambassadors, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is now ensnared at the center of the impeachment probe he has denounced as “Washington noise.” Gordon Sondland, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to the European Union, testified Wednesday that he had kept Pompeo “in the loop”...
