Section: US & Canada
Unpredictable Sondland faces questions about Trump, Ukraine
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‘I now recall:’ What to watch in Trump impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) – Exactly what is Gordon Sondland’s story? Certainly it’s full of international mystery, which House impeachment investigators are sorting through as they probe President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. But the intrigue is largely due to other witnesses recalling conversations...
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GOP-requested witness rejects Trump ‘conspiracy theories’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Sought by Republicans to testify, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in Tuesday’s … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
New poll shows a crucial voting demographic is unimpressed with the impeachment hearings
A new poll shows that the crucial swing demographic of Independents appears to be unimpressed with the impeachment campaign by Democrats against President Donald Trump. According to the Politico-Morning Consult poll, independent voters increased their opposition to the impeachment inquiry by ten percentage points after several days of contentious...
US National Security Aides Troubled by Trump Call for Ukraine Investigations
It was a long and exhausting day in Washington Tuesday, where testimony in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump lasted more than 11 hours.Lawmakers on the Intelligence Committee heard from four witnesses – three of whom directly listened to Trump’s July 25 telephone call with Ukrainian President...
Top National Security Aides Troubled by Trump Ukraine Call
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched a second week of public hearings Tuesday in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. In a marathon day of testimony, firsthand witnesses described Trump’s July 25th phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that launched of impeachment inquiry. As VOA’s...
Dem senator says Zelensky was ‘feeling the pressure’ to probe Bidens
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was feeling pressure from Rudy Giuliani to investigate the Bidens.Murphy, in a letter to the leaders of the House… …read more Source:: The...
Trump White House Spreads Anti-Vindman Talking Points to Surrogates
MANDEL NGANThe Trump White House has taken the extraordinary step of distributing talking points to allies of the president trashing one of its employees. The talking points, which were shared with The Daily Beast, focus on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified publicly on Tuesday that he had registered complaints about President Donald...
Secretary of State Pompeo has been privately telling Republicans he’s planning to resign, but the Ukraine scandal is complicating his departure
Three senior Republicans told TIME magazine that the current secretary of state is looking to make a departure from the Trump administration. …read more Source:: Business...
Impeachment: Former Ukraine envoy calls linking aide to Biden investigation ‘unacceptable’
Former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker said Tuesday that the linking of a probe into Ukrainian energy company Burisma holdings to former Vice President Joe Biden was unacceptable. …read more Source:: United Press...
