Section: US & Canada
House to Hear From 8 Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Inquiry
The U.S. House of Representatives is holding its second week of public hearings on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump with testimony by eight aides and officials, including the top diplomat to the European Union, Tuesday through Thursday.Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the...
Russia Offers Job to Maria Butina, Woman Convicted by US of Being an Agent
In her first public appearance since being deported by U.S. authorities who had jailed her for being a Russian agent, Maria Butina was on Monday offered a job by Moscow to defend Russians imprisoned abroad.During an event for the media, Russia’s human rights commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, offered Butina, 31, a job working for her...
Sen. Ron Johnson Paints Key Impeachment Witness As Possibly Anti-Trump
Sen. Ron Johnson suggested on Monday that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council member who has provided crucial testimony in the House impeachment, could be biased against President Donald Trump. Johnson mentioned his suspicions in a letter to House Intelligence Committee members Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), who had...
Pence aide’s testimony renews focus on VP’s Ukraine role
A public appearance by an aide to Mike Pence before the House Intelligence Committee this week is drawing renewed attention to the vice president …read more Source:: The Boston...
Ukraine Court Releases Head Of State Bank Suspected Of Money Laundering Amid IMF Visit
A Kyiv court on November 18 released the chairman of a Ukrainian state-owned bank accused of money laundering while setting bail at $120,000 that the suspect must pay in five weeks. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Other Giuliani Who Works for Trump
It’s Monday, November 18. In today’s newsletter: Andrew Giuliani, impeachment hearings, and whether American cities have measurable personalities.*” TODAY IN POLITICS »(NICHOLAS KAMM / NOAM GALAI / ASTRID STAWIARZ / GETTY / THE ATLANTIC)The Other GiulianiHe works for President Trump. His last name is Giuliani.I’m talking...
Russia returns three seized Ukrainian ships
Russia returned three naval ships captured from Ukraine last year in the Kerch Strait, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. …read more Source:: FOX...
How Spotify and Uber Eats Could Boost the Criminal Case Against Giuliani’s Henchmen
Drew Angerer/GettyGrocery shopping, Uber Eats, a Spotify subscription, and a six-figure donation to the Trump reelection campaign’s official super PAC were among the expenses incurred by a Rudy Giuliani crony at the center of the impeachment inquiry into the president last spring.The purchases, from the mundane to the very large and...
NYT Editor Tells Staff Paper Will Not Openly Support Sanders or Warren
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet said he has warned junior staff that the paper will not openly back Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) or Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) due to concerns about appearing too political. “They probably want a more political New York Times than I’m willing to give them,” Baquet told the...
U.S. officials were aware of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety: sources
The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because of the diplomatic and political sensitivity of the issue. …read more Source:: Global...
