Section: US & Canada
Feminist Chrissy Teigen, George Conway call GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik ‘trash’
Chrissy Teigen, feminist activist and supermodel, joined George Conway in calling Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) “trash” on social media.Conway, who is known for his hatred of President Donald Trump despite being married to Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, circulated a fake photo of Stefanik flipping off cameras during the...
GOP Rep. Says ‘Heck No’ To Trump Impeachment Testimony
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) is a hard no on the idea of President Trump testifying in the impeachment inquiry. During a Monday morning interview on Fox News, the staunch Trump ally shot down the idea of the President testifying while also attacking House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA). Earlier Monday, Trump said in a tweet thread that...
GOP senator ‘reluctantly’ asked by House Republicans to give firsthand info on Trump, Ukraine for impeachment inquiry
Top House Republicans have requested information about President Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings from GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, according to a letter sent to the senator over the weekend, CNN reported.The request came from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Devin Nunes...
Press Freedom Under Spotlight at Magnitsky Human Rights Awards
The Ukrainian journalist Oleg Sentsov, who was jailed in Russia for reporting on the country’s illegal annexation of Crimea, and murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were among those honored at the recent Magnitsky Awards ceremony in London. The awards pay tribute to those who risk their lives to stand up for human rights. Henry...
Liberals Are Mainstreaming Paranoid Theories About Trump
One of the most durable conspiracy theories of our times finds Vladimir Putin recruiting a billionaire media personality named Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. In some iterations of the tale, Trump is willingly serving his Kremlin comrades; in others, he is merely the victim of kompromat. In every version, he is an asset of a hostile...
House Tells Court Impeachment Probe Is Looking At Whether Trump Lied To Mueller
A lawyer for the House of Representatives told an appeals court Monday that among the issues the House is probing in its ongoing impeachment inquiry is whether President Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The comments came in a hearing over whether the Judiciary Committee can access certain grand jury materials...
Trump Says He Would ‘Strongly Consider’ Testifying at His Impeachment Inquiry
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he would “strongly consider” testifying at the House Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry targeting him for allegedly abusing his office.”Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get...
Christine Blasey Ford gets ACLU ‘courage’ award, complains of ‘well-financed attack machine’ out to get her ‘anytime I raise my head’
Christine Blasey Ford was given the American Civil Liberties Union’s Roger Baldwin Courage Award Sunday night in Los Angeles, KCBS-TV reported, adding that her appearance was a surprise and that she was recognized for her testimony during Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination process in 2018. Ford — who accused Kavanaugh of...
Clock Ticking In Congress As Russia Presses Ahead With Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
U.S. lawmakers have shown bipartisan support for sanctions aimed to stop Nord Stream 2, but there are disagreements over broader measures. As Russia pushes closer to completion of a Baltic Sea gas pipeline to Europe that would bypass Ukraine, Congress has yet to adopt a bill, making Kyiv nervous. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...
Time and again, envoy’s Ukraine tale differs from others
WASHINGTON (AP) – The witnesses who have testified publicly and privately in the House impeachment inquiry so far have generally told a consistent tale. Then there’s Gordon Sondland. The U.S. ambassador to the European Union has said he cannot recall many of the episodes involving him that other witnesses have … …read more...
