Section: US & Canada
House staffers on a summer trip to Ukraine learned U.S. aid was frozen. Stunned, here’s what they did next.
The untold story of how two congressional aides who track federal spending got wind something was wrong and touched off a scramble to find the truth. …read more Source::...
Pompeo ‘Feels Under Siege’ After Hitting Rough Patch With Trump
The impeachment inquiry has tested the seemingly unbreakable bond between President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. According to an NBC News report Monday, citing four current and former senior administration officials, Trump has griped over Pompeo’s hiring of State Department officials who have provided damning testimony for...
Russia returns three seized ships to Ukraine
Three Ukrainian naval ships that were seized by Russia nearly a year ago have been returned, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. …read more Source:: CTV...
Ukrainian Investigators Want Ex-President Proshenko’s Immunity To Be Stripped
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (DBR), a newly established law enforcement body tasked with investigating high-level crimes, has requested that former President Petro Poroshenko be stripped of immunity. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Hill Announces That It Is Reviewing Old John Solomon Columns
The Hill Editor-In-Chief Bob Cusack sent out a memo to the staff Monday, alerting them that old opinion columns written by former editorialist John Solomon and referenced frequently in the impeachment inquiry may be annotated, corrected or fact-checked. The statement, via a CNN reporter: The Hill Editor-In-Chief Bob Cusack just sent this email...
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
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GOP invites Republican senator to provide information in impeachment inquiry
House Republicans are asking Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who has defended President Trump’s handling of Ukraine, to provide information in the impeachment inquiry.In a letter sent to Johnson on Saturday, Reps. Jim J… …read more Source:: The...
Russia Hands Back 3 Seized Ships to Ukraine
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says three Ukrainian naval ships that were seized in a shooting confrontation nearly a year ago have been returned. The two gunboats and a tug were taken by the Russian coast guard on Nov. 25, 2018, as they passed through the Kerch Strait that connects the Black Sea with the Azov Sea, en route to their home port in...
Pelosi Invites Trump to Testify as New Witnesses Prepare for Impeachment Hearings
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House impeachment inquiry ahead of a week that will see several key witnesses appear publicly. Pushing back against accusations from the president that the process has been stacked against him, Pelosi said Trump is welcome to appear or...
Pelosi invites Trump to testify as new witnesses prepare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House impeachment inquiry ahead of a week that will see several key witnesses appear publicly. Pushing back against accusations from the Republican president that the process has been stacked against him, Pelosi said...
