Section: US & Canada
Rough Transcript of First Trump-Zelenskiy Call Released
President Donald Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of his April congratulatory call with Ukraine’s president-elect, the latest salvo in the White House effort to blunt Democratic allegations that Trump abused his power by pressuring a foreign leader to get involved in U.S. politics.The new account of Trump’s call with...
Arms Depot Blasts Kill Two Ukrainian Soldiers, Injure Four
Two Ukrainian mining engineers have been killed and another four injured in explosions at an arms depot near the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s military says. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine to testify in Day 2 of public hearings
Day 2 of the public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry begin Friday with the testimony of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. President Trump removed her in May and two months later, speaking to Ukraine’s president, he described her as “bad news” and warned she was “going to go through some...
Key Moments From Yovanovitch’s Testimony On Smear Campaign That Forced Her Out
Former Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch took the stand Friday to tell the House Intelligence Committee about being shoved out of her posting after Rudy Giuliani and his cronies concocted a successful smear campaign against her. In a compelling and personal account, she expressed how it felt to lose her job and the confidence of the...
Yovanovitch Details How She Learned Of Giuliani’s Indicted Buds
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv first began to hear of the campaign against Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in November 2018, the ousted diplomat said on Friday. Yovanovitch told the House Intelligence Committee that she learned of “rumors from Ukrainians” about Rudy Giuliani’s campaign to have her removed around November and December, but that “it...
Ukraine feels abandoned amid US impeachment drama
Ukraine sees US support as vital but feels increasingly alone and vulnerable amid US impeachment drama …read more Source:: ABC...
Ukraine feels abandoned amid US impeachment drama
Ukraine sees US support as vital but feels increasingly alone and vulnerable amid US impeachment drama …read more Source:: ABC...
Ukraine feels abandoned amid US impeachment drama
Ukraine is at the center of today’s east-west geopolitical battle, but it’s feeling increasingly alone and abandoned by its U.S. backers amid the impeachment drama unfolding in Washington. The U.S. ambassador – who was pushed out earlier this year and testified Friday in Congress – hasn’t been replaced. Neither has...
Yovanovitch Neatly Picks Apart GOP Talking Point That Ukraine Was Out To Get Trump
Former ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch calmly dismantled Republican staff attorney Steve Castor’s line of questioning centered on the idea that Ukrainian officials were out to get then-candidate Donald Trump during the second half of her Friday hearing. Castor started by bringing up Alexandra Chalupa, a former DNC contractor who...
The Media Is Hopelessly Addicted to Donald Trump
The impeachment hearings got their first made-for-TV moment during ousted Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony, thanks to a cameo from President Trump. Early in Yovanovitch’s testimony, the president lashed out in a tweet denigrating her service in Somalia and Ukraine. This was an opening for House Intelligence Chair...
