Section: US & Canada
Congress to hear diplomat who overheard a key Trump call
WASHINGTON (AP) – A State Department official who has drawn praise for speaking out in the past about problems in the Foreign Service was expected to testify Friday to House impeachment investigators about a conversation he overheard President Trump having about “investigations” in Ukraine. Career diplomat David Holmes arrived on …...
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...
A Brief History of Roger Stone
Roger Stone, the famed political consultant, seems to have played a role in every major conservative moment in the past half century. And if one quality has defined his long career in politics, it’s that he’s prone to scandal of his own making.Enter the Russia investigation. Today, Stone was found guilty of lying to the House...
Solomon: ‘Activist’ U.S. embassy in Ukraine had a ‘do not prosecute list’
by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2019 The Democrats’ star witness at their public impeachment spectacle on Nov. 15 was former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch whose testimony was accompanied by live tweets from the President of the United States who had replaced her as commonly happens when administrations change. According...
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...
