Section: US & Canada
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...
Rough transcript of first Trump-Zelenskiy call released
WASHINGTON (AP) – 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 …...
Fired Ukraine ambassador calls out ‘crisis’ in US diplomacy
WASHINGTON (AP) – The fired U.S. ambassador to Ukraine sounded an alarm Friday about the denigration of American diplomacy and the hollowing out of the State Department under President Donald Trump as she recounted how she became an early casualty of the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the impeachment inquiry. … …read...
Impeachment: Ex-diplomat Marie Yovanovitch ‘shocked’ at Trump’s Ukraine call
A dramatic moment occurred during the first part of Friday’s public impeachment hearing, when House investigators read a new tweet from President Donald Trump and posed it to his former ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source:: United Press...
Trump Impeachment Not Justified by Evidence and Testimony Made Public So Far
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., hasn’t yet produced most of his witnesses in the public impeachment hearings regarding President Donald Trump. But if the State Department’s George Kent and acting Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor are representative of the testimony Democrats are relying on, future...
Ukraine Detains Top Islamic State Commander
Ukraine’s main security agency says it has arrested a key figure in the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Trump himself is clearly not satisfied with only one article of impeachment’
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) didn’t hold back on Friday, taking a swipe at President Trump on Twitter after he tweeted about former U.S Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and her career’s work as a diplomati… …read more Source:: The...
Schiff Mansplains Committee Rules to GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik
House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) repeatedly interrupted congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) during Friday’s impeachment hearing. Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R., Calif.) yielded his time to allow Stefanik to ask former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch questions, but Schiff interrupted her before...
The Latest: Yovanovitch rejects Trump’s 2016 Ukraine theory
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment hearings (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Maria Yovanovitch is rejecting the notion that Ukraine tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, as President Donald Trump has proposed. Trump has said that Ukraine …...
