Section: US & Canada
How Russian Hybrid Warfare Has Weaponized Disinformation
KYIV, Ukraine—As the Russian shells and rockets rained down on them in the frontline town of Debaltseve in February 2015, Ukrainian troops began to receive curious, anonymous text messages on their cellphones. “Your comrades nearby already left their positions, so you should leave yours as well,” one message read. The messages also claimed that...
Takeaways From Day 2 of House Impeachment Public Hearings
Takeaways from Day 2 of the House impeachment public hearings with witness Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source:: U.S....
CNN Reporter: Trump Tweets Worse Than McCarthyism
CNN correspondent Dana Bash said President Donald Trump’s Friday tweets criticizing former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch were worse than McCarthyism, adding at least there was an ideological point to the latter. “I was just going to add to what [historian Tim Naftali] was saying,” Bash said. “You talked about...
WSJ: Feds Probe Giuliani Over Ukraine Gas Pitch
Manhattan federal prosecutors are seeking to learn whether Rudy Giuliani could have profited from a natural gas business plan pitched by his two now-indicted buddies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman had pitched a business plan involving their company Global Energy Producers, in which Ukraine would import U.S. LNG via a...
Trumps real-time tweets are ‘very intimidating’, former ambassador tells impeachment hearing
“I mean, I can’t speak to what the president is trying to do. But I think the effect is to be intimidating,” says former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. …read more Source:: Toronto...
Trump Tampers With Witness in Ukraine Impeachment Probe as Roger Stone Convicted of Witness Tampering
If you were looking for “pizzazz,” you came to the right place.A at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Fox News Reporter Grasps at Straws: Constitution ‘Doesn’t Say Anything About Witness Intimidation’
Fox News senior Capitol Hill producer Chad Pergram provided some cover for Donald Trump on Friday after the president unleashed a Twitter attack on former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch while she was testifying before Congress, noting that “witness intimidation” isn’t featured in the Constitution as it relates to...
The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Former Ukraine envoy offers dramatic testimony
To view past editions of The Hill’s 12:30 Report, click here: … …read more Source:: The...
Trump’s Impeachable Tweet
As they present their findings to the public, House Democrats may find it easier to let President Donald Trump build the case for impeachment himself.The testimony that Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, delivered to Congress this morning was perhaps as politically damaging to Trump as anything presented during the first day of...
As she was told to leave Ukraine, U.S. ambassador was honoring anti-corruption activist who died after acid attack
Kateryna Handziuk was 33 years old when a man threw sulfuric acid on her in front of her house in Kherson. She died three months later. …read more Source:: The Washington...
