Section: US & Canada
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...
Democrats say Trump tweet is ‘witness intimidation,’ fuels impeachment push
House Democrats wasted no time Friday saying President Trump’s real-time Twitter attack on a top U.S. diplomat – as she was testifying on Trump’s dealings with Ukraine – was more evidence of presidential misconduct as the… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine says it’s arrested a top IS commander near Kiyv
The Ukrainian Security Service says it has arrested Al Bar Shishani, one of the top commanders in the Islamic State group …read more Source:: ABC...
Justin Amash to Trump: Let Bolton, Giuliani, and Mulvaney Testify
House Democrats have upped the ante in the impeachment inquiry. President Donald Trump’s efforts to make security assistance to Ukraine contingent on politically useful probes, they suggest, are a violation of criminal bribery law. “The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake...
‘Witness Intimidation’: Trump Slimes Ambassador During Impeachment Hearing
As Marie Yovanovitch outlined the smear campaign that President Trump’s allies successfully used to oust her as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Trump decided to add to it. “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” the president tweeted, insisting on his “absolute right” to appoint ambassadors. Yovanovitch had just finished describing the...
Yovanovitch Pointedly Cites Benghazi In Robust Defense of Diplomats
Former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch gave a moving defense of State Department officials in her impeachment testimony Friday, notably citing the 2012 Benghazi attacks that Republicans made so much hay of when in the House majority. “And we are Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Patrick Smith, Ty Woods, and Glen Doherty—people rightly called...
Ex US Ambassador to Ukraine Felt ‘Threatened’ After Being Ousted
The ousted former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, testified Friday at the congressional impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump that she was “shocked and devastated” over remarks Trump made about her during a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.“I didn’t know what to think, but I was very...
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:: The Boston...
Yovanovitch: Don Jr. and Fox News Hosts ‘Amplified’ Smears Against Me
During Friday’s public impeachment hearing, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described how conservatives and right-wing media figures repeatedly disparaged her last spring in an apparent effort by Trumpworld to sully her reputation in order to justify removing her from her post.House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam...
Putin, Zelenskiy To Meet Next Month To Discuss Ukraine Conflict
The French presidency says Paris will host a four-way summit next month seeking to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
