Section: US & Canada
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT TRUMP WANTED TO HEAR Three words from the Ukraine president: investigations, … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
The Democrats’ Biggest Impeachment Challenge
Anyone who’s ever seen a CSI episode, read an Agatha Christie novel, or white-knuckled their way through a thriller in a movie theater understands that the key element of such stories is suspense. At the most basic level, there’s a crime, no one knows whodunnit, and someone has to crack the case. It’s the suspense that keeps...
The Year of Consequence Ahead
The year ahead will be no ordinary year.One year from now, barring historically unusual scenarios, we will know the results of the 2020 election, and who will be the next president of the United States.But the election is not all that’s at stake. The next 12 months will test the U.S. Constitution and determine the future of the American...
Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower threatens to sue Trump if he keeps attacking them, but the president’s associates have already been spreading their alleged identity for days
The president is “engaging in rhetoric and activity that places my client … and their family in physical danger,” lawyer Andrew Bakaj wrote. …read more Source:: Business...
The Republican Plot Against the Popular Will
Democracy’s central principle is that the people should decide their own future by electing their own leaders. A growing number of conservatives disagree. Take this week’s off-year elections, for example. Kentucky Republicans won five out of the six statewide races on Thursday. Steve Beshear, the Democratic candidate for governor, was...
Top US diplomat struggles to shrug off impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tries to shrug off the impeachment inquiry that has ensnared the State Department and raised questions about his leadership. Pompeo portrays the inquiry, which centers on President Donald Trump’s attempt to link U.S. military aid to Ukraine to a corruption probe of … …read...
Troop Withdrawals in Eastern Ukraine to Start on Saturday: OSCE
KIEV (Reuters) – Troop withdrawals in a village in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine will begin on Saturday at 1000 GMT, the Organization for… …read more Source:: U.S....
Trump’s allies turn to an online campaign in their quest to unmask the Ukraine whistleblower
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The Decline of America’s Military, and Why It Matters
None of us want to think about another attack on America. But nor do we want to be unprepared if such an attack occurs. Dakota Wood, the lead editor of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength, explains that right now the military’s readiness status is “marginal.” In other words, between aging equipment and other...
The words Trump had to hear: Investigations, Biden, Clinton
There were three words U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to hear from the Ukraine president: Investigations, Biden, Clinton. That’s according to the transcript, released Thursday, of an impeachment inquiry interview with career State Department official George Kent. …read more Source:: CTV...
