Section: US & Canada
Pompeo Denies Former Adviser’s Claim He Stopped Statement Supporting Yovanovitch
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday narrowly denied the testimony of a top aide of his who resigned partially out of frustration that the State Department wasn’t willing to publicly support a diplomat who President Donald Trump had attacked. Michael McKinley had spent decades as a diplomat when Pompeo asked him to be a senior adviser...
Ukraine was making plans to give in to Trump’s Biden request: report
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was reportedly preparing to announce the investigation requested by President Trump into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden in order to secure military aid withheld b… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine call whistleblower’s attorney tweeted about a ‘coup’ and ‘rebellion’ against Trump in 2017
An attorney for the anonymous whistleblower, who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky, tweeted in 2017 about a “coup” and “rebellion” against Trump, according to Fox News.The attorney, Mark Zaid, wrote the tweets after the firing of former Attorney General...
Democrats question aide to Mike Pence about Ukraine but John Bolton a no-show
U.S. congressional committees conducting an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump met on Thursday for the first time with an adviser to Vice-President Mike Pence, but former national security adviser John Bolton failed to heed a request to appear. …read more Source::...
UN Votes Overwhelmingly to Condemn US Embargo on Cuba
The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 28th year, rejecting U.S. concerns about human rights on the Caribbean island. The vote in the 193-member assembly on Thursday was 187-3 with the U.S., Israel and Brazil voting “no” and Ukraine and Colombia abstaining. Last...
Donald Trump Jr. Went on ‘The View’ and It Was a Total Shitshow
It seemed almost too surreal to be true. Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle together on The View’s 5,000th episode?But there they were Thursday morning, promoting both the first son’s new book—provocatively titled at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
Pence Aide Testifies at Trump Impeachment Inquiry
A foreign affairs adviser to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence — an aide who heard President Donald Trump ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to launch an investigation to help him politically — is testifying Thursday before the impeachment inquiry targeting Trump.Jennifer Williams arrived at the Capitol for a closed-door hearing with...
Jilted Investor Goes After Deadbeat Giuliani Crony’s Bail Money
Drew Angerer/GettyLev Parnas can’t catch a break. The Soviet-born businessman who at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
This Week: Trump Hotel Spikes Prices Ahead Of Republican Senators’ Retreat
Republican senators are holding their annual retreat at a conspicuous D.C. landmark today and tomorrow: The Trump International Hotel. It’s going to cost them. The President, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and several other senators are taking part in the event, which is hosted by their official campaign arm, the National...
Sen. John Kennedy to Nancy Pelosi: ‘I don’t mean any disrespect, but it must suck to be that dumb’
Sen. John Kennedy had some terse words for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during a raucous Trump rally Wednesday night in Kennedy’s home state of Louisiana.”In three short years, President Trump has doubled the growth in the greatest economy in all of human history,” Kennedy boasted before asking, “and do you know what...
