Section: US & Canada
Trump denies report that he wanted Barr to publicly clear him on Ukraine
The president tweeted that the story, first reported by The Washington Post, “is totally untrue…” …read more Source::...
No more fur for the Queen and Alec Baldwin files suit; In-The-News for Nov. 7
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 7. What we are watching in Canada … Andrew Scheer emerged from a marathon caucus meeting Wednesday, declaring that Conservative MPs are united behind his leadership after they...
Virginia Hates Tyrants
Life under President Donald Trump has Tim Kaine thinking a lot lately about the Book of Job. The results of last night’s election in Virginia, where Kaine is a U.S. senator, had him thinking of Job too.“He thought, I’d been such a good person. So is it just all pointless? I’m going to suffer just pointlessly,” the onetime...
Ukraine buys Canadian sniper rifles – delivery expected soon
Sniper rifles from PGW Defence Technologies of Winnipeg will be arriving soon in Ukraine. Read More …read more Source:: Ottawa...
Trump-backed allegations against Biden ‘not credible,’ testified US official now touted by Trump
Republican lawmakers looking to defend President Donald Trump against allegations of impropriety in the House impeachment inquiry are increasingly pointing to closed-door testimony from senior diplomat Kurt Volker, insisting his version of events means Trump never engaged in an improper “quid pro quo” when he pressed Ukraine’s new president...
Trump slams reports claiming he asked Barr to publicly clear him on Ukraine call
A report alleges the Attorney General rebuffed the request, which came around the time the White House released a rough transcript of Trump’s call at the centre of an impeachment probe. …read more Source:: Global...
US media’s policy of not naming an official identified by right-wing activists as the Ukraine whistleblower is crumbling after a campaign by right-wing sites and Donald Trump Jr.
Fringe sites and the presidents son have floated an unverified identity for the whistleblower. At first they were ignored, but that is changing. …read more Source:: Business...
Trump Tried To Force Barr To Hold Presser Saying POTUS Didn’t Break Law On Ukraine Call
President Trump wanted his Attorney General Bill Barr to hold a press conference following the release of the White House’s version of the call of Ukraine, and make a blanket declaration that Trump did not break the law on the infamous call, The Washington Post reported. Barr ultimately declined to do so, but the Justice Department did...
Trump denies he wanted Barr to publicly clear him
President Donald Trump is denying he wanted Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference to declare he broke no laws during a phone call in which he pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate Democrats …read more Source:: The Boston...
Top Pence aide set to testify in impeachment probe
A senior aide to Vice President Mike Pence is poised to testify Thursday in the House’s swift-moving impeachment investigation into President Trump’s handling of foreign policy in Ukraine.Jennifer Williams, a caree… …read more Source:: The...
