Section: US & Canada
Pompeo Criticized for Failing to Support Ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine
Several senior U.S. diplomats, including former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, are key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Trump is accused of having withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine until that country’s new president agreed to investigate one of Trump’s political opponents, former Vice...
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine expected to be first to testify in public impeachment hearings
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Trump pushes back on report that he wanted Barr to clear him on Ukraine in news conference: ‘Totally untrue’
President Trump early Thursday pushed back on a report that he asked Attorney General William Barr to hold a news conference clearing him of wrongdoing in the Ukraine controversy that sparked an impeachment inquiry, calli… …read more Source:: The...
Moscow: Reporter’s Notebook
Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova is clear. There is nothing the Kremlin can do about Russian military contractors operating in Africa.During one of her weekly press briefings shortly after news broke that more than two dozen Russians had been killed in Libya, I pressed her about whether the Kremlin endorsed their presence.And...
Ukraine Launches Probe Into Ex-Lawmaker Who Threatened, Released Data On RFE/RL Staff
Ukrainian police have launched a probe against Andriy Portnov, the ex-deputy chairman of the presidential administration who is accused of obstructing the professional activities of RFE/RL journalists. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Taylor expected to be first to testify in public hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats announced they will launch public impeachment hearings next week, intending to bring to life weeks of closed-door testimony and lay out a convincing narrative of presidential misconduct by Donald Trump. First to testify will be William Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, who has relayed in … …read...
Who Was On The Trump-Ukraine Call?
On July 25, President Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The phone call would become the foundation of a whistleblower complaint that would lead to a formal impeachment inquiry.(Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Donald Trump Is All Alone
Early in President Donald Trump’s term, White House aides worried that he was spending too much time cocooned in the building. So they went to a senior official and pitched an intervention of sorts: Take him to dinner one night at the Peking Gourmet Inn, a Chinese restaurant in the Virginia suburbs where both Bushes dined as president. The...
Taylor expected to be first to testify in public hearings
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, who has told lawmakers in private that he understood Trump proposed a quid pro quo with Ukraine, is expected to repeat that testimony in public hearings next week …read more Source:: The Boston...
Location, location: Why Ukraine leader aimed for Oval Office
Location, location: Why Ukraine’s Zelenskiy was intent on getting an Oval Office visit …read more Source:: The Boston...
