Section: US & Canada
5 takeaways from newly released pages of the Trump impeachment inquiry
In hundreds of pages, Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley recounted mounting concerns about the Trump administration’s actions toward Ukraine. …read more Source:: Global...
The ex-US ambassador to Ukraine said she was told to ‘go big or go home’ and tweet lavish praise for Trump to keep her job
The former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told the House impeachment inquiry that Trump officials had sought to oust her. …read more Source:: Business...
The Political Corruption Legalized by the Supreme Court
When discussing corruption in the Trump era, it’s easy to focus on the most flagrant examples. The Trump Organization announced last week that it plans to sell its infamous D.C. hotel, which gave businesses and foreign governments seeking the White House’s favor a high-profile mechanism to funnel cash into the Trump family’s...
How a Populist Destroys America
Donald Trump enflames the passions of his supporters by calling impeachment a : The impeachment inquiry is fully legitimate]More legitimate, in his mind, is his role as the putative voice of the people. Populism is a disposition, rather than a fully worked-out theory of government. Its essence is that the voice of the people is the true voice of...
Exiled Russian Journalist Babchenko Says He Left Ukraine ‘Temporarily’
A dissident Russian journalist who once promised facetiously to return to his homeland in a U.S.-made Abrams tank, says he “temporarily” left Ukraine, where he has lived in self-imposed exile since fall 2017. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The American Prisoner Caught Between Trump and the Kremlin
Elizabeth Whelan, a soft-spoken portrait artist from Martha’s Vineyard, has never considered herself political. And yet seated before this shrine of sorts—the Trump bobblehead next to the Trump-branded bottle of rosé; the Trump coffee mug; the Make America Great Again hats in red, white, and blue; the Trump tube socks; the SAVE FREEDOM:...
Experts Say Impeachment Fallout Might Hurt Pompeo’s Potential Senate Run
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s frequent official trips to his home state of Kansas have fueled speculation he may be considering resigning to run for an open Senate seat in the midwestern state. But some political observers say Pompeo’s role in the withholding of U.S. military aid to Ukraine and the impeachment inquiry may have...
Former ambassador says she was warned to ‘watch my back’
WASHINGTON (AP) – It started with a warning to watch her back, that people were “looking to hurt” her. From there, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House investigators, it escalated into a chilling campaign to fire her as President Donald Trump and his allies angled in Eastern … …read more...
Former ambassador says she was warned to ‘watch my back’
In deposition transcript, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine says she was warned to ‘watch my back’ amid efforts to push her out of post …read more Source:: The Boston...
Rand Paul demands media print whistleblower’s name
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday demanded the media reveal the identity of the anonymous whistleblower who raised concerns about President Trump’s contacts with Ukraine during a Trump campaign rally in his home state. …read more Source:: The...
