Section: US & Canada
Hunter Biden-linked firm Burisma asked Obama administration for help amid corruption probe
Ukrainian gas firm Burisma Holdings — where Hunter Biden was employed as a board member — asked the Obama State Department for assistance when the company was being investigated for corruption, just one month before then-Vice President Joe Biden forced the country to fire the prosecutor looking into his son’s company. What are the details?...
First transcripts in impeachment inquiry released
The House released the first transcripts of closed door depositions in the impeachment inquiry. The hearings were held with the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and a former top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Nancy Cordes has the latest. …read more Source::...
Ex-Ukraine ambassador says Giuliani led charge to get her replaced
Marie Yovanovitch testified that Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, worked to have her removed from her post …read more Source::...
Amid Shelling, School Evacuated Near Ukraine Town Where Troops Withdrew Ahead Of Peace Talks
A primary school on November 4 was evacuated amid an artillery barrage 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Zolote, a town where Ukraine and Moscow-backed separatists have withdrawn their forces in the easternmost Luhansk region ahead of a pending summit to find peace in the Donbas conflict. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Giuliani Pal Lev Parnas May Comply With The Impeachment Inquiry After All
Rudy Giuliani’s indicted associate Lev Parnas has hinted at a potential change of heart toward the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry. Parnas and his business partner Igor Fruman were subpoenaed for testimony and documents by the House inquiry last month after their then-lawyer John Dowd said there was “no response planned”...
US Troops Prepare to Fight in a Way That Looks More Like World War II
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany—Exactly 75 years and one week after the first American patrol crossed into Nazi Germany during World War II, hundreds of U.S. Army paratroopers descend onto German territory. Rather than the liberation of Europe, however, these U.S. troops arrive for a simulated battle as part of an exercise called Saber Junction. The...
US envoy says Ukraine officials warned her about Giuliani
WASHINGTON (AP) – For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees are trying to determine if President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking a foreign country to investigate a political opponent. A quick summary of … …read more...
‘Go big or go home’: Key takeaways from impeachment pages
WASHINGTON (AP) – House investigators released the first transcripts Monday from the closed-door impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump, providing new details about events at the center of the inquiry. In hundreds of pages, Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, and Michael McKinley, a former top aide to …...
The Rallying Cry We Need
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of three essays, commissioned and cross-posted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, examining the legacy of Reagan’s Westminster Speech and its relevance for democracy promotion today. Coming Wednesday: a contribution by Daniel Twining. Coming Friday: a contribution...
Impeachment Be Damned: In Ukraine And US, The Hunt For Dirt Continues
Even as the impeachment inquiry gains momentum, Ukrainians who stand to benefit from probes into discredited allegations about the Bidens and the 2016 election have not stopped pushing for investigations. Andrii Telizhenko, a former Ukrainian diplomat who has peddled allegations of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 elections to help the...
