Section: US & Canada
Key Phrases Omitted
And there it is. I mentioned earlier today that as the first witness who was on the notorious July 25th Trump-Zelensky call, Alex Vindman could clear up whether there were any material omissions in the rough transcript of the call. It turns out there were. They don’t appear to be ones that dramatically change the content of the call. But...
‘Extremely disturbing’: Top Democrats alarmed over Vindman’s testimony on Trump-Ukraine call
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, was set to testify he was on the July phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s leader. …read more Source::...
Joe Biden, Hunter Biden excluded from Democrats’ Ukraine probe
President Trump’s defenders in Congress increasingly point to the importance of investigating corruption in Ukraine allegedly involving former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his son Hunter, which is the centerpiece of the impeachment inquiry. While absent from House Democrats’ impeachment probe, questions persist about Hunter...
CNN Anchor Blasts CNN Contributor Sean Duffy For His ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Bigotry
CNN anchor Brianna Keilar gave a scathing response on Tuesday to CNN contributor and ex-Rep. Sean Duffy’s (R-WI) attacks on the ethnic heritage of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key House impeachment probe witness. After playing a clip of Fox News host Laura Ingraham and her hosts attempting cast doubt on Vindman’s loyalty for speaking...
Democrats say Alexander Vindman’s testimony on Trump-Ukraine call is ‘extremely disturbing’
Democrats described Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s testimony during a closed-door deposition for the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as “extremely disturbing,” reported NBC News.Vindman, the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert, said in his opening remarks that he “was...
New poll shows very few Americans support Democrats’ impeachment push
As Democrats ramp up their efforts in the impeachment inquiry, a new poll shows that although most Americans believe the president did something wrong on a controversial Ukraine call, far fewer believe he should be impeached. The poll was published on Tuesday by Suffolk University for USA Today. Whether President Donald Trump asked for a...
Trump Sides With Indicted Oligarch Over His Own Diplomat
Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump boosted a tweet Monday promoting a controversial allegation from an indicted Ukrainian oligarch: that a top U.S. diplomat put fabricated information about the mogul in a diplomatic cable. That diplomat happens to be one of Democrats’ key impeachment witnesses. And that oligarch happens to...
Jared Kushner says he’s busy ‘cleaning up the messes’ Joe Biden left behind
Jared Kushner — White House senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump — hit back at Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s recent claims that Kushner is unqualified for his current gig, saying that much of what he does involves “cleaning up the messes” the former vice president left behind.What are the...
President Zelenskiy Makes Ukraine Investment Pitch in Shadow of War Zone
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised to create a level playing field for businesses on Tuesday as he made an investment pitch for Ukraine in the unlikely venue of Mariupol, a port city 20 km (12 miles) from a rumbling separatist conflict.A popular comedian who won a landslide election in April with no prior political experience, Zelenskiy came...
Ron Johnson rejects Trump impeachment trial recusal
MADISON, Wis. — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says despite his close involvement in Ukraine issues at the center of an investigation into President Donald Trump, he won’t recuse himself if there is a Senate impeachment trial. Johnson tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a story published Tuesday that he … …read more...
