Section: US & Canada
Vindman’s Ukraine Testimony Is a Disaster for Trump
A decorated Army officer says the U.S. president acted improperly in demanding politically motivated investigations. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Democrats want answers from Pentagon chief on withheld Ukraine aid
Top Senate Democrats are demanding Defense Secretary Mark Esper provide information on what role the Pentagon played in the withholding of U.S. military aid to Ukraine earlier this year.In a Tuesday letter, Senate Armed Services… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine diplomat dodges questions on Trump controversy
Acting Ambassador Bill Taylor dodged questions about his testimony in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump at an event Tuesday in Ukraine.Taylor declined to answer questions about his testimony before Congress last week but was greeted by… …read more Source:: The...
Trump attacks on Vindman trigger backlash
President Trump’s aggressive attacks on a White House official who testified about his concerns over Trump’s communications with Ukraine in the impeachment inquiry set off a furious backlash on Tuesday, with former Vice P… …read more Source:: The...
Amid GOP gripes, Vindman becomes the 1st White House official to testify about Ukraine
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Exclusive: State Dept. Launches Investigation of ‘Deep State’ Targeting Top Trump Iran Official
The State Department has opened an investigation into a campaign of leaks targeting the Trump administration’s top Iran official, including leaks of a non-public inspector general report, according to multiple sources inside the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill who have been briefed on the investigation and the report. Brian Hook,...
Vindman, Subject Of Xenophobic Attacks, Was Featured In Ken Burns’ ‘America’ In ’80s
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the NSC official who is giving impeachment inquiry testimony damning to President Donald Trump’s cause Tuesday, has become the target of xenophobic attacks from the right-wing echo chamber due to his childhood emigration from Ukraine. But in a film of Ken Burns’ 1985 “America” series, spotted by the...
CNN anchor blasts contributor Sean Duffy over ‘anti-immigrant bigotry’
CNN anchor Brianna Keilar blasted former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisc.), himself a CNN contributor, on Tuesday after he suggested Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who fled Ukraine as a child, was motivated by “an affinity for [his]… …read more Source:: The...
Pelosi, Schiff Prep for GOP Impeachment ‘Stunts’ and Attempts to Out the Whistleblower
Congressional Democrats are struggling to protect at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
GOP Rep. Clashes With CNN Reporter: ‘If You Want To Interview Yourself, Go Right Ahead’
A clash between Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) and CNN correspondent Manu Raju broke out Monday night in the hours leading up to the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official who said in his prepared remarks that the July phone call between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky prompted him to alert...
