Section: US & Canada
After Explosive Taylor Testimony, Trump Rails Against People In His Own Admin.
President Trump is not pleased with some of his own administration’s hires, lashing out at them in a series of tweets Wednesday afternoon. Trump accused both top Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor and his lawyer John Bellinger of being “Never Trumpers” in response to the career diplomat’s damning 15-page opening statement to Congress that...
The Atlantic Politics Daily: It’s Whistle-blower Season
Today in PoliticsIt’s Wednesday, October 23. Today, when the whistle-blower drip becomes a flood. Plus, the ceasefire and the fury. Finally, an argument about GOP hypocrisy.(Tom Brenner / Reuters)September may feel like an eternity ago, but murmurs of impeachment crescendoed into a yell then, when reports emerged of an anonymous...
Giuliani Associates Accused of Funneling Money to Pro-Trump Group Plead Not Guilty
Two foreign-born Florida businessmen who helped U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, investigate political rival Joe Biden pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to illegally funneling money to a pro-Trump election committee and other politicians. Ukraine-born Lev Parnas and Belarus-born Igor Fruman entered their not...
In Ukraine, US support no longer taken ‘at face value’
Since 1991, the US has been an important supporter of democratic reform in Ukraine. How does the impeachment inquiry impact this long-standing relationship? The World speaks with Nina Jankowicz of The Wilson Center. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Judge tells State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records
The documents were requested by an ethics watchdog that is investigating the administration. …read more Source::...
Judge orders State Department to release documents on Trump dealings with Ukraine
The State Department must begin turning over documents related to the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine, a judge ruled Wednesday. …read more Source:: The...
Judge tells State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records
WASHINGTON (AP) – A judge on Wednesday ordered the State Department to begin producing within 30 days documents related to the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine, saying the records were of obvious public interest. The documents were sought under a Freedom of Information Act request by American Oversight, an ethics …...
Judge orders U.S. State Department to start releasing Trump-Ukraine records
The documents were sought under a Freedom of Information Act request by American Oversight, an ethics watchdog that investigates the administration. …read more Source:: Global...
Rapid developments on impeachment and Syria
Testimony by the top U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, appears to contradict the White House’s claims that there was no quid pro quo on Ukraine. And President Trump announced he’s lifting sanctions on Turkey. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy, national security correspondent David Martin, and The Hill’s Bob Cusack...
Trump Cares So Much About Corruption That He Keeps Cutting Funding To Fight It
President Donald Trump and his allies have repeated ad nauseam that he froze congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine because of his staunch determination to weed out corruption in the Ukrainian government, not to pressure Ukraine into helping his political campaign. But his administration’s budget proposals for international...
