Section: US & Canada
Live Your Life Like a Superhero
Janina Scarlet knew she finally had a way to connect with her patient when the girl began talking about Veronica Mars. At a recent American Psychological Association conference, Scarlet, a psychologist at San Diego’s Center for Stress and Anxiety Management, recounted how the 15-year-old at first had trouble speaking about past trauma. In...
Putin, Hungarian leader pushed Trump on Ukraine corruption narrative: reports
Days before a key meeting with White House advisers about Ukraine, foreign leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reportedly urged President Trump to take a hostile view of Kiev.Trump met with… …read more Source:: The...
Today’s Agenda: Trump Calls Impeachment Inquiry A ‘Lynching’
Happy Tuesday, October 22. A day after President Donald Trump’s off-the-rails Cabinet meeting press conference, he took to Twitter to call the impeachment inquiry a “lynching.” Here’s more on that and the other stories we’re watching. What The Investigations Team Is Watching Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, is...
Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to ‘a lynching’
WASHINGTON D.C. — President Donald Trump is comparing the House impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine to “a lynching.” Trump and his Republican allies complain that the process House Democrats are using for the inquiry is unfair and that Democrats are trying to undo the 2016 election that sent Trump to the White House. Trump tweets...
Pompeo To Make Third Trip To Kansas This Year
Despite his protestations, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headed to Kansas for the third time this year, possibly readying a U.S. Senate parachute should the Ukraine scandal get worse for him. According to the Wall Street Journal, Republicans are very concerned about retiring Sen. Pat Roberts’ (R-KS) seat, and would much prefer Pompeo to...
Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to ‘a lynching’
President Donald Trump is comparing the House impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine to ‘a lynching’ …read more Source:: The Boston...
Trump’s Hostility To Ukraine Sparked By Hungary’s Prime Minister Orban
President Donald Trump met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on May 13, a conversation that primed Trump to be hostile to and suspicious of Ukraine. John Bolton, former national security adviser, and Fiona Hill, former NSC director for Eurasian and Russian affairs, urged Trump not to take the meeting, but were shouted down by acting...
Ukrainian Journalist Held By Separatists Sentenced To 15 Years In Penal Colony
A court in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, parts of which are controlled by Russia-backed separatists, has sentenced journalist Stanislav Aseyev to 15 years in a penal colony. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Is Russia’s Vladimir Putin Color-Blind?
There appear to be few signs that the Kremlin and Russia’s security agencies are ready to adopt a more relaxed approach to opposition groups and dissent, say analysts, notwithstanding that anti-government protests don’t appear to have weakened Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Last week, security agencies dubbed the...
Nothing Changed on Impeachment, and Everything Changed
On October 13, President Donald Trump’s average approval sat at 42.2 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight’s average.Then came an astonishing week, even by the standards of the Trump administration. A procession of diplomats trekked to Capitol Hill, where they outlined a consistent tale of an administration hell-bent on conspiracy...
