Section: US & Canada
We Need A Truth-In-Advertising Commission — For Voters
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was published here and on the website for the Brennan Center for Justice. It was a pretty good troll. On Friday, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign ran an ad on Facebook saying that the social media giant had endorsed President Trump. It hasn’t, of course —...
EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland arrives on Capitol Hill for testimony in impeachment inquiry
The U.S. ambassador to the European Union arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning to testify on the administration’s controversial dealings with Ukraine, becoming the latest witness in the Democrats’ quickly evolving… …read more Source:: The...
The Latest: Sondland distances himself from Trump actions
The US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is distancing himself from President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden …read more Source:: The Boston...
The Latest: Sondland distances himself from Trump actions
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on expected testimony by U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland (all times local): 9:30 a.m. The U.S. ambassador to the European Union is distancing himself from President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden. Gordon Sondland plans to tell lawmakers on...
House Lawyers: Trump ‘Obstructing Own Impeachment,’ Acting ‘Above The Law’
House lawyers said in a filing Wednesday that President Donald Trump is currently acting “above the law” in his attempts to “obstruct his own impeachment” by barring witnesses from testifying before various committees. According to Politico, the filing pertains to the lawyers’ months-long attempt to compel former White House lawyer Don...
New Podcast Episode
New episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is out. We discuss the latest Trump/Ukraine investigation developments and try to make sense of the Dems’ marathon twelve-person on one stage debate. Listen here or it should be on your device if you signed up. …read more Source::...
Perry says Trump directed him to discuss Ukraine with Giuliani: report
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said President Trump directed him to discuss Ukraine corruption concerns with Rudy Giuliani in the spring, according to an interview with … …read more Source:: The...
Trump Directed Perry To Call Giuliani To Learn More About His Ukraine Concerns
Upon his return to the United States after attending the new Ukrainian president’s inauguration, Energy Secretary Rick Perry urged President Trump to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky. But Trump responded by ordering Perry to call his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to better understand why Trump didn’t trust the Ukrainian...
Key figure in Trump impeachment probe set to testify on text messages about Ukraine
Trump blocked his appearance last week, but Democrats promptly subpoenaed Sondland. …read more Source:: Global...
Trump’s a Paper Tiger, and Everyone Knows It
The United States is, yet again, facing an unnecessary crisis of its own making. On October 6, Donald Trump decided, during a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to withdraw U.S. military forces from northern Syria. And not for the first time. Erdoğan persuaded Trump to withdraw U.S. forces during a phone call back in...
