Section: US & Canada
Captive In Crimea: Dolphins Draw Crowds Despite Decrepit Venues
Dolphin shows are popular on Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula, which is controlled by Russia. But the venues housing them are falling apart. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine aid delay sparked bipartisan scramble to keep millions from expiring
Democrats and Republicans threatened to block Pentagon spending to get Ukraine aid released. The Trump administration holdup delayed military equipment. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Zelenskiy Visits Front Line On Ukraine’s Defenders Day, As Tens Of Thousands Rally In Kyiv
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has marked Ukraine’s Defenders Day holiday with a visit to troops deployed on the front line in the eastern region of Donetsk, where Ukrainian armed forces have been fighting Russia-backed separatists for more than five years. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Is Ohio in Play? GOP Tilt Working Against Democrats
Chris Gagin says he hasn’t changed much politically, even as so much around him has.The attorney from rural Belmont County, Ohio, became a Republican in 2013 after Democrats embraced environmental policies that he believed were detrimental to the area’s coal mining and fracking industries. As an anti-abortion-rights, pro-gun...
Ex-National Security Council Official Testifying to Congress
Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, was testifying to Congress behind closed doors Monday, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.Hill wouldn’t comment as she arrived on Capitol Hill, but her attorney said she had...
Rand Paul calls for investigation into Dem senators who wrote letter to Ukraine last year
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is calling for an investigation into three Democratic senators who are accused of threatening to withdraw aid from Ukraine last year if the country did not cooperate with Robert Mueller’s investigation.When asked by NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday whether he is “disturbed” by...
Far-right groups protest Ukrainian president’s peace plan
Shooting off flares and shouting “glory to Ukraine,” thousands of far-right and nationalist activists marched Monday through Kyiv, protesting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s leadership and his long-awaited peace plan for eastern … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
After Poland, No Democracy Is Safe
Democracy was on the ballot yesterday in Poland. It suffered a stinging defeat that will have consequences far beyond the country’s borders.For decades, political scientists regarded Poland as the great success story of the transition from communism to democracy. In no other large country in Central or Eastern Europe had democratic...
Impeachment Likely Topic at Next Democratic Debate
A dozen Democratic presidential candidates will be on stage for the party’s next primary debate Tuesday on the campus of Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.This will be the fourth Democratic debate since June and will feature the largest group on stage for a single debate. Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and Tom Steyer, a former...
Schiff Sees Two ‘Quid Pro Quos’ in Trump’s Call With Ukraine President
Chairman of the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff arrives for a closed-door deposition by former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on October 11, 2019. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...
