Section: US & Canada
Report: Ukraine Sees Hope For ‘Last Chance’ Peace Summit In Mid-November
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko says a peace summit could take place in Paris in mid-November if Kyiv and Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine can maintain a cease-fire in a conflict that has killed some 13,000 people since April 2014, Reuters reported. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ambassador expected to testify key assurance came from Trump
A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what President Donald Trump told him, according to a person familiar with his coming testimony in the impeachment probe. …read more Source:: CTV...
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...
Congress set to return as impeachment inquiry heats up — live updates
The committees leading the impeachment inquiry will hear testimony this week from four officials about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine …read more Source::...
Trump escalated his war on Fox News again, slamming anchor Chris Wallace for his coverage of the Ukraine scandal and comparing him unfavorably to his dead father
Donald Trump said Wallace should characterize a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, now the basis of an impeachment inquiry, as “good.” …read more Source:: Business...
News Brief: Turkish Offensive, U.S. Troops Leaving Syria, Trump Adviser Fiona Hill
Syria’s army is moving into northern Syria to repel a Turkish incursion as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw. Fiona Hill, the Trump administration’s former top aide on Russia, testifies on Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Former Russia Adviser Fiona Hill Testifies In Impeachment Inquiry
Fiona Hill, President Trump’s former top Russia aide, will testify Monday behind closed doors. She had been in charge of U.S. policy toward Ukraine while at the National Security Council. …read more Source::...
Far-right groups protest Ukrainian president’s peace plan
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Police are deployed around Ukraine’s capital as multiple far-right and nationalist groups gather for protests against President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his peace plan for eastern Ukraine. Zelenskiy paid homage Monday to Ukrainians killed in the five-year conflict with Moscow-backed separatists, holding a moment of...
Ambassador expected to testify key assurance was from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what President Donald Trump told him. That’s according to a person familiar with his coming testimony … …read more Source::...
Trump hits Fox News’s Chris Wallace over Ukraine coverage
President Trump on Sunday hit Fox News anchor Chris Wallace for his coverage of the phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s president that is at the center of the House’s impeachment inquiry.”… …read more Source:: The...
