Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Urges Defender Day Rally Goers To Not Give Russian TV ‘Eloquent’ Material
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned rally participants for the October 14 Day of Defenders holiday to not provide Russian television channels any material they could use to portray the country in a negative light. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ambassador to Testify No Quid Pro Quo Assurance Was Trump’s
A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what he was told by President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: U.S....
Schiff Says House Democrats May Not Ask Whistleblower To Testify
House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) said on Sunday that House Democrats may not ask the whistleblower at the heart of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump to testify. Schiff told CBS’ “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan that before Trump began threatening the whistleblower with “Big Consequences,”...
Rand Paul calls for probe of Democrats over Ukraine letter
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday called for an investigation into the Democratic senators who sent a letter in 2018 to the prosecutor general of Ukraine requesting information on investigations into former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. … …read more Source:: The...
Schiff: On second thought, I shouldn’t have misled everyone over our contact with the whistleblower
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, conceded Sunday that he should have been “more clear” about his committee’s contact with the whistleblower who raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s July 25 call with the president of Ukraine.Last month, Schiff said neither he nor his...
Kremlin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine
MOSCOW — From Syria to Ukraine, new fault lines and tensions are offering the Kremlin fresh opportunities to expand its clout and advance its interests. The U.S. military withdrawal from northern Syria before a Turkish offensive leaves Russia as the ultimate power broker, allowing it to help negotiate a potential agreement between Syrian...
The Real Story: Senator Chris Murphy on Syria, impeachment, and paying college athletes
US Senator Chris Murphy discusses Turkey’s bombardment of the Kurds in Northeastern Syria, triggered by President Trump’s decision to withdraw all US forces in that region. It was the Kurdish militia that had helped the American troops defeat ISIS in that region, so Murphy says the Kurds were double-crossed by the troop withdrawal. He...
U.S. ambassador hand-picked by Trump will testify in impeachment probe this week
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 upcoming testimony in the impeachment probe. …read more Source::...
Cruz Says ‘Of Course’ It’s Wrong For Trump To Ask China To Investigate Biden
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave a rare rebuke on Sunday of President Donald Trump over his call for China to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden. “Is it appropriate for President Trump to be saying China should look into the Biden family? Is that appropriate?” CBS host Margaret Brennan asked Cruz during an interview on “Face the Nation.” “I–look, of...
How the Press Can Avoid Playing Trump’s Game
In the face of President Trump’s Biden-Ukraine smear, the Biden camp has declared a low intensity war on the press, determined to head off the false equivalency and other mind games that helped derail Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid.When a reporter asked Joe Biden late last month how many times the former Vice President had...
