Section: US & Canada
Kevin McAleenan resigns as acting homeland security secretary
Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security since April and the fourth person to serve in that post since the Trump presidency began, submitted his resignation to the White House on Friday, a source tells CNN. A source familiar with McAleenan’s thinking tells CNN that the acting secretary felt he had accomplished all he could...
Sondland faces local backlash denying Trump deal in Ukraine
Gordon Sondland, a Portland hotelier appointed ambassador to the European Union after donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, called himself a master of the quid pro quo in deals between Oregon and the George W. Bush White House. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Ex-Ukraine ambassador says she was removed on “unfounded and false claims”
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators that President Trump had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post. Nancy Cordes reports. …read more Source::...
John Solomon: Ex-ambassador Yovanovitch blocked Ukraine investigation before being ousted by Trump
On Friday’s radio program, award-winning investigative journalist John Solomon joined Glenn Beck to detail how Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, obstructed investigations into potential corruption and interference by Democratic and Ukrainian officials in the 2016 U.S. election.The Trump administration recalled...
Top Pompeo aide resigns, adding to tumult over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior career foreign service officer who served as a top adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned, adding to the tumult in the State Department over the Trump administration’s handling of Ukraine and the treatment of diplomats. Pompeo’s de facto chief of staff, Michael … …read more...
The Atlantic Politics Daily: What Democrats Can Do Next
Editor’s note: We’re taking a break on Monday, October 14. The Politics Daily will return to your inbox next Tuesday. Comments or questions? Send us an email anytime. Were you forwarded this email? Sign yourself up here. We appreciate your continued support for our journalism. What We’re Watching Today(EVAN VUCCI / AP)No GOP...
Top Pompeo aide resigns, adding to tumult over Ukraine
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Trump Won’t Say If Giuliani Is Still His Attorney: ‘Well, I Don’t Know’
A day after two of Rudy Giuliani’s associates were arrested on campaign finance violations, President Donald Trump appeared to be at a loss for words Friday when asked whether the former New York mayor was still his personal attorney. “Well, I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to Rudy,” Trump told reporters outside the White House....
This ex-MP wants to help untangle Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine
Serhiy Leshchenko is an investigative journalist and member of parliament who has come under fire from Rudy Giuliani for releasing documents leading to the conviction of Paul Manafort. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Former US ambassador to Ukraine testifies of ‘concerted campaign’ by Trump, Ukrainian officials to have her removed
Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testified Friday that she was removed early from her position because President Donald Trump pressured the State Department to do so, according to NBC News.Yovanovitch testified in a closed-door session before House impeachment investigators from the Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign...
