Section: US & Canada
Impeachment? What Impeachment? It’s Trump-Rally Time.
MINNEAPOLIS—As he neared the end of his 100-minute speech last night, President Donald Trump proclaimed that he’s the lone candidate putting forward a “positive vision for America.”Anyone listening to the first hour and a half of his rally would have been hard-pressed to find it. Minutes after taking the stage inside the Target Center...
Bill Taylor Asked To Testify, Request Likely To Be Met With WH Opposition
Bill Taylor, the veteran State Department official who called freezing Ukrainian aid “crazy,” has been asked to give a deposition before House committees. According to CNN, an interview has not yet been scheduled and will likely draw opposition from the White House and State Department, who have tried to block testimony from other players in the...
In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone
Joan Walsh Administration stalwarts Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney, William Barr, and Mike Pompeo are all implicated, too. The post In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source:: The...
Eye Opener: Wildfires rage across Southern California
New fires erupt overnight in Southern California, burning a trailer park and forcing homeowners to flee. Also, two men linked to the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are arrested while the ex-ambassador who tried to block Giuliani’s lobbying in Ukraine is due to testify today. All that and all that matters in today’s...
Ukraine’s President: ‘I Wanted to Be World Famous,’ but Not This Way
Volodymyr Zelensky came to office vowing to fight corruption and forge peace. Then came the Trump phone call. Today, in a marathon news conference, he tried to start over. …read more Source:: The New York...
Michael McKinley, senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, resigns
Michael McKinley, a career diplomat and senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has resigned from his position amid rising dissatisfaction and plummeting morale inside the State Department over what is seen as Pompeo’s failure to support personnel ensnared in the Ukraine controversy. A senior officer who has held a range of...
The Latest: Incident outside Turkish Embassy in Ukraine
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Indictments signal new path in Ukraine probe — live updates
Two businessmen tied to the president’s personal lawyer are accused of funneling foreign money to candidates and committees …read more Source::...
The Latest: Incident outside Turkish Embassy in Ukraine
The Latest on Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria in a military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters there (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Several unidentified people have attacked protesters outside the … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
The Impeachable Tweets
Forget creating more committees. Forget trying to get at the secret server in the White House. Forget issuing more subpoenas that will never be obeyed. The House already has everything it needs for impeachment, right now, and all of it was provided by President Donald J. Trump. His public statements—and especially his tweets—are a record of...
