Section: US & Canada
President Trump attacks Bidens, calls Hunter a “loser” during Minneapolis rally
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump is lashing out at potential Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Trump says at a rally Thursday in Minneapolis that Biden became Barack Obama’s vice president because he knew how to curry favor with Obama. “He was only a good vice president cause he understood how to kiss Barack...
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Florida men tied to Giuliani, Ukraine probe arrested WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump’s lawyer and the Ukraine impeachment investigation were charged Thursday with federal … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Pompeo adviser resigning: report
A senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned his position as the State Department faces lowering morale amid the Ukraine scandal, according to a new report.Michael McKinley, a career diplomat who has held posts including… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine president says there was ‘no blackmail’ in call with Trump
In an all-day “media marathon” held in a Kyiv food court, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy played down suggestions that Trump pressured him in exchange for U.S. military aid to help Ukraine battle Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source:: Global...
Marie Yovanovitch, Former U.S. Ambassador To Kyiv, Set To Testify Before Lawmakers
Former U.S. Ambassador to Kyiv Marie Yovanovitch is scheduled to give a closed-door deposition on October 11 before lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump for his dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Democratic candidate with ‘professional’ link to CIA whistleblower is reportedly Joe Biden
The whistleblower whose complaint became the catalyst for the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump had a “professional” link to a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful — and a bombshell report from The Washington Examiner says that candidate is Joe Biden. What are the details? Details about the...
Trump’s conspiracy theories thrive in Ukraine, where a young democracy battles corruption and distrust
We talked with two dozen leaders and investigators in Ukraine. They all agree the claims against Joe and Hunter Biden are baseless. Yet they persist. …read more Source:: USA...
Washington Post: National security officials raised concerns about Trump’s Ukraine approach before July call
At least four national security officials were so concerned by the Trump administration’s efforts to pressure Ukraine for political purposes that they shared their discontent with a White House lawyer both before and after President Donald Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine’s President, The Washington Post reported Thursday,...
Trump’s former Ukraine envoy was dismissed after she pushed Giuliani to go through official channels: report
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was dismissed after she insisted that Rudy Giuliani’s requests for investigations go through official channels, … …read more Source:: The...
Top Diplomat Was Axed for Protesting Giuliani’s Back-Channel Ukraine Crusade
Alex Wong/GettyThe House impeachment inquiry dismissed as “illegitimate” by the White House is about to hear testimony from a former top aide ready to go on the record about Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani’s “shadow policy” in Ukraine—along with the former ambassador to Ukraine who was reportedly ousted for refusing to put up with all the...
