Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Prosecutors Launch Probe Into Saakashvili’s Expulsion In 2018
Ukrainian prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s deportation from Ukraine in 2018. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Profit, Not Politics: Trump Allies Sought Ukraine Gas Deal
As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump’s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic.Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted...
What Top Military Officers Really Think About Trump
For most of the past two decades, American troops have been deployed all over the world—to about 150 countries. During that time, hundreds of thousands of young men and women have experienced combat, and a generation of officers have come of age dealing with the practical realities of war. They possess a deep well of knowledge and experience. For...
Democrats issue subpoenas to Esper, White House budget chief
House Democrats leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine issued subpoenas Monday to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and acting White House budget director Russell Vought. Three … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
Former US special envoy to Ukraine leaving McCain Institute
The special envoy to Ukraine who stepped down amid the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump will no longer lead the McCain Institute. In a statement Monday issued by the … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Former US special envoy to Ukraine leaving McCain Institute
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House Subpoenas Pentagon, OMB In Impeachment Probe
House panels considering whether to impeach President Donald Trump issued subpoenas on Monday to the Defense Department and Office of Management and Budget, the latest move in a wide-ranging investigation into how the President wielded U.S. foreign policy as a blunt instrument to pressure Ukraine into manufacturing political dirt. The subpoenas...
Diplomat at Center of Trump Impeachment Inquiry Quits McCain Institute Directorship
Kurt Volker, the former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine and a key witness in the burgeoning impeachment inquiry in the U.S. House of Representatives, has resigned from his post as executive director of a prestigious institute bearing the name of the deceased U.S. senator John McCain.The Washington-based McCain Institute for International Leadership...
Foreign Minister: Ukraine Shuns US Political Battles
Ukraine doesn’t want to be dragged into U.S. political battles, the nation’s foreign minister said Monday.A July 25 phone call in which U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate hoping to challenge Trump next year, has...
New Whistleblower May Give House Democrats Fresh Information
House Democrats leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine may have fresh information to work with after a new whistleblower stepped forward with what the person’s lawyer said was firsthand knowledge of key events.With Congress out for another week and many Republicans reticent to speak out, a...
