Section: US & Canada
Trump Scolds Romney Over Criticism About Trump’s China Words
Most Republican leaders were silent or supportive of President Donald Trump’s public call for another foreign government, China, to investigate his political foe, while a handful voiced concern that the president was trying to enlist a rival power in his reelection effort.Several House and Senate leaders stayed mum as Trump escalated the...
Trump slams Romney, Democrats as impeachment inquiry escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump is seething over an impeachment inquiry into his conduct after Democrats subpoenaed the White House about contacts with Ukraine and he signalled his administration would not co-operate. …read more Source:: CTV...
President Trump calls for Mitt Romney’s impeachment: ‘Pompous a**’
President Donald Trump attacked Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and called for his impeachment on Saturday after the Republican lawmaker criticized Trump’s request that China investigate Joe Biden. “I’m hearing that the Great People of Utah are considering their vote for their Pompous Senator, Mitt Romney, to be a big mistake. I...
Pompeo blasts Ukraine critics for ‘silly gotcha game’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine. …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...
Tucker Carlson says Trump’s Ukraine call was inappropriate: ‘There’s no way to spin this’
In a sign that the right-wing media’s relentless defense of President Donald Trump may be cracking, Fox News host Tucker Carlson published an op-ed with Daily Caller co-founder and publisher Neil Patel zinging Trump for his call with Ukraine’s president. “Donald Trump should not have been on the phone with a foreign head of state...
Pompeo blasts Ukraine critics for ‘silly gotcha game’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine, which is driving an impeachment inquiry in Congress, and called it typical of the transactional way countries deal with one another. …read more Source:: CTV...
Defense chief on Ukraine: ‘My aim is to keep the department apolitical’
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that his aim is “to keep the department apolitical” amid a swirling scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine.When … …read more Source:: The...
Tucker Carlson criticizes Trump’s Ukraine call
Tucker Carlson criticized President Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine in an op-ed piece for the … …read more Source:: The...
As Democrats proceed with impeachment inquiry, Pompeo blasts Ukraine critics for ‘gotcha game’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine, which is driving an impeachment inquiry in Congress. He called it typical of the transactional way countries deal with one another in the real world. …read more Source::...
‘Plausible’ Ukrainians Meddled in 2016, Former Envoy Testifies, but He Doubts Biden Allegations
Kurt Volker, the former envoy to Ukraine, told Congress that he believed it was “plausible” that individual Ukrainians had meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, bolstering one of the concerns that President Donald Trump and personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have floated publicly about Ukraine. But Volker poured cold water on another theory promoted by...
