Section: US & Canada
Trump lashes out at Mitt Romney and the press as impeachment inquiry intensifies
After Mitt Romney called Trump’s appeal to Ukraine and China ‘wrong and appalling,’ Trump called him pompous and said he ‘choked’ in 2012. …read more Source:: Business...
Revelations in impeachment inquiry rattle State Department
WASHINGTON — The State Department has been deeply shaken by the rapidly escalating impeachment inquiry, as revelations that President Donald Trump enlisted diplomats to dig up dirt on a political rival threaten to tarnish its reputation as a nonpartisan arm of U.S. foreign policy, former senior officials said Friday. A department where morale was...
Second intel official may file whistleblower complaint against Trump containing firsthand info
A second intelligence officer who was alarmed by President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine may soon file a second whistleblower complaint and testify to Congress, the New York Times reported Friday.The official reportedly has more direct information about Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky than...
NYT: A Second Whistleblower With More Info On Trump, Ukraine May Come Forward
A second whistleblower reportedly may file a complaint containing even more details of President Donald Trump’s attempt to strong-arm the Ukrainian president into investigating his 2020 rival Joe Biden. The New York Times reported on Friday night that the second whistleblower, who has more direct information than the first whistleblower on...
Trump slams ‘ass’ Romney for criticizing Ukraine dealings
“Somebody please wake up Mitt Romney,” Trump tweets about the GOP senator …read more Source:: The...
House Dems Subpoena White House In Impeachment Inquiry
The three chairs of the House’s Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs committee subpoenaed the White House on Friday in their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against Ukraine. Intelligence chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), Oversight chair Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Foreign Affairs chair Eliot Engel...
Not so funny: Trump drama hobbles Ukraine’s comic-president
Efforts by Ukraine’s leadership to please President Donald Trump are hurting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s diplomatic reputation …read more Source:: The Washington...
Not so funny: Trump drama hobbles Ukraine’s comic-president
Efforts by Ukraine’s leadership to please President Donald Trump are hurting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s diplomatic reputation …read more Source:: ABC...
Not so funny: Trump drama hobbles Ukraine’s comic-president
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – First the obsequious phone call, now the embarrassing text messages. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s troubles might be just beginning. Revelations of how far Zelenskiy’s administration appeared willing to go to please U.S. President Donald Trump are depleting diplomatic capital he needs to end a...
Pompeo Defends Ukraine Probe Push as Impeachment Roils
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine that is at the center of an impeachment inquiry. He rejected allegations it was at best inappropriate or at worst an illegal abuse of power for which Congress should remove President Donald Trump from office.Pompeo maintained that the...
