Section: US & Canada
GOP Sen. Johnson says Trump blocked Ukraine aid
A Republican senator said Friday he learned from a U.S. ambassador that President Donald Trump was tying military aid for Ukraine to an investigation of the 2016 election. But when the senator asked Trump if he could assure the Ukraine leadership the money would be coming, the president blocked him from carrying that message. …read more...
House Democrats subpoena White House for Ukraine documents
House Democrats have followed through on their threat to issue a subpoena to the White House for documents concerning President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.The chairmen of three House panels notified acting White… …read more Source:: The...
GOP Sen. Johnson says Trump blocked Ukraine aid
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says President Donald Trump stopped him from telling Ukraine’s president that U.S. military aid would be forthcoming …read more Source:: The Boston...
Why Impeachment Isn’t the Top Story in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine—Believe it or not, the ongoing impeachment drama in the United States wasn’t the biggest news story this week in Ukraine. Rather, Ukrainians are focused on news much closer to home—the prospect of rejuvenated peace talks with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine’s embattled eastern Donbas region that has lasted five and a...
Here Are Texts Among US Diplomats on Trump, the Bidens, and Ukraine
U.S. ambassadors dangled a potential face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump in an apparent effort to compel Ukraine’s president to investigate a Ukrainian gas company linked to Joe Biden’s son, according to text messages released Thursday night by House Democrats. Kurt Volker, the now-former special envoy to Ukraine,...
The Atlantic Politics Daily: Mr. Vice President
Comments or questions? Send us an email anytime. Were you forwarded this email? Sign yourself up here. We appreciate your continued support for our journalism. Today in Politics(Alex Wong / Getty)Vice President Mike Pence has by all accounts been a dutiful Robin to President Donald Trump’s Batman, going to bat for him even in those rare...
Glenn Beck blows open media’s dereliction of duty regarding Ukraine
WTF MSM!? is a newsletter that puts a dose of sunlight on the mainstream media and exposes how the media twist facts, selectively report, and outright lie to advance their left-wing agenda. You can sign up for the WTF MSM!? newsletter here.Intellectually incurious …When it comes to what really happened in Ukraine over the past decade, the...
Sasse Doesn’t Like Trump’s China Comments, But Backs Him Up On Schiff Bashing
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) isn’t cheering on President Donald Trump’s series of attempts to get foreign governments to make up damaging information regarding his political opponents. In a written statement to the Omaha World-Herald Thursday, Sasse railed against Trump’s call for China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden...
NBC: CIA General Counsel Thought She Made Criminal Referral Based On Whistleblower Info
The CIA’s general counsel made a criminal referral — or at least, she thought she did — of a whistleblower’s complaint concerning President Donald Trump’s interactions with Ukraine’s president. According to NBC News, which cited unnamed officials familiar with the matter, Courtney Simmons Elwood, the CIA’s top...
(Im)migration Recap, Sept. 29-Oct. 4
Editor’s note: We want you to know what’s happening, and why and how it could impact your life, family or business, so we created a weekly digest of the top original immigration, migration and refugee reporting from across VOA. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: [email protected]. hits refugee...
