Section: US & Canada
Calling Kyiv: Ukrainians Caught Up In Trump Impeachment Battle
Ukraine has been thrust into a major U.S. domestic political battle, after President Donald Trump asked his counterpart in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. The request triggered an impeachment inquiry by Democrats in Washington. The controversy involves several powerful Ukrainians and...
At Center Of Whirlwind, Can Ukraine Weather The Storm And Keep U.S. Support?
Ukraine’s status as a geopolitical “ground zero” has meant strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress. Will its perilous position at the eye of an American political storm damage that support, distract the State Department, and drive away U.S. businesses that have begun to give Ukraine another look? …read more Source:: Radio Free...
Trouble Brewing In The Senate? Mitt Romney Calls Trump’s Behavior “Wrong And Appalling”
Why is Mitt Romney publicly coming against President Trump? In recent days, Mitt Romney has become the unofficial leader of the anti-Trump faction among Republicans in the U.S. Senate, and it appears that he may be attempting to rally enough votes to get Trump voted out of office once the impeachment process moves out of the House. Does he...
Booker calls on TV stations to not air Trump ad attacking Biden over Ukraine
Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) presidential campaign is calling on TV stations not to air a reelection ad from President Trump that attacks former Vice President Joe Biden’s role in the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor, call… …read more Source:: The...
READ: Volker’s opening statement to Congress in Ukraine investigation
President Trump’s former envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, said that he was unaware of efforts by the president or his officials to press Ukraine to investigate allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden.Read… …read more Source:: The...
GOP senator says he confronted Trump over Ukraine in August
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he confronted President Trump over aid to Ukraine in August and that the president denied tying that assistance to assurances from Kiev that it would investigate former Vice President Joe Bi… …read more Source:: The...
Volker defended Biden in statement to congressional panels
Kurt Volker, the former State Department special envoy to Ukraine, testified to Congress that he was not involved in or aware of any effort to press Ukraine to investigate allegations against former Vice Preside… …read more Source:: The...
Trump told U.S. envoy that Ukraine was full of ‘terrible people’ who ‘tried to take me down’
Volker’s opening statement to lawmakers offers a remarkable account of the tightrope that Volker walked in dealing with the president and Ukraine. …read more Source:: USA...
GOP Sen.: US Official Told Me In August That Ukraine Aide Was Tied To Push For 2016 Probe
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Friday that in August, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union told the senator that military aide for Ukraine was linked To Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, the Wall Street Journal reported. Johnson spoke to the ambassador, Gordon Sondland,...
Ex-British Spy’s Obama State Department Contacts Avoid Scrutiny
Officials in the Obama State Department in 2016 actively worked with a British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele, to disseminate and investigate allegations against Donald Trump and his presidential campaign. That operation bears at least some similarity to a saga unfolding in the Trump State Department involving Rudy Giuliani, the Trump...
