Section: US & Canada
Pompeo in Europe as State Department Embroiled in Inquiry
With Washington in tumult over the escalating impeachment inquiry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured southeast Europe on Friday, trying to ignore the furor back home that has engulfed his department.Pompeo did not respond to shouted questions from journalists with him as he traveled to Montenegro and North Macedonia to show support for a...
Trump Digs Into the Mega Conspiracy Theory
There was of course a lot of craziness, lies and invective in President Trump’s appearance on the White House lawn a few moments ago. But remember what I’ve been saying. The centerpiece of what Trump, Giuliani and Barr are after is trying to push the conspiracy theory that he and Russia were set up. That the real collusion was with...
The Latest: Trump denies quid pro quo with Ukraine
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New Podcast
New episode of the podcast. Taintor, Riga, Kovensky and I try to make sense of the fast unfolding Trump-Ukraine story. …read more Source::...
Ukraine to review investigations into owner of company that employed Biden’s son
Ukraine’s general prosecutor said the government was conducting an audit of all the cases overseen by the previous administration. …read more Source::...
Mike Pence Has Let Us Down
In the throes of Watergate, Vice President Spiro Agnew was caught up in an unrelated corruption scandal. He pleaded guilty and resigned his office on October 10, 1973.To that point, Agnew had served as a useful insurance policy for Richard Nixon, in the manner of the joke Charles II is sometimes reputed to have made to his even more unpopular...
What Was Gordon Sondland’s Mission to Ukraine for Trump All About?
The U.S. ambassador to the European Union says he was given a ‘‘special assignment” to handle Ukraine relations, a role now under scrutiny. …read more Source:: The New York...
Trump Still Hasn’t Forced Ukraine To Fabricate Dirt On Biden
No, President Trump has not won his pressure campaign to get the Ukrainian government to manufacture dirt on his opponents. Nonetheless, some headlines this morning are suggesting that Ukraine will review the investigation of a Ukrainian natural gas company where Hunter Biden served on the board. The reality is subtler, and more complicated, than...
The Fragility of the Trump-Pence Marriage
It was the kind of performance that’s made Mike Pence’s career.Speaking to reporters yesterday in Arizona—his voice slow with that wholesome midwestern drawl, his eyebrows lifted more in sorrow than in anger—the vice president came valiantly to the defense of his persecuted boss amid growing controversy over President Donald...
Ingraham Issues Correction After Whistleblower Lawyer Calls Her Out
Mark Zaid, a lawyer for the whistleblower at the center of unfurling Ukraine scandal, wasn’t going to let Fox News host Laura Ingraham have the last word. In a Thursday night Twitter thread, Zaid specifically took issue with Ingraham’s claim during her show Wednesday night that he had previously represented Chuck Schumer and Hillary...
