Section: US & Canada
Texts show diplomats pushed Ukraine to open probes — live updates
Diplomats spent weeks trying to persuade the Ukrainian government to commit to announcing it would open investigations …read more Source::...
The Mystery of the Ukraine Call Transcript
Twice during a press conference on Wednesday, President Trump went out of his way to assert that a transcript of his call with Ukraine’s president, released last week, was verbatim.“I had a transcript done by very, very talented people — word for word, comma for comma. Done by people that do it for a living. We had an exact transcript,”...
You Can’t Drain the Swamp and Also Defend the President
The last serious effort to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C., came after Watergate, when Congress : Trump has filled, not drained, the swamp]The same era witnessed unprecedented efforts to probe the national-security apparatus, culminating in : How the swamp drained Trump]For all those reasons, there is no prospect of Trump really trying to...
Ukraine’s New Top Prosecutor: No Evidence Against Hunter Biden So Far
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new top prosecutor said on Friday he was not aware of any evidence of wrongdoing by the son of former U.S. Vice… …read more Source:: U.S....
U.S. and North Korea Set to Meet Again
Plus: Hong Kong imposes emergency laws, Ukraine’s unused Javelin missiles, and the other stories we’re following today. …read more Source:: Foreign...
U.S. ambassadors pushed Ukraine to investigate as condition for White House visit, texts show
Text messages given to Congress show U.S. ambassadors working to persuade Ukraine to publicly commit to investigating President Donald Trump’s political opponents and explicitly linking the inquiry to whether Ukraine’s president would be granted an official White House visit. The two ambassadors, both Trump picks, went as far as...
Volker texts outline how Ukrainian investigation was linked to potential Trump-Zelensky meeting
Text messages released on Thursday between US diplomats and a senior Ukrainian aide show how a potential Ukrainian investigation into the 2016 election was linked to a desired meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump. The text messages, which were released by the House Intelligence Committee, underscore...
Texts Show Top U.S. Diplomat In Ukraine Concerned Over Possible Quid Pro Quo
In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) …read more Source::...
Pompeo in Montenegro as Trump impeachment inquiry picks up
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Montenegro to show support for the NATO ally as a Ukraine-focused impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump picks up steam. Pompeo arrived in Podgorica on Friday, a day after one of his former top aides told congressional investigators … …read...
De Niro and a cold turtle riding ‘the blob;’ In-The-News for Oct. 4
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 4. What we are watching in Canada … After two days of revelations about multiple campaign planes and multiple passports, major party leaders are getting back into the rhythm and...
