Section: US & Canada
Pence, a loyal No. 2, finds himself caught up in impeachment
President Donald Trump told Vice President Mike Pence to cancel his plans to attend the inauguration of Ukraine’s new president …read more Source:: The Boston...
Trump will find friendly Florida crowd amid impeachment talk
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — President Donald Trump is leaving Washington for the first time since House Democrats ramped up their impeachment inquiry _ and he’s heading straight into the warm embrace of a Republican stronghold. Trump is due to visit The Villages, a sprawling retirement hub about an hour north of Orlando that is a must-stop for GOP...
Putin: Russia Ready To Prolong Gas Deal With Ukraine If Needed
Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated he is ready to offer Ukraine a temporary contract for the transit of gas if talks fail before the current one with Moscow expires on January 1. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Impeachment inquiry: Lawmakers to collect testimony, records over next 2 weeks
Democrats will interview five U.S. officials named in a complaint that says President Donald Trump attempted to pressure Ukraine to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden by threatening to withhold aid. …read more Source:: United Press...
Trump Calls It a ‘Scandal’ That Democrat Foe Helped Shape Whistleblower Complaint
President Donald Trump called the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee a “fraud” while offering rare praise of The New York Times in a contentious White House press conference in which he assailed the news media for dishonesty as Democrats’ impeachment inquiry advances. Minutes before the president spoke Wednesday, the Times...
Russians Praise Trump, Taunt Zelensky, as Ukraine Signs On to Peace-Plan Proposal
VIA REUTERSExistential dread washed over the face of the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, as he sat next to the American president during their joint press conference on the sidelines of the UN. Donald Trump, as the face of Ukraine’s most powerful ally in its struggle against Russian aggression, was telling him: “I really hope you...
The Republican Party’s Deafening Silence
The Republican Party is speechless. A week after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the beginning of an impeachment investigation, Trump’s usual allies in the administration, in Congress, in the media—have no defense for his actions. Instead, as Politico reported on Wednesday morning, “GOP lawmakers and operatives are concerned at...
Democrats Must Act Now to Deter Foreign Interference in the 2020 Election
Democrats face a national-security problem without parallel in the annals of American democracy. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made clear not only that he will remain passive in the face of foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. election—a threat his current and former directors of national intelligence have called the most...
A reformist prosecutor in Ukraine comes up against Trump-Biden fight
The dedicated anticorruption campaigner meets his test as Ukraine tries to avoid entanglement in U.S. politics. …read more Source:: The Washington...
Pompeo meets Pope Francis as impeachment roils Washington
ROME (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met privately with Pope Francis and visited his ancestral home in southern Italy on Thursday as the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump roiled Washington. On a day when a former special envoy for Ukraine was due to be interviewed in … …read more Source:: The Washington...
