Section: US & Canada
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...
How the NRA Sold Out America
Last Friday, the Senate Finance Committee dropped what would have been—in any other timeline—a bombshell that might have dominated headlines and talking heads for days: A 77-page report, issued by Senator Ron Wyden, detailing the means and machinations with which a number of Russian figures cozied up to the National Rifle Association (NRA) since...
All the President’s Conspiracy Theories
If Donald Trump and his supporters weren’t so fond of conspiracy theories, the Ukraine scandal would never have unfolded as it did. In a now infamous July 25 phone call, Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to look for evidence that the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike had hidden the Democratic National Committee’s server...
Explainer: What Is The Steinmeier Formula — And Did Zelenskiy Just Capitulate To Moscow?
Ukraine’s president has thrown Kyiv’s support behind the so-called Steinmeier Formula, saying agreement on the blueprint paves the way for top-level talks to end the war between Kyiv’s forces and Russia-backed separatists in the Donbas. But what is the formula, and do Moscow and Kyiv really agree? …read more Source:: Radio...
Book Alleging Biden Corruption in Ukraine Lifted Passages From Wikipedia
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastA book that has fueled corruption allegations at the center of an unfolding impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump appears to have lifted portions of text from news articles and Wikipedia pages without proper citation or attribution.The Daily Beast found more than a dozen...
Pompeo Confirms He Listened to Trump’s Call to Ukraine President
“I was on the phone call,” the American secretary of state said at a news conference in Rome — the first time he has addressed the topic publicly. …read more Source:: The New York...
Former U.S. Ukraine Envoy Volker Expected To Testify In Impeachment Probe
Kurt Volker, the former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine, will be the first State Department official directly connected to the Eastern European country to testify before three congressional panels that are conducting an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Protests In Kyiv After Ukraine’s President Signs Formula For Peace Plan
Crowds gathered in central Kyiv to protest Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s signing of a formula for a peace plan for parts of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists. They held a rally outside presidential offices on October 2, chanting “Zelenskiy out!” and “No capitulation.” A day earlier,...
Volker: 30 Years of Public, Private, Academic Service
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is set to testify before House committees Thursday about his involvement in U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He is expected to speak behind closed doors to the Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees.Volker has served as a special envoy to...
