Section: US & Canada
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...
Former US Envoy to Ukraine Set to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
Staff from three U.S. House of Representatives committees at the center of an impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump and Ukraine are scheduled to hold a closed-door deposition Thursday with Kurt Volker, the recently resigned U.S. envoy to Ukraine.Questions are likely to focus on a July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian...
Trump Says He Held Up Ukraine Aid Over Concerns About Corruption, European Contributions
(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...
What to Do if Congress Can’t Get More Information
Since the Democrats gained control of the House, the Trump administration has taken the most extreme position on congressional oversight in American history: In essence, it has argued that no demand from Congress, for information about anything, to anyone in the executive branch, is binding on the president. While many presidents have struggled...
‘I’m not going anywhere’: Biden says on Trump accusations
Trump and his allies have charged without evidence that Biden and his son Hunter participated in corruption in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Global...
