Section: US & Canada
Fox News Hosts Push Back on Jason Chaffetz Over Trump Transparency: What About Pompeo and Ukraine Call?
Fox News contributor and former GOP Rep. at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Sec. Mike Pompeo hits back against House Dems’ efforts to ‘bully’ and ‘intimidate’ State Dept. officials
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decried a subpoena sent to his department from the House Foreign Affairs Committee as an effort to “intimidate, bully, & treat improperly” State Department officials on Tuesday.In a letter responding to the committee’s subpoena, Pompeo told chairman Elliot Engel (D-N.Y.) that he had “been...
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy Welcomes ‘Good-Looking’ Tom Cruise To Kyiv
U.S. actor Tom Cruise is studying possible Ukrainian locations for an upcoming film, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office. Cruise met with Zelenskiy, who himself is a former comedian and actor, in the president’s office in Kyiv on September 30. Zelenskiy hopes to make Ukraine more attractive to major...
Pompeo Accuses House Democrats of Trying to ‘Bully’ His Agency
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused House Democrats of trying to intimidate the State Department by scheduling depositions from agency officials in connection with President Donald Trump’s phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart.In a letter Tuesday in response to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Pompeo accused Democrats of...
Intelligence IG Slaps Down Trump World’s False Claims About Whistleblower
The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community on Monday rejected an attempt by President Donald Trump and his allies to discredit the whistleblower who raised concerns about Trump’s July call with the Ukrainian president. Ever since a whistleblower exposed Trump’s attempt to pressure the Ukrainian president to dig...
Mike Pompeo accuses House Democrats of ‘bullying’ in Ukraine-related inquiries
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday declared that House Democrats are trying to “intimidate, bully and treat improperly” five current and former career officials in demanding depositions related to the Ukraine matter. …read more Source::...
This is Russia’s man in St. John’s
It’s no small feat for John Stuart Durrant, a Canadian living in St. John’s, to be declared a friend of Russia by none other than President Vladimir Putin. After all, Canada’s foreign minister, a staunch ally of Ukraine, is banned from visiting Canada’s erstwhile Cold War foe. But Durrant is no Chrystia Freeland. As...
The Latest: Grassley says whistleblower should be heard out
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley says a whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine “ought to be heard out and protected” and his or her requests...
Trump wants to ‘interview’ whistleblower
Amid an impeachment inquiry, the president focused on learning the identity of the whistleblower who raised concerns about his phone call with the Ukrainian president. …read more Source:: Toronto...
What’s Harder to Explain to Kids: Sex or Extortion?
The last time a president faced impeachment proceedings, I was aware of the events that precipitated them only from the snippets I overheard from news broadcasts on my parents’ TV. From what I could gather, President Bill Clinton had done something bad, a lady named Monica Lewinsky was involved, and people were mad at both of them about...
