Section: US & Canada
Pentagon chief: Delay in Ukraine military aid didn't affect US national security
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday said that the Trump administration’s delay in sending $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, a move now at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, did not affect U.S. national security.“At this… …read more Source:: The...
Murphy, Blumenthal believe impeachment inquiry is appropriate
HARTFORD — Americans are virtually split, according to several polls, as to whether they approve of the democrats push for an impeachment inquiry. But, Connecticut’s two U.S. Senators say this inquiry is necessary. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D -Connecticut) pointed out that United States law forbids soliciting or accepting...
Israel’s flailing democracy
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement Tuesday that she is opening an official impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump struck many Israelis as yet another sign that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump are in the same boat. Both are hounded by legal elites who will stop at nothing to oust them from office. There are...
House Ramps Up Impeachment Probe With Ukraine Doc Subpoena, Deposition Plans
The House impeachment inquiry focusing on the Trump administration’s Ukraine conduct is ramping up: House committees have scheduled depositions for several key State Department officials and issued a subpoena for related records. It is unclear whether the State Department will allow the officials to sit for the depositions and whether it...
Democratic House Leaders Demand White House Release Ukraine Aid Delay Details
The Democratic chairs of two House committees have called on the White House to release documents relating to its decision to withhold funds for Ukraine that is now at the center of an impeachment hearing. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Primer on the Trump Impeachment Controversy
U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter again Friday to lash out at the media and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee as a formal impeachment inquiry moved forward in Congress over allegations Trump solicited Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a potential rival of Trump’s in the 2020...
How Could Whistleblower Complaint Lead to Trump Impeachment?
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives began the formal process of impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump this week.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the first step in the impeachment process Tuesday, following reports that a whistleblower filed a complaint alleging Trump sought foreign interference into the 2020 election.What...
The Rot on The Hill
There are many things about life inside the Beltway (physical and metaphorical) that people in the rest of America might find strange. The subway system has ads from defense contractors boasting about their new warplane in between ads for a new salad at Panera; there’s often an important person’s motorcade blocking your route home;...
US ambassador pressed Ukraine corruption fight before ouster
WASHINGTON (AP) – Months before the call that set off an impeachment inquiry, many in the diplomatic community were alarmed by the Trump administration’s abrupt removal of a career diplomat from her post as ambassador to Ukraine. The ambassador’s ouster, and the campaign against her that preceded it, are now … …read...
Chris Wallace Calls Trumpworld’s Spin On Whistleblower ‘Astonishing’
Fox News host Chris Wallace didn’t hold back on airing his thoughts Friday after the release of the whistleblower complaint by the House Intelligence Committee. When asked during a Fox News segment Friday if his thoughts had changed in response to the whistleblower complaint release Thursday, Wallace said that “it’s changed quite a...
