Section: US & Canada
Whistleblower probe tests Republicans’ alliance with Trump
One Republican hadn’t read the whistleblower’s complaint. Another called President Donald Trump’s conversation with the Ukraine leader “thin gruel” for any impeachment effort. A third said the whole thing was … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
A Week of U.N. Diplomacy Overshadowed by Impeachment Probe
The inquiry into Trump’s Ukraine call has sidelined some of the ongoing work at UNGA. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Kremlin says it hopes US wouldn’t release Trump-Putin calls
A transcript of a call between Trump and Ukraine’s leader has been made public. …read more Source:: ABC...
The Trump-Ukraine Affair: What You Need To Know And What’s Coming Next
Washington is closing out a week that included a vortex of developments involving President Trump, Congress and the 2020 election. Here’s what may be around the corner.(Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Radio Atlantic: Amy Klobuchar, Live at The Atlantic Festival
Subscribe to Radio Atlantic: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher (How to Listen)Listen to Edward-Isaac Dovere interview Amy Klobuchar on Radio Atlantic.Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has been thinking a lot about James Madison over the last few days. With House Democrats officially launching an impeachment inquiry, she’s been coming...
Ukraine Fears Becoming a Partisan American Political Issue
When Donald Trump became president in 2017, Ukrainian leaders were much calmer about the change than their counterparts in many other parts of the world. With a war raging in the east of the country, Ukrainians were less concerned with the values of the new president than with ensuring that American aid to their country continued to flow. Trump...
Will Egyptians Take to the Streets Again?
Plus: The Ukraine whistleblower report, Afghanistan’s presidential election, and the other stories we’re following today. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Trump-Zelenskiy call may be a scandal in U.S. In Ukraine, not so much.
“Zelenskiy is an inexperienced politician, but obviously a good psychologist. He figured out Mr. Trump’s profile and his absolute egocentrism.” …read more Source::...
Biden’s top 2020 Democratic rivals avoid rush to defend him
Democratic presidential candidates are united in condemning President Donald Trump for seeking a foreign country’s help to trash a domestic political rival. But when it comes to defending the president’s target, former Vice-President Joe Biden, it’s more complicated. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren suggested she’d...
A first: Vermont GOP governor backs Trump impeachment probe
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Vermont’s governor became the first Republican chief executive to support an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump but cautioned that he wants to know more before any further actions are taken. Gov. Phil Scott said at a news conference Thursday that he wasn’t surprised by the news that Trump...
