Section: US & Canada
Fact check: Trump’s false claim that Democrats threatened Ukraine aid
Trump and Rep. Devin Nunes have said Democrats did the exact same thing Trump is accused of doing: pressuring Ukraine to investigate political rivals. …read more Source::...
Ukraine’s President: The Only Person Able to Pressure Me ‘is My Six-Year-Old Son’
Asked by Russian journalists in New York this week whether he had been put under pressure by President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said as leader of an independent country no-one was able to pressurise him – except his six-year-old son. …read more Source:: CNS...
Joseph Maguire Hearing Shows How Democrats Could Still Blow Donald Trump’s Impeachment
NICHOLAS KAMM/GettyIn the first hearing of the new world we’re in, you would have thought the Democrats’ mission was not to impeach the president but to impeach the witness before them. That would be the acting Director of National Intelligence, Joseph Maguire, a Navy Seal for 34 years and a public servant who’s taken the oath...
Trump impeachment inquiry could be pivotal in Warren-Biden primary fight
Analysis: The former vice president’s name has been at the center of the Ukraine issue. …read more Source::...
When it comes to friends, Donald Trump needs only the bare minimum
Donald Trump needs only 34 friends to save his tangerine neck but his lifeboat is getting leaky. “Cracks emerge among Senate Republicans,” the Washington Post assures its Trump-hating owner and subscribers. “I would not be happy,” a member of the Grand Old Party from Wisconsin says of the latest furor, if in fact the furor is true. Mitt Romney,...
Vermont’s GOP Governor Says He Supports Trump Impeachment Inquiry
For the first time, a Republican leader has expressed support for the House’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R), seated in one of the bluest states in the country, said in an emailed statement to TPM on Thursday that the investigation was “appropriate” in light of a whistleblower’s...
North American stock markets subdued despite U.S. impeachment frenzy
TORONTO — North American stock markets were relatively subdued Thursday despite the frenzy taking place in Washington, D.C. over efforts to impeach the U.S. president. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 6.11 points to 16,790.40, breaking a three-day slide. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 79.59 points at 26,891.12....
Lieu (D): Hunter Biden’s Burisma Role Shows ‘No Evidence of Corruption’
Rep. Ted Lieu (D., Calif.) said Wednesday there was “no evidence of corruption” in Hunter Biden receiving $50,000 per month to sit on the board of a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice president. “The underlying problem here was of course Hunter Biden receiving $50,000 a month from a Ukrainian energy company,”...
Former DNI Clapper Impressed By Quality Of Whistleblower Complaint
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Thursday that the whistleblower’s complaint that prompted the House of Representatives to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s actions was the best documented he had ever seen. “I’ve seen a lot of whistleblower complaints during the time I was...
Trump’s Intelligence Chief Didn’t Make Anyone Happy
If President Donald Trump thought his handpicked choice to lead the nation’s intelligence community would unconditionally have his back before Congress, he discovered today he was sorely mistaken.Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, was the first in what Democrats hope will be a line of Trump administration...
