Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Saw ‘No Connection’ Between U.S. Aid and Trump Request on Biden, Official Says
When President Donald Trump asked his counterpart in Ukraine to help investigate Trump’s political opponents, the Ukrainian President and his team did not see the request as linked to the release of U.S. military aid, a senior Ukrainian official tells TIME on Wednesday. “I’m telling you – no, there was no such connection,” says the...
Justin Trudeau Wants to Keep His Job. First He’ll Have to Confront His Past — and a Changed World
It’s been 84 years since a first-term Canadian Prime Minister with a parliamentary majority lost a bid for re-election, but Justin Trudeau was in a position to shatter that record even before those photos hit the Internet. Blackface is a bad look for any candidate, but it’s especially unbecoming for an incumbent who has built his...
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian leader, bristles at release of Trump transcript
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says his comments in a conversation with U.S. President Trump shouldn’t have been publicly released and is playing down Ukraine’s investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The White House published a rough transcript of Trump’s call with Ukrainian President...
Rudy Giuliani’s Year of Living Dangerously
Nearly thirty years ago, then-President George H.W. Bush stood in Kyiv, in front of an auditorium of Soviet officials struggling to revive a flailing Soviet Union. Here was a golden opportunity for an American president to carry a torch for the independence movements bubbling up from Ukraine to Georgia to Kyrgyzstan. Bush, instead, backed the...
This Is Why the Impeachment Clause Exists
The Democrats grew a spine.The detention camps weren’t enough. The policy of deliberate child torture was insufficient. The neglect of Americans displaced by natural disasters didn’t pass muster. The hush money shelled out to the president’s former mistresses in violation of federal law was too small a crime. The president using...
Trump ‘has got to be stopped’: Dems defy impeachment risks
NEW YORK — Democrats are embracing an impeachment investigation that could jeopardize their House majority and alienate the very suburban voters who have warmed to the party in recent elections and will be vital to defeat President Donald Trump next fall. But a growing consensus is emerging among anxious Democrats: The risks are worth it....
Trump Attorney Sekulow: Biden ‘Using His Office–Are the Democrats Talking About That?’
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speak during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...
Trump allies voice concerns about Rudy Giuliani’s involvement in Ukraine
Even as they publicly insist President Donald Trump did nothing wrong during his call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his allies are privately acknowledging more serious concerns about the ethical questions raised and the potential political fallout from it — especially over the involvement of Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal...
Whistleblower complaint against Trump declassified, could be released Thursday
The whistleblower complaint that reportedly centers on President Donald Trump and his interactions with Ukraine has been declassified, sources familiar with the matter told NBC News on Wednesday night. The complaint, which the administration initially withheld from Congress, was declassified with what were described as minimal redactions, the...
‘They Shouldn’t Be Published.’ Ukrainian Leader Bristles at Release of His Remarks to Trump
(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s president says his comments in a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump shouldn’t have been publicly released. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is also playing down Ukraine’s investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The White House published a rough transcript of Trump’s...
