Section: US & Canada
Democrats call whistleblower complaint involving Trump ‘deeply disturbing’
House Democrats who have read a secret whistleblower complaint involving U.S. President Donald Trump say it is “deeply disturbing,” while acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is set to speak publicly for the first time about the document. …read more Source::...
Joe Biden talks Ukraine, impeaching Trump, Nazis, and the deal he made with Obama
“So what’s new, anything been going on?” asks Jimmy Kimmel as former VP Joe Biden sits down on the couch. As a frontrunner to take on Donald Trump in 2020 and also a central character in the Ukraine scandal that finally saw an impeachment inquiry announced against the president, Biden’s had a weird week. “It’s...
House Impeachment Vote Possible by End of 2019
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives promised swift action Wednesday on the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump. But congressional Republicans said the White House release of a memo of Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy only revealed the political motivations of the investigations....
Impeachment Probe Complicates Trump’s Path to Re-Election
WASHINGTON — The decision by Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to launch an impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump has complicated what already was Trump’s uncertain road to re-election next year.For some time now, public opinion polls have suggested Trump is in a somewhat weaker position for re-election than most...
Trump and his allies believe the Ukraine phone call was a nothingburger, and led some people to describe it as ‘one of his better’ calls with a foreign leader
“‘I can’t believe it. I never knew you could be this, really, nice to a person,'” Sen. Lindsey Graham said, according to Trump’s recollection. …read more Source:: Business...
The Trump whistleblower raised concerns about the ‘unusual’ way the White House handled records of his call with Ukraine’s president
The revelation adds a new layer to an earlier report that Trump aides were so afraid of what Trump would say that they tried to derail the call. …read more Source:: Business...
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed the leader of Ukraine to “look into” Joe Biden, Trump’s potential 2020 reelection rival, as well as … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Waters Celebrates Calling for Impeachment Before Any Allegations Emerged
Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) celebrated the launch of impeachment inquiries against President Donald Trump by pointing out that she supported such a move before any evidence of alleged misconduct emerged. Waters told MSNBC’s All In that she was “way ahead of all of this” because she called for impeachment shortly after...
Lindsey Graham says Democrats threatened to pull aid from Ukraine to pressure them to investigate Trump
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) accused Democrats of threatening to pull aid from Ukraine unless they investigated President Donald Trump in 2018. The admission came during an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCallum as he defended the president from accusations of impropriety related to a call he made with the Ukrainian president. MacCallum...
Graham: Trump Did Not Suggest He Would Withhold Money from Ukraine Unless It Goes After Biden
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not suggest that he would withhold foreign aid from Ukraine unless it investigated former Vice President Joe Biden. …read more Source:: CNS...
