Section: US & Canada
Dem Committee Chairs Slam White House’s ‘Shocking,’ ‘Damning’ Ukraine Memo
The chairs of the House Intelligence, Judiciary, Oversight and Foreign Affairs Committees on Wednesday released a caustic statement on the White House’s memo describing President Donald Trump’s July call with the Ukrainian president. “The transcript is an unambiguous, damning, and shocking abuse of the Office of the Presidency for...
‘I Don’t Want To Be Involved’: Ukrainian Prez Dodges Q’s On Trump’s Pressure For Dirt
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed Wednesday that he wanted to stay out of the roiling American political controversy over President Donald Trump’s pressure on him to supply dirt on Joe Biden. Sitting next to Trump at their first in-person meeting, at the United Nations, Zelensky was asked if he felt any pressure from Trump to...
Putin the Not-So-Omnipotent
In August, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin marked 20 years since he was appointed Prime Minister by Boris Yeltsin. Those 20 years have been a slow-motion demonstration of power consolidation, giving rise to the myth of Putin as omnipotent strongman. For two decades, whatever happened in Russia, good or bad—whether it was a war, a terror...
Ukraine’s prosecutor hailed by Trump achieved little
President Donald Trump has accused Joe Biden of shutting down a “very good” Ukrainian prosecutor to stop a corruption investigation, but the prosecutor in question had a less than stellar … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Did Trump Leverage a Missile Sale to Ukraine for Political Gain?
This may not be the first time the Javelin antitank missile has been caught in the political crosshairs. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Read the transcript summary of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president
The White House acknowledged that this is not a full transcript of the controversial call …read more Source::...
Volodymyr Zelensky felt no pressure from Trump on controversial call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday he did not feel pressured to do anything during a July 25 call with President Trump and that he wants no part in the spat that is consuming Washington, as Democrats eye impeachment over Mr. Trump’s overtures to Kiev while aid money hung in … …read more Source:: The Washington...
White House appears to inadvertently send Ukraine talking points to Democrats
In a separate email obtained by NBC News, a White House staffer sought “to recall the message.” …read more Source::...
How Impeachment Is Testing Trump’s Focus
Two years ago, an unpredictable and untested new president gave his first speech at the United Nations General Assembly and left the impression he might just start World War III.So incensed was President Donald Trump over North Korean missile tests that he threatened nuclear annihilation unless its leader, Kim Jong Un, pulled back. Mocking Kim,...
Donald Trump, Sitting Duck
The Republicans projected confidence going into Thursday. Reports that President Trump had pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden’s son had finally nudged Democrats on Wednesday to announce an “official impeachment inquiry,” but some of Trump’s top defenders insisted that he would be exonerated by a...
