Section: US & Canada
Memo: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims
President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to work with his personal attorney personal attorney to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, memo of call shows …read more Source:: The Boston...
Schiff: This Is Trump’s ‘Most Serious Misconduct Thus Far,’ Has Left Congress ‘No Choice’
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) Wednesday called President Donald Trump’s behavior in the Ukrainian scandal his “most serious misconduct thus far” that left the House with “no choice” but to launch an impeachment inquiry. Schiff said that as bad as his actions were with Russia while he was a candidate for office and...
Ukraine’s president thrust into the global spotlight amid Trump phone call scandal
Ukraine’s president is coming under increasing pressure to reveal what was said during a much-reported phone call with President Trump. …read more Source::...
WH Aides Worry Trump Will Be Too Distracted To Get Anything Else Done This Year
President Trump is bound to be distracted by the House’s launch of an impeachment inquiry for at least the next couple weeks. But White House aides are holding their breath hoping the latest mania won’t linger long in Trump’s mind. According to a new Politico report, White House aides are privately concerned that...
Trump Admin Prepares Redacted Version Of Whistleblower Complaint For Congress
The Trump administration is preparing to release a redacted version of the DNI whistleblower complaint to Congress to quash the growing calls for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, and to assuage lawmakers angry at the blatant disregard for oversight law. According to the New York Times, Trump called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)...
Why America Needs Ukraine
Vladimir Putin considers Ukraine to be his backyard. It shares a nearly 1,500-mile border with Russia, was part of the Soviet Union, and for centuries has been referred to as “Little Russia” by domineering leaders of its northern neighbor. The ousting of Ukraine’s Kremlin-backed president after mass protest in 2014 preceded Putin’s...
Ahead Of Meeting With Trump, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Jokes Only Son Can Pressure Him
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart for the first time on September 25 amid a scandal over a July phone call that has sparked a formal impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine entangled yet again in American political storm
U.S. President Donald Trump’s withholding of military aid from Ukraine and his calls for the country’s new president to investigate the family of a political rival have thrust the East European nation into an American political storm for the second time in three years. …read more Source:: CTV...
Trump held back aid to Ukraine. Why was the U.S. sending aid to begin with?
For 28 years, the United States has sent foreign assistance to Ukraine to promote democracy and security in the region. …read more Source:: The Washington...
Democracy Versus Kleptocracy
Ever since the earliest years of this century, Ukraine has been the contested frontier in a grand ideological struggle between the forces of democracy and kleptocracy.It was in Ukraine that Russia tested the misinformation tactics that it used in the American presidential election of 2016. And when Russia meddled in the U.S. campaign, one of its...
