Section: US & Canada
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...
Impeach Him For Real
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Tuesday announcement regarding the House Democrats’ impeachment plans is less significant than the build-up had suggested. After months of pressure from Democratic colleagues, she declared that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. While her statement may be a...
Trump says impeachment probe over call with Ukraine ‘presidential harassment’
“They’re going to lose the election, and they figure this is a thing to do,” Trump told reporters. Speaking of Pelosi, he added, “If she does that, they all say that’s a positive for me, for the election. You could also say, ‘Who needs it? It’s bad for the country.’” …read more Source:: Global...
Giuliani: Democrats Have ‘Stepped Into Something Way Beyond What They Realize’
President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani has been pushing the story of Ukraine corruption for months. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...
Trump Ukraine Call To Be Released Amid Swelling Impeachment Push
The White House plans to release a transcript of President Trump’s scrutinized July call with the Ukrainian president. But that likely won’t quell the growing movement toward impeachment in Congress. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP) …read more Source::...
A former comedian and TV star, Ukraine’s new leader finds himself at center of a US impeachment firestorm
Ukraine’s Zelensky and Trump will face intense scrutiny Wednesday at a meeting as a scandal boils over whether Trump sought help to discredit Joe Biden. …read more Source:: USA...
Deputy Secretary of State Urges End of China’s Mass Repression of Uighurs
China’s government is conducting a mass repression campaign against an estimated 1 million ethnic minorities, mainly Uighurs, held in concentration camps in western China, a senior State Department official said Tuesday. Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan told a United Nations meeting in New York that Beijing’s actions against...
Ex-DIA Officer Gets 10 Years in Prison for Spying for China
Former Defense Intelligence Agency officer Ron R. Hansen was sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for Chinese intelligence. The sentence was imposed by U.S. district judge Dee Benson Tuesday in federal court Salt Lake City. Recent Stories in National Security Deputy Secretary of State Urges End of China’s Mass Repression of Uighurs...
The Other TV Personality-Turned-President in the Ukraine Case
Volodymyr Zelensky, who acted in a comedy before becoming Ukraine’s president, has been thrust into the center of the American impeachment debate. …read more Source:: The New York...
