Section: US & Canada
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...
What Happened in Ukraine?
One of the more confusing things about the current controversy swirling over Ukraine is the superficial similarity between former Vice President Joe Biden’s actions there during the Obama administration and President Donald Trump’s more recent actions.Both Biden and Trump pressured the Ukrainian government about corruption...
What the First Whistle-Blowers Taught America
At the dawn of the United States, before the Constitution, and more than 240 years before a U.S. intelligence source filed a whistle-blower complaint against President Donald Trump, Americans clearly understood the damage that high-ranking government officials can do if they use their public authority for private gain.Esek Hopkins, a Rhode Island...
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...
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...
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...
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...
