Section: US & Canada
Pelosi Orders House Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump Following Ukraine Call Revelations
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, has ordered a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump related to a whistle-blower complaint regarding Trump’s phone conversation with the president of Ukraine …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nancy Pelosi Announces Trump Impeachment Inquiry Over Ukraine Scandal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–Calif.) has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, after accusations swelled that Trump leveraged his political power to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden—the current Democratic frontrunner in the 2020 presidential election....
Finally
Nancy Pelosi has run out of excuses for inaction. In a press conference late Tuesday afternoon, the House majority leader announced the launch of an “official impeachment inquiry” in President Donald Trump. By asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden’s son’s dealings in the country, Trump called “upon a...
‘No One Is Above the Law’
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House will launch an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The move follows a sudden shift in the Democratic caucus over the past week, as allegations that the president pressured Ukraine to boost his reelection prospects swirled. Many previously reticent Democrats, chief among them Pelosi...
It’s Ukraine That Loses in Whistleblower-Gate
President Trump on Sunday essentially admitted to inviting Ukrainian officials to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election. Trump acknowledged that in a July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, he urged him to launch an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. Democrats...
Inside The State Department’s Weird Role In Giuliani’s Ukraine Pressure Campaign
As President Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani mounted a pressure campaign on Ukraine to manufacture dirt on Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden, they may have received help along the way. But it’s not an outside fixer, but rather the U.S. State Department. Accounts differ, but the agency appears to have played a crucial role in connecting...
Trump, Ukraine Reports Spurred Freshmen to Back Impeachment
Rookie Democratic lawmakers from swing districts were a key part of Nancy Pelosi’s decision to launch a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: U.S....
US Politics Threaten to Derail Ukraine’s Peace Talks With Russia
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine is at a crossroads. After more than five years of war against Russian forces in its eastern Donbas region, the former Soviet republic is finally inching toward a peace deal with Moscow. Yet a political scandal in the U.S.—in which Ukraine plays a central role—threatens to complicate matters, some Ukrainian experts say. The...
Failing Presidential Candidate Cheers Democrats’ Impeachment Inquiry
California billionaire and presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Tuesday praised Democrats’ efforts to impeach President Donald Trump. “When I see the people of the United States win, and when I see the country stand up for what’s right, yeah, I get a big smile on my face. That’s what I live for,” he said on MSNBC...
At long last, Donald Trump is on the road to impeachment
Cornered in a cold and lonely cave of his own construction, U.S. President Donald J. attempted to claw back from the brink of impeachment Tuesday by unsheathing a weapon he has been unwilling to deploy throughout his tumultuous term in office—the truth. With the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives—led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the...
