Section: US & Canada
Elizabeth Warren’s Dilemma: Beat Up Trump and Boost Biden?
Joshua Lott/ReutersElizabeth Warren finds herself in a delicate position. Right as her popularity in the Democratic presidential contest is rising, the race has taken a dramatic turn, with her main rival for the nomination under attack by the president. She has been left with a choice: forcefully defend former Vice President Joe Biden against...
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....
House Speaker Pelosi Opens Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump and allegations he sought a foreign government’s help with his 2020 re-election bid.Pelosi made her announcement after huddling inside the Capitol with House Democratic leaders as the number of Democratic lawmakers who...
Trump’s Ukraine conduct may not be criminal, but it could be impeachable
Legal analysis: The singling out of Joe Biden’s son ultimately could compromise the president’s possible defense. …read more Source::...
Trump won’t be prosecuted for the Ukraine conspiracy. But Rudy Giuliani can.
While Attorney General William Barr has made it clear that he will not prosecute Trump due to current DOJ policy, Giuliani enjoys no such privilege or immunity. …read more Source::...
Trump Is Discovering New Powers
Knowing he was new to all this, White House aides took pains early in President Donald Trump’s term to chaperone him when he got on the phone with world leaders. Former National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, the economic adviser Gary Cohn, and others would sit around the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and listen to both ends of the...
Democrats Can Do Better Than This
Rich people are just like us, in that they enjoy simple pleasures: Good food, vacations, and joining corporate boards. They simply can’t get enough of being on corporate boards—or sometimes charity boards, or museum boards. If you are truly an elite, you simply must be on a board or two, to demonstrate how sought-after your expertise is....
Trump says he’s going to release the transcript of his call with the president of Ukraine
The move comes as Trump faces heightened scrutiny for pressing Zelensky to investigate former vice president Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Business...
