Section: US & Canada
McConnell Was ‘Not Given An Explanation’ For Trump Delaying Ukraine Aid
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Tuesday that the Trump administration didn’t tell him why it had delayed almost $400 million in aid for Ukraine in July, about a week before President Donald Trump reportedly tried to get the Ukrainian government to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden. McConnell told reporters that he has...
Odds of Trump impeachment double in betting site
The odds that Trump will be impeached by the end of the year doubled in a prominent betting site following reports of a whistleblower report about President Trump’s call with Ukraine.The price of a “yes” share that… …read more Source:: The...
Trump Promises Release Of ‘Unredacted’ Zelensky Call Transcript
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he would release the “fully declassified and unredacted” transcript of his July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday. ….You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike Joe Biden and his son, NO quid pro quo! This is nothing more than...
Trump says he has directed release of ‘unredacted’ transcript of call with Ukrainian leader in which he discussed Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has directed the release on Wednesday of the “unredacted” transcript of his July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump has acknowledged that he discussed former Vice President Joe Biden in the call. Trump tweets Tuesday that “You will see it was a very friendly and totally...
Trump’s Ukraine Call May Not Be Impeachable, but It Sure Looks Like an Abuse of Presidential Power
The Democrats’ latest drive to impeachment rests on a single, relatively straightforward accusation: that in a July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Donald Trump improperly urged the foreign leader to investigate Trump’s domestic political rival, Joe Biden, and Biden’s family—perhaps holding up...
Biden To Call For Trump’s Impeachment Unless He Complies With Congress’ Requests
The former vice president, who is at the center of Trump’s Ukraine call controversy, is doing an about-face on impeachment after previously calling it a “gigantic distraction.”(Image credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
2020 Democratic candidates stand pat on impeachment positions
New allegations on Ukraine result in renewed, but not new, calls for impeachment among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. …read more Source::...
Trump froze $400M in aid to Ukraine days before phone call with nation’s leader
U.S. President Donald Trump personally ordered his staff to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days before a phone call in which he pressured the Eastern European nation’s leader to investigate the family of political rival Joe Biden, a revelation that comes as more Democrats move toward impeachment proceedings. …read...
Donna Shalala backs Trump impeachment inquiry if whistleblower report isn’t released
Miami Democrat Donna Shalala and Palm Beach Democrat Lois Frankel became the first South Florida lawmakers to back an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump regarding his call with Ukrainian … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
Lot Coming This Afternoon
We just recorded today’s episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast with David and Kate and I joined by TPM Reporter Josh Kovensky. I highly recommend your listening when it comes out this afternoon. Josh has a unique handle not only on this story but the different personages involved, many of whom he’s interviewed because of his work as a...
