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    The Week In Russia: ‘A Specific Disorder Of The Mind’
    Feb28

    The Week In Russia: ‘A Specific Disorder Of The Mind’

    President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia and Ukraine should unite, seeming to ignore the six-year war and gloss over Kremlin actions that make even the notion of substantial cooperation seem highly improbable for the foreseeable future. Days later, Putin’s former point man on Ukraine unleashed a provocative diatribe in which he...

    Pompeo Jousts with Democrats at Hearing, First Since Impeachment
    Feb28

    Pompeo Jousts with Democrats at Hearing, First Since Impeachment

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration’s response to the spreading coronavirus and faced contentious questions from Democrats about an airstrike that killed Iran’s most powerful general.Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee expressed frustration that the panel was afforded only two hours to...

    Ukraine’s Ex-President Calls On President ‘To Stop Persecuting Opposition,’ Before Questioning
    Feb28

    Ukraine’s Ex-President Calls On President ‘To Stop Persecuting Opposition,’ Before Questioning

    Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on his successor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to stop “persecuting” the opposition and instead carry out his presidential duties …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    House Dems Seek Interviews With Prosecutors Key To DOJ Interference Claims
    Feb28

    House Dems Seek Interviews With Prosecutors Key To DOJ Interference Claims

    House Democrats are seeking interviews with several Justice Department officials that could speak to improper political interference in the Department, including the handful of prosecutors who quit Roger Stone’s case over a sentencing dispute. The request was made in a letter Friday from House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler to Attorney...

    Report: GOP Senate Intel Chair Worried Biden Investigations Could Backfire
    Feb28

    Report: GOP Senate Intel Chair Worried Biden Investigations Could Backfire

    Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr (R-NC) was reportedly nervous that his fellow Republicans’ investigations into Joe Biden could end up giving Russia exactly what it wants. According to a Politico report, Burr privately warned Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck...

    Ukrainian Court Grants Ex-Prosecutor Shokin’s Bid To Force A Biden Probe
    Feb28

    Ukrainian Court Grants Ex-Prosecutor Shokin’s Bid To Force A Biden Probe

    The ex-Ukrainian prosecutor who helped fuel President Trump’s smear campaign against the Bidens secured a court ruling forcing Ukraine to open an investigation into his allegations, several outlets reported Thursday. The prosecutor Viktor Shokin went to court to demand the investigation earlier this year, just as the Senate’s...

    The Left Will Keep Trying to Oust Trump, House Conservatives Predict
    Feb28

    The Left Will Keep Trying to Oust Trump, House Conservatives Predict

    Even with President Donald Trump’s Senate acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, the left will continue to go after him, several House Republicans predicted Thursday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “They’re never going to stop,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told the CPAC crowd. “They tried to overturn the will...

    UN disarmament chief: Nuclear arms race is threatening world
    Feb28

    UN disarmament chief: Nuclear arms race is threatening world

    UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. disarmament chief warned Wednesday that the specter of an unbridled nuclear arms race is threatening the world for the first time since the 1970s, the height of the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Izumi Nakamitsu didn’t name any countries but she was clearly referring to the United...

    Ukraine court forces probe into Biden role in firing of prosecutor Viktor Shokin
    Feb28

    Ukraine court forces probe into Biden role in firing of prosecutor Viktor Shokin

    The investigation was sought by President Trump. But the new inquest was seen as “procedural” after a court appeal by Shokin. …read more Source:: The Washington...

    More bad news for Joe Biden clan: Judge orders Hunter Biden to appear for sworn testimony
    Feb27

    More bad news for Joe Biden clan: Judge orders Hunter Biden to appear for sworn testimony

    Joe Biden has had a rough few weeks. After losing three consecutive Democratic primary election battles in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada, an Arkansas judge has now ordered the former vice president’s son to testify in court in person.According to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Circuit Judge Holly Meyer has ordered Hunter Biden to appear...