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    Key Impeachment Probe Witness Vindman Escorted Out Of WH, Lawyer Says
    Feb08

    Key Impeachment Probe Witness Vindman Escorted Out Of WH, Lawyer Says

    The National Security Council official and impeachment probe witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was escorted from the White House Friday, his lawyer said. Vindman was the subject of right-wing vitriol in the wake of his testimony to the House impeachment inquiry in November — including from the White House and Fox News. In a statement,...

    Esper says ‘Pentagon protects its service members from retribution’ amid reports of possible Vindman ouster
    Feb08

    Esper says ‘Pentagon protects its service members from retribution’ amid reports of possible Vindman ouster

    Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday said the Pentagon protects its service members from retribution, following reports that President Trump may oust the top White House expert on Ukraine after he testified during House… …read more Source:: The...

    We Only Know A Sliver of the Drive to Extort Ukraine to Intervene in the 2020 Election
    Feb07

    We Only Know A Sliver of the Drive to Extort Ukraine to Intervene in the 2020 Election

    Through the Ukraine scandal, there’s been a persistent question about the rush to get Zelensky to play ball and whether similar efforts occurred before Zelensky took office. Josh Kovensky has unearthed new evidence that confirms just that. As has been long suspected, the Trump Team thought they had a deal with Zelensky’s predecessor...

    Ukraine Turns To Germany To Transform Troubled Railways
    Feb07

    Ukraine Turns To Germany To Transform Troubled Railways

    Ukraine’s troubled railway company Ukrzaliznytsia and Deutsche Bahn have signed a 10-year memorandum of cooperation under which the German operator will plan a way forward for the state operator. Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk says it could lead to Deutsche Bahn jointly managing Ukrainian railways. Current Time sent two...

    CNN: Mulvaney In Jeopardy Following Trump’s Acquittal In Impeachment Trial
    Feb07

    CNN: Mulvaney In Jeopardy Following Trump’s Acquittal In Impeachment Trial

    The knives are out now that President Donald Trump’s impeachment saga has come to a close, and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney may become one of the casualties. CNN reported on Friday morning that Trump may oust Mulvaney after having waited through the House impeachment investigation and the subsequent Senate impeachment...

    Trump’s Acquittal Confronts Dems With Election Year Choices
    Feb07

    Trump’s Acquittal Confronts Dems With Election Year Choices

    Donald Trump’s impeachment ended with a reminder of why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted the idea for so long — an acquittal everyone saw coming, followed by a bombastic presidential victory lap and a bump in his poll numbers just as the 2020 campaign officially began.Now Democrats have to decide how to navigate the legislative and...

    Reports: Trump Set To Boot Key Impeachment Witness Out Of White House
    Feb07

    Reports: Trump Set To Boot Key Impeachment Witness Out Of White House

    Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is expected to pay a price for providing crucial testimony in the House’s impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign, according to multiple reports late Thursday. According to Bloomberg News and the Washington Post, Trump is posed to have Vindman reassigned from his...

    Shrinking country: Serbia struggles with population decline
    Feb07

    Shrinking country: Serbia struggles with population decline

    BLAGOJEV KAMEN, Serbia (AP) — Uros Trainovic remembers when his small mining village in eastern Serbia was a vibrant home to 200 families, had a school of its own, a doctor and a shop. How times have changed. Now, 60-odd years later, it’s a ghost village with just eight residents. The transformation of Blagojev Kamen is not unique in a...

    How History Will Judge the Trump Impeachment
    Feb07

    How History Will Judge the Trump Impeachment

    The Senate has voted against impeaching President Donald Trump, defeating two articles of impeachment by votes of 52-48 and 53-47. Trump joins two former presidents, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, in being impeached by the House of Representatives before being acquitted by the Senate. The House failed to produce credible evidence that the...

    Will Trump’s Operatives Now Biden Bernie?
    Feb07

    Will Trump’s Operatives Now Biden Bernie?

    We’re in a pretty dramatically situation in the Democratic primaries than we were a week ago. Everything could change on Tuesday. But for now it looks much more likely that Bernie Sanders will be the nominee than it did a week ago or certainly a month or two ago. With that in mind, I wanted to flag a set of facts that tie back to what I...