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    Pelosi: Timing of Impeachment Submission to Senate Depends on Rules
    Dec19

    Pelosi: Timing of Impeachment Submission to Senate Depends on Rules

    One day after U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will not send the articles of impeachment to the Senate or choose impeachment prosecutors until the Senate agrees on rules governing the process.”When we see what they have, we’ll know who and how many to send...

    Democratic senator calls out House for not fighting to get John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney to testify: ‘Makes it very difficult’
    Dec19

    Democratic senator calls out House for not fighting to get John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney to testify: ‘Makes it very difficult’

    A Democratic senator questioned why the House of Representatives, in its monthslong impeachment inquiry, didn’t fight harder to have key witnesses testify before voting to adopt articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, according to Roll Call.As impeachment hits a stalemate over Senate trial rules and potential witnesses, West...

    Pelosi Evasive on Strategy for Impeachment Trial in Senate
    Dec19

    Pelosi Evasive on Strategy for Impeachment Trial in Senate

    After weeks of pronouncing impeachment was a “solemn” and “prayerful” occasion, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered a different tone a day after two near-party line votes aimed at ousting President Donald Trump. “It really is interesting to see the response we are getting, bipartisan, across party lines,” Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters Thursday....

    Graham Getting Cold Feet
    Dec19

    Graham Getting Cold Feet

    Lindsey Graham seems to be getting some degree of cold feet over having Rudy Giuliani up to the Hill to share his latest findings out of Ukraine, tells Giuliani, “I hope you know what you’re talking about.” LOL After inviting Rudes to come up to the hill to share his Ukraine findings, Lindsey tells Rudes: “I hope you know what...

    Merkel in the Middle
    Dec19

    Merkel in the Middle

    On more than one occasion in recent years, a German politician has indicated that Germany must find its way between the United States, China, and Russia, suggesting a kind of soft equivalence between the three. But developing policies that reflect that position is going to be increasingly difficult to do.The U.S. Congress, for instance, has just...

    Ukraine’s Ex-Envoy To UN Appointed Ambassador To Washington
    Dec19

    Ukraine’s Ex-Envoy To UN Appointed Ambassador To Washington

    Ukraine’s former two-term permanent representative to the UN Volodymyr Yelchenko has been named Kyiv’s new envoy to the United States. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Pelosi Tries To Calm Storm Over Threat She’d Hold Back Impeachment Articles
    Dec19

    Pelosi Tries To Calm Storm Over Threat She’d Hold Back Impeachment Articles

    After a striking and at times rocky post-impeachment vote press conference Wednesday night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tried Thursday to douse the flames ignited by the suggestion she might hold back transmitting the impeachment articles until she sees that the Senate trial is fair. Pelosi still acknowledged that there would be at least some...

    Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘fabricated reasons,’ calls new US sanctions ‘unfriendly’
    Dec19

    Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘fabricated reasons,’ calls new US sanctions ‘unfriendly’

    In a news conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended President Trump in his impeachment and discussed US sanctions, reelection and Ukraine …read more Source:: USA...

    Ukraine Names Veteran Diplomat as New US Envoy to Washington
    Dec19

    Ukraine Names Veteran Diplomat as New US Envoy to Washington

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy named Volodymyr Yelchenko, 60, his envoy to Washington on Thursday. In choosing the soft-spoken but seasoned diplomat, he is putting his faith in Yelchenko to steer relations with the administration of President Donald Trump at a sensitive time. Ukraine’s new envoy to Washington is no stranger to...

    Eternity, by Donald Trump
    Dec19

    Eternity, by Donald Trump

    A Trump rally is often a miasma of misstatements and distortions, but in one unscripted aside last night at his appearance in Michigan, Donald Trump succinctly captured what living through his presidency is like. “You know, in the life of Trump, 10 months is an eternity,” he said. “It’s a long time.”For that matter, even a single day in...