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    After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?
    Dec12

    After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?

    The leaders of Russia and Ukraine met for the first time in three years in an attempt to end the conflict in eastern Ukriane. In the wake of that meeting earlier this week in Paris, attention now shifts to renewed peace efforts to stem the violence between Ukrainian government forces and Moscow-backed separatists.Yet in interviews and comments...

    Parties clash as impeachment articles move closer to House vote
    Dec12

    Parties clash as impeachment articles move closer to House vote

    House lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee clashed in prime time Wednesday night over the propriety of President Trump’s conduct in Ukraine, highlighting the deep gulf between the parties a day before the panel is poised… …read more Source:: The...

    Judiciary Panel Takes First Steps Toward Trump Impeachment Vote
    Dec12

    Judiciary Panel Takes First Steps Toward Trump Impeachment Vote

    The House Judiciary Committee took the first steps Wednesday evening toward voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, beginning a marathon two-day session to consider the historic charges.Democrats and Republicans on the panel used the prime-time hearing to make final arguments for and against impeachment. Both sides...

    Beacon Extra 12/11/19
    Dec12

    Beacon Extra 12/11/19

    Welcome to the Washington Free Beacon’s morning newsletter, your comprehensive briefing on the Enemies of Freedom. To get this newsletter sent straight to your inbox every morning, sign up here. TRUMP STRIKES DEAL WITH DEVIL … via POLITICO: “This isn’t about politics, and giving the president a win,” [Nancy] Pelosi said at...

    Russian State TV Pulls Plug On Ukraine President’s Comedy Series
    Dec12

    Russian State TV Pulls Plug On Ukraine President’s Comedy Series

    Russian TV channel TNT has pulled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People sitcom off the air after showing the first three episodes of the first season on December 11. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    A Million Here, a Million There
    Dec12

    A Million Here, a Million There

    Today federal prosecutors asked a judge to revoke the bail of Giuliani associate Lev Parnas. A main reason was that he had not disclosed to prosecutors that in September he received a million dollars from a bank account in Russia. This is certainly enough to make your ears prick up. But it’s a mystery at this point just what this money...

    Steve Bannon: Tucker Carlson Is Trump’s Most Influential National-Security Adviser
    Dec12

    Steve Bannon: Tucker Carlson Is Trump’s Most Influential National-Security Adviser

    REUTERSNo wonder Donald Trump’s third national security adviser at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Democrats from Some Battleground Districts Undecided on Trump Impeachment Vote
    Dec12

    Democrats from Some Battleground Districts Undecided on Trump Impeachment Vote

    Some U.S. Democrats from highly competitive districts say they are undecided on how to vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives, a vote that will be historic as well as pivotal for their own political futures.In conversations in recent days with over a dozen lawmakers from swing districts, only two said...

    White House budget office asserts in new legal memo that delaying Ukraine aid was routine
    Dec12

    White House budget office asserts in new legal memo that delaying Ukraine aid was routine

    The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) asserts in a new legal memo that aid to Ukraine was withheld to review if the country complied with U.S. policy, not as a political move to block Congress’s spending d… …read more Source:: The...

    EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality
    Dec12

    EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality

    European Union leaders on Thursday will push to agree to make their bloc climate neutral by 2050, luring reluctant eastern member states with promises of extra money for their heavily-polluting economies.The bloc’s 27 national leaders will meet in Brussels from 1400 GMT, a day after the bloc’s executive proposed a Green Deal to...