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    WATCH LIVE: Nancy Pelosi announcement on Trump impeachment
    Dec05

    WATCH LIVE: Nancy Pelosi announcement on Trump impeachment

    Author: TEGNA, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to make an unusual public statement at 9 a.m. EST Thursday in regards to the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. It comes after Pelosi asked Democratic members behind closed doors on Wednesday if they were ready to take the next step, and reportedly received a...

    Ukraine lawmaker seeking Biden probe meets with Giuliani in Kyiv
    Dec05

    Ukraine lawmaker seeking Biden probe meets with Giuliani in Kyiv

    A Facebook post by the lawmaker shows him with President Trump’s personal attorney. …read more Source:: The Washington...

    Trump Tries To Explain Away ‘Favor’ Comment During Zelensky Call
    Dec05

    Trump Tries To Explain Away ‘Favor’ Comment During Zelensky Call

    President Donald Trump addressed his request of a favor from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky Thursday, insisting that by “us” he meant “U.S.” ….”I would like to have the Attorney General (of the United States) call you or your people…..” This, based on what I have seen, is their big point – and it is no point at a all (except for a big win...

    US House Speaker Pelosi to Make Statement About Impeachment Inquiry Status
    Dec05

    US House Speaker Pelosi to Make Statement About Impeachment Inquiry Status

    U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will address reporters Thursday on the status of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Pelosi’s televised statement comes a day after three U.S. constitutional scholars told Congress that Trump committed impeachable offenses by pushing Ukraine to open investigations to benefit him...

    Trump claims he asked Ukraine to do US a ‘favor,’ not president
    Dec05

    Trump claims he asked Ukraine to do US a ‘favor,’ not president

    President Trump late Wednesday claimed that he was urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to help the United States when he asked if the foreign leader could “do us a favor” on a July 25 phone call.The comme… …read more Source:: The...

    “I’m Not Afraid of the Impeachment Questions”: How Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Is Navigating His Role in the World’s Biggest Political Drama
    Dec05

    “I’m Not Afraid of the Impeachment Questions”: How Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Is Navigating His Role in the World’s Biggest Political Drama

    A year is a long time in politics. Long enough in the case of Volodymyr Zelensky, the comedian elected President of Ukraine, to go from the set of his sitcom in Kyiv to the biggest political drama in the world, the one in which an American President may wind up getting impeached. The Democrats have cast Zelensky as the victim of President Donald...

    10 Things to Know for Today
    Dec05

    10 Things to Know for Today

    Legal scholars testify that President Trump’s attempts to have Ukraine investigate Democratic rivals are grounds for impeachment, yet an expert called by Republicans warned against rushing the process. …read more Source:: U.S....

    If peace talks with Russia fail, ‘we’ll build a wall,’ Ukraine official says
    Dec05

    If peace talks with Russia fail, ‘we’ll build a wall,’ Ukraine official says

    “Ukraine will do everything in order to stop this war and achieve peace in a non-military, peaceful way. But certainly we do have a plan B,” Andriy Yermak said. …read more Source::...

    Blame America, Not Russia, for the ‘Ukraine Did It’ Conspiracy Theory
    Dec05

    Blame America, Not Russia, for the ‘Ukraine Did It’ Conspiracy Theory

    In her eloquent impeachment testimony last month, Fiona Hill, a recently departed official at the National Security Council, criticized President Donald Trump and his supporters for parroting that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 elections. “This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian Security...

    Don’t Embrace Originalism to Defend Trump’s Impeachment
    Dec05

    Don’t Embrace Originalism to Defend Trump’s Impeachment

    In the pending congressional impeachment inquiry, the House Judiciary Committee is charged with (among other things) taking up the question of what the constitutional process of impeachment means. To aid them in this solemn task, committee chair Jerry Nadler and his colleagues on Wednesday summoned an impressive list of constitutional scholars to...