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    House Democrats Launch New Phase in Impeachment Inquiry
    Dec04

    House Democrats Launch New Phase in Impeachment Inquiry

    House Democrats launch a new phase of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday, as the investigation moves to the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic-majority House of Representatives is expected to hold a vote by year’s end on whether to impeach the president for allegedly leveraging almost $4 million in...

    Senate’s Biggest Talker Gabs About Ukraine Conspiracies ’Til He Can’t Anymore
    Dec04

    Senate’s Biggest Talker Gabs About Ukraine Conspiracies ’Til He Can’t Anymore

    Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/GettyIn the hive of reporters, clicking cameras and voice recorders that is the hallways of the U.S. Senate, at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...

    For America’s Closest Friends, the Abuse Keeps Coming
    Dec04

    For America’s Closest Friends, the Abuse Keeps Coming

    During a testy joint press conference at the NATO summit in London yesterday, President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, argued openly over how the 70-year-old alliance should handle Russia, the Islamic State, and Turkey. When interacting with allied leaders, Trump’s predecessors have generally followed a golden...

    NATO’s Trump Whisperer
    Dec04

    NATO’s Trump Whisperer

    Donald Trump has said it is obsolete, Emmanuel Macron argues it is suffering a “brain death,” and fewer than a third of people in Germany, France, and Spain have a favorable view of it. Questions abound over its long-term relevance; its own members are placing tariffs on one another; and through it all, Russia looms as the ever-present adversary....

    Nunes, Top Intelligence Panel Republican, had Frequent Contact with Giuliani, Call Records Show
    Dec04

    Nunes, Top Intelligence Panel Republican, had Frequent Contact with Giuliani, Call Records Show

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, often spoke to Representative Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, as Giuliani peddled unproven allegations at the heart of the Trump impeachment inquiry, a congressional report said on Tuesday.Previously undisclosed telephone records appended to a...

    House Democrats Lay Out Lengthy Case for Impeachment
    Dec04

    House Democrats Lay Out Lengthy Case for Impeachment

    Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives laid out their strongest case for impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump in a highly anticipated report on Tuesday.The 300-page report accused Trump of “misconduct” in seeking Ukrainian political interference in the 2020 presidential election and then relentlessly trying to “obstruct” Congress as it...

    Read the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report in full
    Dec04

    Read the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report in full

    The damning report found that President Trump engaged in a quid pro quo with Ukraine and that he obstructed Congress’ impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: Business...

    Continetti: ‘Lack of a Crime’ Makes It Difficult to Make the Case for Impeachment
    Dec04

    Continetti: ‘Lack of a Crime’ Makes It Difficult to Make the Case for Impeachment

    Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti on Tuesday said it will be difficult for Democrats to make the case for impeaching President Donald Trump when there is a “lack of a crime.” Continetti appeared on Fox News’s Special Report panel, where he outlined some of the issues Democrats face during their push for...

    Impeaching Trump Is About More Than Punishment
    Dec04

    Impeaching Trump Is About More Than Punishment

    Impeachment is often understood as a punitive measure. When the president (or any other federal official) breaks their constitutional oath, Congress can step in and deprive the person of the office. But the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report, released on Tuesday, makes clear that it can be a preventative one as well.“Having...

    Ukraine Parliament Votes To Reboot Graft-Fighting Agency Amid $150,000 Bribe Scandal
    Dec04

    Ukraine Parliament Votes To Reboot Graft-Fighting Agency Amid $150,000 Bribe Scandal

    Ukraine’s parliament on December 3 passed a law that revamps the State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) on the same day that authorities detained a close associate of the corruption-fighting agency’s chief for demanding a $150,000 bribe from a construction company. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...