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    McCarthy Suggests Pulling The Plug On Impeachment Just As Testimony Heats Up
    Nov22

    McCarthy Suggests Pulling The Plug On Impeachment Just As Testimony Heats Up

    As damning testimony after damning testimony emerges from the House impeachment hearings this week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) suggested it was time to shut the whole thing down. “I think we’ve had enough. I think it’s time to shut it down,” he said during his weekly press conference Thursday as House investigators...

    Diplomat Points Out Ukraine Is Still Under Pressure From Trump Even Now
    Nov21

    Diplomat Points Out Ukraine Is Still Under Pressure From Trump Even Now

    David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Kiev, made an alarming point during his testimony on Thursday: Though the military aid has been released, Ukraine isn’t necessarily off the hook from President Donald Trump’s demands due to the fact that Trump still hasn’t fully given them what they wanted. Holmes told House impeachment...

    Correcting The Record, Fiona Hill Says She Wasn’t Concerned About Vindman’s Judgment
    Nov21

    Correcting The Record, Fiona Hill Says She Wasn’t Concerned About Vindman’s Judgment

    The Ukraine director on the National Security Council — a star witness in the impeachment probe — is “excellent” and “highly decorated,” his former boss Dr. Fiona Hill said Thursday, denying the testimony of her successor who claimed that Hill had expressed concerns about the director’s judgement. “I did not relate any concerns in general...

    2 key witnesses to testify in impeachment hearings Thursday
    Nov21

    2 key witnesses to testify in impeachment hearings Thursday

    New revelations are expected in Thursday’s impeachment testimonies, after Gordon Sondland, President Trump’s hand-picked EU ambassador, said there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine. But Trump and other members of the administration are strongly disputing his account. Former National Security Council official Fiona Hill and State...

    GOP Counsel Once Again Accidentally Elicits Testimony Damaging To Trump
    Nov21

    GOP Counsel Once Again Accidentally Elicits Testimony Damaging To Trump

    A line of questioning went completely off the rails for Republican staff attorney Steve Castor when he prompted former National Security Counsel senior director Fiona Hill to describe a disagreement she had with Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. In response, Hill shared a damning recollection as she mapped out her realization that...

    Hill says Trump officials were involved in a ‘domestic political errand’ in Ukraine
    Nov21

    Hill says Trump officials were involved in a ‘domestic political errand’ in Ukraine

    Former White House national security official Fiona Hill said Thursday the U.S. ambassador to the European Union (EU) and other Trump administration officials were running a “domestic political errand” by pursuing investi… …read more Source:: The...

    Ukraine’s Mariupol Port Struggles To Stay Afloat Amid Russian ‘Hybrid War’
    Nov21

    Ukraine’s Mariupol Port Struggles To Stay Afloat Amid Russian ‘Hybrid War’

    After five years of conflict in eastern Ukraine, the port of Mariupol is struggling to survive. With the loss of coal exports and Russia choking access to the Sea of Azov, the port’s maritime traffic has been cut in half. But Mariupol hopes Chinese investment can revive its sinking fortunes. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...

    The real ‘bombshell’: GOP Rep. Turner gets Sondland to admit no quid pro quo
    Nov21

    The real ‘bombshell’: GOP Rep. Turner gets Sondland to admit no quid pro quo

    by WorldTribune Staff, November 21, 2019 During public impeachment hearings on Wednesday, Republicans stressed that President Donald Trump never said military aid to Ukraine was contingent on investigations into Burisma and Hunter Biden. GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio asked witness Gordon Sondland, the U.S. Ambassador to the EU: “No one on this...

    A Reminder: Donald Trump Has Been Credibly Accused of Rape
    Nov21

    A Reminder: Donald Trump Has Been Credibly Accused of Rape

    To watch the public impeachment hearings of Donald Trump is to experience a very particular form of whiplash. The House inquiry has featured a series of small collisions, between Democrats and Republicans, yes, but also between accountability and its opposite. Here is a proceeding partly led by lawmakers who have, when it comes to the president,...

    The Latest: Pelosi says Trump undermined national security
    Nov21

    The Latest: Pelosi says Trump undermined national security

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the House impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times local): 11:40 a.m. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there is clear evidence that President Donald Trump has used his office for his personal gain. She says doing that “undermined the national … …read...