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    Five things to know about Tuesday’s impeachment hearings
    Nov20

    Five things to know about Tuesday’s impeachment hearings

    House investigators heard Tuesday from four senior national security officials with direct knowledge of President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine, marking a long day of marathon hearings on C… …read more Source:: The...

    Ukraine Naftogaz Executive Cooperating In U.S. Probe Of Giuliani
    Nov20

    Ukraine Naftogaz Executive Cooperating In U.S. Probe Of Giuliani

    U.S. Federal prosecutors are planning to interview Andrew Favorov, an executive of Ukrainian state-owned Naftogaz oil and gas conglomerate, as part of an investigation into the business dealings of Rudy Giuliani and two of his Soviet-born business associates. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Are Caught in an Existential Crisis
    Nov20

    Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Are Caught in an Existential Crisis

    In the White House’s telling of events, the two staffers who testified on Tuesday morning weren’t credible and also cleared the president of any wrongdoing. “We have learned nothing new in today’s illegitimate ‘impeachment’ proceedings,” the White House said in a statement. “However, buried among the witnesses’...

    Report: At Least $35 Million In Aid Is Still Being Withheld From Ukraine
    Nov20

    Report: At Least $35 Million In Aid Is Still Being Withheld From Ukraine

    The Trump administration is reportedly still withholding some of the congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine even as impeachment investigators scrutinize President Donald Trump’s decision to delay the aid to leverage political assistance. The Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday that it had obtained a Pentagon document showing...

    Republican Witnesses Blow Massive Hole in GOP’s Defense of Trump
    Nov20

    Republican Witnesses Blow Massive Hole in GOP’s Defense of Trump

    Chip Somodevilla/GettyAfter weeks of decrying the at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Kurt Volker, citing Biden link, becomes latest witness to revise testimony
    Nov20

    Kurt Volker, citing Biden link, becomes latest witness to revise testimony

    The former U.S. envoy for Ukraine negotiations appeared at the House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearing. …read more Source::...

    Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Spend the Day in the Grip of an Existential Crisis
    Nov20

    Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Spend the Day in the Grip of an Existential Crisis

    In the White House’s telling of events, the two staffers who testified on Tuesday morning weren’t credible and also cleared the president of any wrongdoing. “We have learned nothing new in today’s illegitimate ‘impeachment’ proceedings,” the White House said in a statement. “However, buried among the witnesses’...

    Witnesses describe Trump call with the president of Ukraine as “improper”
    Nov20

    Witnesses describe Trump call with the president of Ukraine as “improper”

    The third round of impeachment hearings got underway on Tuesday. Two witnesses were alarmed by the president’s July call with the leader of Ukraine, calling it “improper” and “unusual.” Nancy Cordes has the latest. …read more Source::...

    The GOP’s Witnesses Aren’t Helping Trump
    Nov20

    The GOP’s Witnesses Aren’t Helping Trump

    At the start of the second session of today’s doubleheader impeachment hearings, Chairman Adam Schiff noted an important distinction about the two witnesses appearing before the House Intelligence Committee: Both Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Timothy Morrison, a senior director on the National Security Council, were...

    Estonian President Sees Life in ‘Brain-Dead’ NATO
    Nov20

    Estonian President Sees Life in ‘Brain-Dead’ NATO

    Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid defended NATO on Tuesday after French President Emmanuel Macron branded it “brain dead,” saying Estonia felt safe in a military alliance that has been fortifying its eastern flank as a shield against Russia.”NATO is clearly functional,” said Kaljulaid, whose Baltic state was for half a...