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    NYT Editor Tells Staff Paper Will Not Openly Support Sanders or Warren
    Nov19

    NYT Editor Tells Staff Paper Will Not Openly Support Sanders or Warren

    New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet said he has warned junior staff that the paper will not openly back Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) or Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) due to concerns about appearing too political. “They probably want a more political New York Times than I’m willing to give them,” Baquet told the...

    Sen. Ron Johnson Paints Key Impeachment Witness As Possibly Anti-Trump
    Nov19

    Sen. Ron Johnson Paints Key Impeachment Witness As Possibly Anti-Trump

    Sen. Ron Johnson suggested on Monday that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council member who has provided crucial testimony in the House impeachment, could be biased against President Donald Trump. Johnson mentioned his suspicions in a letter to House Intelligence Committee members Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), who had...

    Pence aide’s testimony renews focus on VP’s Ukraine role
    Nov19

    Pence aide’s testimony renews focus on VP’s Ukraine role

    A public appearance by an aide to Mike Pence before the House Intelligence Committee this week is drawing renewed attention to the vice president …read more Source:: The Boston...

    Ukraine Court Releases Head Of State Bank Suspected Of Money Laundering Amid IMF Visit
    Nov19

    Ukraine Court Releases Head Of State Bank Suspected Of Money Laundering Amid IMF Visit

    A Kyiv court on November 18 released the chairman of a Ukrainian state-owned bank accused of money laundering while setting bail at $120,000 that the suspect must pay in five weeks. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Other Giuliani Who Works for Trump
    Nov19

    The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Other Giuliani Who Works for Trump

    It’s Monday, November 18. In today’s newsletter: Andrew Giuliani, impeachment hearings, and whether American cities have measurable personalities.*” TODAY IN POLITICS »(NICHOLAS KAMM / NOAM GALAI / ASTRID STAWIARZ / GETTY / THE ATLANTIC)The Other GiulianiHe works for President Trump. His last name is Giuliani.I’m talking...

    Ron Johnson: Ukrainians Felt No Pressure From White House Over Withheld Aid
    Nov19

    Ron Johnson: Ukrainians Felt No Pressure From White House Over Withheld Aid

    Republican senator Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made no mention during their September meeting in Kiev of feeling pressure from the White House to take action in return for military aid, contradicting his Democratic colleague Chris Murphy’s characterization of the meeting. In a Monday afternoon letter sent...

    Nunes Protégé Now At White House Sues Politico Over Impeachment Stories
    Nov19

    Nunes Protégé Now At White House Sues Politico Over Impeachment Stories

    A White House official sued Politico and one of its reporters Monday, claiming its coverage putting him near the center of the impeachment drama was defamatory. Kash Patel, a former lawyer for the Republicans’ side of the House Intelligence Committee who early this year joined the White House National Security Council, filed the suit in...

    These Are the 8 Witnesses Set to Testify at This Week’s Impeachment Hearings
    Nov19

    These Are the 8 Witnesses Set to Testify at This Week’s Impeachment Hearings

    The second week of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is moving out of the “heard it from a friend” stage to focus on witnesses who actually listened in on the phone call between President Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine, or who talked directly with Trump about administration policy toward the former Soviet republic....

    How to watch week 2 of the impeachment hearings: Schedule, witnesses and more
    Nov19

    How to watch week 2 of the impeachment hearings: Schedule, witnesses and more

    Witnesses include National Security Council staffer Alex Vindman and former Ukraine special envoy Kurt Volker. …read more Source::...

    Opposition Wins No Seats in Belarus Election; Lukashenko Vows to Stay Put
    Nov19

    Opposition Wins No Seats in Belarus Election; Lukashenko Vows to Stay Put

    Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko maintained his hold on power after results published Monday showed not a single opposition candidate had won a seat in a weekend parliamentary election.Lukashenko has governed the former Soviet republic with an iron fist for a quarter of a century and he announced on Sunday he would stand again in the 2020...