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    Press Freedom Under Spotlight at Magnitsky Human Rights Awards
    Nov18

    Press Freedom Under Spotlight at Magnitsky Human Rights Awards

    The Ukrainian journalist Oleg Sentsov, who was jailed in Russia for reporting on the country’s illegal annexation of Crimea, and murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were among those honored at the recent Magnitsky Awards ceremony in London. The awards pay tribute to those who risk their lives to stand up for human rights. Henry...

    Liberals Are Mainstreaming Paranoid Theories About Trump
    Nov18

    Liberals Are Mainstreaming Paranoid Theories About Trump

    One of the most durable conspiracy theories of our times finds Vladimir Putin recruiting a billionaire media personality named Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. In some iterations of the tale, Trump is willingly serving his Kremlin comrades; in others, he is merely the victim of kompromat. In every version, he is an asset of a hostile...

    House Tells Court Impeachment Probe Is Looking At Whether Trump Lied To Mueller
    Nov18

    House Tells Court Impeachment Probe Is Looking At Whether Trump Lied To Mueller

    A lawyer for the House of Representatives told an appeals court Monday that among the issues the House is probing in its ongoing impeachment inquiry is whether President Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The comments came in a hearing over whether the Judiciary Committee can access certain grand jury materials...

    Trump Says He Would ‘Strongly Consider’ Testifying at His Impeachment Inquiry
    Nov18

    Trump Says He Would ‘Strongly Consider’ Testifying at His Impeachment Inquiry

    U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he would “strongly consider” testifying at the House Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry targeting him for allegedly abusing his office.”Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get...

    Throughout Impeachment Inquiry, Trump Wields His Favorite Insult: Never-Trumper
    Nov18

    Throughout Impeachment Inquiry, Trump Wields His Favorite Insult: Never-Trumper

    To President Donald Trump, “Never-Trumper” is the dirtiest of insults. The shorthand for anti-Trump Republicans came to prominence as then-candidate Trump was gaining steam in the 2016 primaries, to the horror of some more traditional conservatives. Now, Never-Trumpers like Bill Kristol are frequently featured on cable news, Trump’s...

    Trump Is Using His Old Playbook for Impeachment
    Nov18

    Trump Is Using His Old Playbook for Impeachment

    As the impeachment inquiry gains steam, President Trump and his defenders are running their old playbook. It’s not a good playbook. It wasn’t all that persuasive the first time around. But it worked once—and the modern Republican Party doesn’t have a lot of imagination for new arguments. And what the heck—if something was good...

    Russia returns 3 seized naval ships to Ukraine
    Nov18

    Russia returns 3 seized naval ships to Ukraine

    The Russian government on Monday said it’s returned three naval ships to Ukraine, a year after it seized them in the Kerch Strait. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Report: U.S. Officials Knew Ukraine Felt ‘Pressure’ From Trump Administration to Investigate Biden
    Nov18

    Report: U.S. Officials Knew Ukraine Felt ‘Pressure’ From Trump Administration to Investigate Biden

    (WASHINGTON) — Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden before his July phone call with President Donald Trump that has led to impeachment hearings. In early May, staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, including then-Ambassador Marie...

    Jordan And Nunes ‘Reluctantly’ Ask Johnson For Info Relevant To Inquiry
    Nov18

    Jordan And Nunes ‘Reluctantly’ Ask Johnson For Info Relevant To Inquiry

    House Intelligence Committee Republicans Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Devin Nunes (R-CA) are “reluctantly” asking Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for any “firsthand information” he may have that is relevant to the impeachment inquiry. In a letter sent to Johnson over the weekend, Jordan and Nunes requested that Johnson provide any information that he has about...

    What Does Rudy Giuliani’s Son Do?
    Nov18

    What Does Rudy Giuliani’s Son Do?

    It’s hard to turn on cable news or scroll through Twitter these days without catching the name “Giuliani.” Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, is a central character in the House’s impeachment inquiry. Meanwhile, Rudy’s third wife, Judith Giuliani, has commanded her own headlines as she’s aired...