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    LIVEBLOG: Axed U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine Testifies In House Impeachment Probe
    Nov15

    LIVEBLOG: Axed U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine Testifies In House Impeachment Probe

    The second day of public impeachment hearings features the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was recalled after an aggressive smear campaign pushed by Rudy Giuliani and his allies. In her private deposition, Yovanovitch described finding out about the smear campaign and how her requests that the State...

    Ousted ambassador to testify in Trump impeachment probe
    Nov15

    Ousted ambassador to testify in Trump impeachment probe

    WASHINGTON D.C. — The House will hear from a singular witness Friday in the Trump impeachment hearings: Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was targeted by the president’s allies in a “smear” campaign now central to the inquiry. The career diplomat, who served both Republican and Democratic presidents, is expected...

    Haley: Giuliani should’ve been named ‘special envoy’ to Ukraine
    Nov15

    Haley: Giuliani should’ve been named ‘special envoy’ to Ukraine

    Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday said that she thought the administration could have handled Rudy Giuliani’s work with Ukraine better by appointing him as a special envoy to Ukraine…. …read more Source:: The...

    Battle for Public Opinion Shapes Trump Impeachment Effort
    Nov15

    Battle for Public Opinion Shapes Trump Impeachment Effort

    With public hearings now under way in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, both sides have a key focus in mind: winning over public opinion.Support for the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry climbed quickly in the weeks following the announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. At present, the country remains sharply split on...

    Battle for Public Opinion Shapes Trump Impeachment Effort
    Nov15

    Battle for Public Opinion Shapes Trump Impeachment Effort

    The impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump moved into an important new phase this week — public hearings. Opposition Democrats believe Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival, Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden. They hope the hearings will sway public opinion to support their case...

    Watch live: Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch to testify at 2nd public impechment hearing Friday
    Nov15

    Watch live: Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch to testify at 2nd public impechment hearing Friday

    After new details and some surprising testimony from two witnesses on Wednesday, House impeachment investigators will question President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Ukraine Friday in the second public hearing. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Anne Applebaum Joins The Atlantic as Staff Writer
    Nov15

    Anne Applebaum Joins The Atlantic as Staff Writer

    Anne Applebaum, The Washington Post columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. Applebaum will write on national politics and foreign policy, with a particular focus on Europe, for both The Atlantic’s site and the magazine. She begins with The Atlantic in January, and joins as the publication...

    ‘Unpredictability’ is NATO’s Greatest Challenge Stoltenberg Says
    Nov15

    ‘Unpredictability’ is NATO’s Greatest Challenge Stoltenberg Says

    VOA Serbian service’s Jela de Franceschi spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the shifting global alliances in the current political environment.Q. Both sides of the Atlantic are undergoing political upheaval, unprecedented in a sense. We have impeachment proceedings in the U.S., the third time in modern American...

    Stop Waiting for a Savior
    Nov15

    Stop Waiting for a Savior

    August 21, 2018, was a low point in the Trump presidency: on the same day, indeed in the same hour, the president’s former campaign chairman was found guilty of federal crimes and his former lawyer pleaded guilty in another case. While the president may have weathered the storm of that summer day, this past Wednesday—November 13—presented a...

    Ukraine’s Anti-Russia Azov Battalion: ‘Minutemen’ or Neo-Nazi Terrorists?
    Nov15

    Ukraine’s Anti-Russia Azov Battalion: ‘Minutemen’ or Neo-Nazi Terrorists?

    KYIV—When Deputy Secretary of State George Kent at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...