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    ‘A campaign of slander’: Takeaways from impeachment witness
    Nov08

    ‘A campaign of slander’: Takeaways from impeachment witness

    WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior State Department official offered some of the most pointed testimony to date in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, alleging that President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani led a “campaign of slander” against the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, according to an interview transcript released...

    State Department official’s testimony details efforts to pressure Ukraine
    Nov08

    State Department official’s testimony details efforts to pressure Ukraine

    In newly released testimony, a career official in the State Department said President Trump wanted the leader of Ukraine to make a public statement including the words, “investigations, Biden and Clinton.” George Kent said that was his understanding based on conversations with other administration officials. Nancy Cordes has the...

    Senior U.S. Diplomat Says Corrupt Ukrainian Officials and U.S. Citizens Ousted Yovanovitch
    Nov08

    Senior U.S. Diplomat Says Corrupt Ukrainian Officials and U.S. Citizens Ousted Yovanovitch

    Corrupt Ukrainian officials and private U.S. citizens had much to do with getting the former ambassador to Ukraine removed from her post, according to congressional testimony provided by George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state in charge of European and Eurasian affairs. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Diplomat testified that Putin, Orban poisoned Trump’s views on Ukraine
    Nov08

    Diplomat testified that Putin, Orban poisoned Trump’s views on Ukraine

    Senior State Department official George Kent told House investigators that Trump’s views on Ukraine changed after conversations with the leaders of Russia and Hungary. …read more Source::...

    Senators Ask State Dept. for Docs on Hunter Biden
    Nov08

    Senators Ask State Dept. for Docs on Hunter Biden

    Leading Republican senators are asking the State Department to turn over all information relating to Hunter Biden and his business associates after newly released documents revealed that foreign companies attempted to leverage their ties to former vice president Joe Biden’s son. Sens. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa),...

    State Department Expected to Scrap Post of Special Envoy to Ukraine
    Nov08

    State Department Expected to Scrap Post of Special Envoy to Ukraine

    The move will leave no one detailed to watch Kyiv’s back in peace talks with Putin. …read more Source:: Foreign...

    What You Need to Know: Testimony from State Dept. official
    Nov08

    What You Need to Know: Testimony from State Dept. official

    WASHINGTON (AP) – For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees are trying to determine whether President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his family and to … …read more...

    CNN: Pence Aide Testifies That Trump-Zelensky Call Was Abnormal
    Nov08

    CNN: Pence Aide Testifies That Trump-Zelensky Call Was Abnormal

    The political nature of the now-infamous July call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly stuck out to an aide to Vice President Mike Pence. Two sources familiar with the closed-door Thursday testimony of Pence aide Jennifer Williams told CNN that she found the conversation between Trump and Zelensky to be...

    Twitter is reportedly suspending users who share alleged Ukraine whistleblower’s name on social media platform
    Nov08

    Twitter is reportedly suspending users who share alleged Ukraine whistleblower’s name on social media platform

    Twitter is reportedly suspending some users who mention the alleged Ukraine whistleblower’s name in posts. What are the details? Several social media users have shared snapshots of their suspensions from Twitter, which cite inappropriate behaviors such as tweeting a person’s private information. In this case, the alleged...

    This Impeachment Effort About Ideology, Not Constitution
    Nov08

    This Impeachment Effort About Ideology, Not Constitution

    Two American women of color. Two diametrically opposed views about America. This clash of worldviews helps us to understand that what is going on in our nation is not a legitimate impeachment process but an attempt to wipe out a sitting president for personal and ideological reasons. Rep. Rashida Tlaib was sworn in as a freshman Democratic...