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    Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine expected to be first to testify in public impeachment hearings
    Nov07

    Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine expected to be first to testify in public impeachment hearings

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    Trump pushes back on report that he wanted Barr to clear him on Ukraine in news conference: ‘Totally untrue’
    Nov07

    Trump pushes back on report that he wanted Barr to clear him on Ukraine in news conference: ‘Totally untrue’

    President Trump early Thursday pushed back on a report that he asked Attorney General William Barr to hold a news conference clearing him of wrongdoing in the Ukraine controversy that sparked an impeachment inquiry, calli… …read more Source:: The...

    Moscow: Reporter’s Notebook
    Nov07

    Moscow: Reporter’s Notebook

    Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova is clear. There is nothing the Kremlin can do about Russian military contractors operating in Africa.During one of her weekly press briefings shortly after news broke that more than two dozen Russians had been killed in Libya, I pressed her about whether the Kremlin endorsed their presence.And...

    Ukraine Launches Probe Into Ex-Lawmaker Who Threatened, Released Data On RFE/RL Staff
    Nov07

    Ukraine Launches Probe Into Ex-Lawmaker Who Threatened, Released Data On RFE/RL Staff

    Ukrainian police have launched a probe against Andriy Portnov, the ex-deputy chairman of the presidential administration who is accused of obstructing the professional activities of RFE/RL journalists. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Taylor expected to be first to testify in public hearings
    Nov07

    Taylor expected to be first to testify in public hearings

    WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats announced they will launch public impeachment hearings next week, intending to bring to life weeks of closed-door testimony and lay out a convincing narrative of presidential misconduct by Donald Trump. First to testify will be William Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, who has relayed in … …read...

    Donald Trump Is All Alone
    Nov07

    Donald Trump Is All Alone

    Early in President Donald Trump’s term, White House aides worried that he was spending too much time cocooned in the building. So they went to a senior official and pitched an intervention of sorts: Take him to dinner one night at the Peking Gourmet Inn, a Chinese restaurant in the Virginia suburbs where both Bushes dined as president. The...

    Taylor expected to be first to testify in public hearings
    Nov07

    Taylor expected to be first to testify in public hearings

    The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, who has told lawmakers in private that he understood Trump proposed a quid pro quo with Ukraine, is expected to repeat that testimony in public hearings next week …read more Source:: The Boston...

    Location, location: Why Ukraine leader aimed for Oval Office
    Nov07

    Location, location: Why Ukraine leader aimed for Oval Office

    Location, location: Why Ukraine’s Zelenskiy was intent on getting an Oval Office visit …read more Source:: The Boston...

    How Trump Is Reshaping the Courts
    Nov07

    How Trump Is Reshaping the Courts

    President Donald Trump’s two Supreme Court picks, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, may be his highest-profile judicial nominations, but they are just two of the 157 men and women who have reshaped the federal judiciary. “One out of every 4 active judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals have been appointed by President Trump,” says...

    How Trump’s foreign policy mixes religion with money
    Nov07

    How Trump’s foreign policy mixes religion with money

    Mike Pence’s reported influence on Middle East aid shares similarities with Trump’s Ukraine scandal. …read more Source:: The Washington...