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    Schiff: Public Impeachment Hearings to Begin Next Week
    Nov06

    Schiff: Public Impeachment Hearings to Begin Next Week

    The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says, beginning next week, Americans will hear directly from key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.A statement from Adam Schiff said the committee will hear from Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent when...

    America’s Security Is Still Tied to the Fate of Freedom
    Nov06

    America’s Security Is Still Tied to the Fate of Freedom

    Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of three essays, commissioned by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, examining the legacy of Reagan’s Westminster Speech and its relevance for democracy promotion today. Read the first installment by Carl Gershman here. Coming Friday: a contribution by Richard...

    Graham calls Trump-Ukraine policy ‘incoherent’: Admin seems ‘incapable of forming quid pro quo’
    Nov06

    Graham calls Trump-Ukraine policy ‘incoherent’: Admin seems ‘incapable of forming quid pro quo’

    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday pushed back against allegations that the White House committed a quid pro quo in its dealings with Ukraine, saying that Trump administration’s policy goals related to the nation w… …read more Source:: The...

    John Bolton expressed alarm about shadow Ukraine policy, but at key moments it’s unclear what he did to stop it
    Nov06

    John Bolton expressed alarm about shadow Ukraine policy, but at key moments it’s unclear what he did to stop it

    He avoided intervening directly on some Ukraine issues ‘because he knew it was going to be a disaster,’ one former official said. …read more Source:: The Washington...

    Jordan Says Sondland Testimony Was  His ‘Opinion’ While Volker’s Was ‘Definitive’
    Nov06

    Jordan Says Sondland Testimony Was His ‘Opinion’ While Volker’s Was ‘Definitive’

    Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) reactions to the revised testimony of EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland and the testimony of special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker are night and day. According to CNN Wednesday, Jordan dismissed the EU ambassador’s revised testimony by saying that “it is Sondland’s opinion.” The three new pages of...

    Trump Voters Unfazed By POTUS Potentially Shooting Someone: ‘Why Did He Shoot Him?’
    Nov06

    Trump Voters Unfazed By POTUS Potentially Shooting Someone: ‘Why Did He Shoot Him?’

    “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” then-candidate Donald Trump declared on the 2016 campaign trail eons ago. As it turns out, he’s not entirely wrong. CNN held a roundtable of what the network described as “swing voters” from Pennsylvania, during which CNN host Alisyn Camerota...

    Jury Selection Resumes in Trial of Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone
    Nov06

    Jury Selection Resumes in Trial of Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone

    Jury selection resumed Wednesday in the trial of President Donald Trump’s adviser Roger Stone in a criminal case stemming from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe that detailed Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.Stone, who left the proceedings early on Tuesday’s opening day of jury selection looking ill and...

    Putin: New Weapons Will Offer Russia Reliable Protection
    Nov06

    Putin: New Weapons Will Offer Russia Reliable Protection

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia’s new weapons have no foreign equivalents but he insists the country will not use them to threaten anyone.Speaking during a meeting with senior military officers, Putin said that “we plan to build up our defense capability, commissioning hypersonic, laser and other new weapons...

    White House doubles down on ‘no quid pro quo’
    Nov06

    White House doubles down on ‘no quid pro quo’

    The White House is doubling down on its insistence that there was no quid pro quo in President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine in the face of a growing body of evidence that military aid to Kiev was contingent on the fo… …read more Source:: The...

    Taylor, Kent, Yovanovitch Will Be First Public Impeachment Testimonies Next Week
    Nov06

    Taylor, Kent, Yovanovitch Will Be First Public Impeachment Testimonies Next Week

    Several key witnesses in the House’s impeachment inquiry will be the fist to appear in public hearings next week. The move toward public hearings, rather than the behind-closed-doors testimonies that have so far taken place in sealed rooms, marks a new phase in the impeachment inquiry. The current acting ambassador to Ukraine, the former...