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    Keep American Skies Open to Russia
    Nov04

    Keep American Skies Open to Russia

    If you’re a nuclear superpower and you’re trying to convince the only other nuclear superpower that you’re not about to attack them, what can you do to build that trust? This was one key problem of the early Cold War, when both the United States and the Soviet Union were in effect learning what nuclear deterrence, competition,...

    Yovanovitch says she felt threatened by Trump raising her on call with Ukraine
    Nov04

    Yovanovitch says she felt threatened by Trump raising her on call with Ukraine

    Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House investigators that she felt shocked and threatened when she saw that President Trump had criticized her during a July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s president…. …read more Source:: The...

    Embattled Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovich Was Advised to Tweet Praise of Donald Trump
    Nov04

    Embattled Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovich Was Advised to Tweet Praise of Donald Trump

    Chip SomodevillaFacing a concerted campaign from Rudy Giuliani and his allies to oust her, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovich struggled in vain to get cover from U.S. diplomats, including her boss: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. At one point, according to a transcript of her Oct. 11 deposition in front of congressional...

    Impeachment probe panels release first transcripts from closed-door interviews
    Nov04

    Impeachment probe panels release first transcripts from closed-door interviews

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The three committees leading Democrats’ impeachment probe have released the first transcripts of closed-door interviews as part of their inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The panels released testimony from former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovich and Michael McKinley, a former...

    House GOP Campaign Arm Uses The Tech Firm At Center Of Trump’s 2016 Conspiracy Theory
    Nov04

    House GOP Campaign Arm Uses The Tech Firm At Center Of Trump’s 2016 Conspiracy Theory

    FEC filings reveal that the House GOP’s official electoral committee uses Crowdstrike, the cybersecurity tech firm at the center of President Donald Trump’s unfounded conspiracy theory about the DNC and 2016 election meddling. The filings, first flagged by the Washington Post on Monday, show that the National Republican Congressional...

    Ousted Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch says she was told to tweet praise of Trump to save her job
    Nov04

    Ousted Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch says she was told to tweet praise of Trump to save her job

    The three House committees leading the Trump impeachment inquiry released Monday two transcripts of the behind-closed-doors interviews they have so far conducted. …read more Source::...

    House Dems Release Impeachment Probe Transcripts Of 2 Key Witnesses
    Nov04

    House Dems Release Impeachment Probe Transcripts Of 2 Key Witnesses

    The House committees leading the impeachment probe into President Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign released transcripts from their closed door interviews of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley, another former top State Department official. Read Yovanovitch’s transcript here and McKinley’s...

    Here’s Who’s Cooperating With The Impeachment Probe So Far
    Nov04

    Here’s Who’s Cooperating With The Impeachment Probe So Far

    First published Nov. 1, updated Nov. 4. Since the House launched its impeachment inquiry in late September, the committees conducting the probe have moved rapidly to depose witnesses and subpoena documents. In just the first month of the investigation, the committees spoke to more than a dozen witnesses. The House has voted to formally approve...

    Cornyn: No quid pro quo in Trump’s actions, but wouldn’t be impeachable if there were
    Nov04

    Cornyn: No quid pro quo in Trump’s actions, but wouldn’t be impeachable if there were

    Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on Monday that he didn’t see an example of quid pro quo during the conversation between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, but argued that even if there was, it would… …read more Source:: The...

    Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned over
    Nov04

    Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned over

    NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s tax returns can be turned over to state criminal investigators by his personal accountant, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Monday. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is certain to be further appealed after lawyers for the president promised to do so and the three-judge appeals...