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    Top Pompeo aide resigns, adding to tumult over Ukraine
    Oct12

    Top Pompeo aide resigns, adding to tumult over Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior career foreign service officer who served as a top adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned, adding to the tumult in the State Department over the Trump administration’s handling of Ukraine and the treatment of diplomats. Pompeo’s de facto chief of staff, Michael … …read more...

    The Atlantic Politics Daily: What Democrats Can Do Next
    Oct12

    The Atlantic Politics Daily: What Democrats Can Do Next

    Editor’s note: We’re taking a break on Monday, October 14. The Politics Daily will return to your inbox next Tuesday. Comments or questions? Send us an email anytime. Were you forwarded this email? Sign yourself up here. We appreciate your continued support for our journalism. What We’re Watching Today(EVAN VUCCI / AP)No GOP...

    Trump Won’t Say If Giuliani Is Still His Attorney: ‘Well, I Don’t Know’
    Oct12

    Trump Won’t Say If Giuliani Is Still His Attorney: ‘Well, I Don’t Know’

    A day after two of Rudy Giuliani’s associates were arrested on campaign finance violations, President Donald Trump appeared to be at a loss for words Friday when asked whether the former New York mayor was still his personal attorney. “Well, I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to Rudy,” Trump told reporters outside the White House....

    This ex-MP wants to help untangle Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine
    Oct12

    This ex-MP wants to help untangle Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine

    Serhiy Leshchenko is an investigative journalist and member of parliament who has come under fire from Rudy Giuliani for releasing documents leading to the conviction of Paul Manafort. …read more Source:: Public Radio...

    Former US ambassador to Ukraine testifies of ‘concerted campaign’ by Trump, Ukrainian officials to have her removed
    Oct12

    Former US ambassador to Ukraine testifies of ‘concerted campaign’ by Trump, Ukrainian officials to have her removed

    Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testified Friday that she was removed early from her position because President Donald Trump pressured the State Department to do so, according to NBC News.Yovanovitch testified in a closed-door session before House impeachment investigators from the Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign...

    After 14-Hour Media Marathon, Questions Remain For Ukraine’s President
    Oct11

    After 14-Hour Media Marathon, Questions Remain For Ukraine’s President

    In a 14-hour media marathon at a trendy Kyiv food court, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fielded more than 500 questions. He left a few big ones unanswered, and some of his responses raised eyebrows — as well as further questions. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin Questions Zelenskiy’s ‘Will’ To Ensure Pullback In Eastern Ukraine
    Oct11

    Putin Questions Zelenskiy’s ‘Will’ To Ensure Pullback In Eastern Ukraine

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of lacking the “political will” to ensure a pullback of heavy weaponry in eastern Ukraine, in a swipe at the leadership in Kyiv amid recent signs of possible progress toward ending a five-year conflict between Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed...

    Trump on Possible Senate Trial: ‘I Don’t Know How You Can Impeach’
    Oct11

    Trump on Possible Senate Trial: ‘I Don’t Know How You Can Impeach’

    The Senate sat in judgment of President Andrew Johnson for longer than two months in 1868. More than a hundred years later, in early 1999, it spent more than a month hearing the evidence against, and defense of, President Bill Clinton. Some conservatives now call for Senate Republicans to stop a potential impeachment trial of President Donald...

    Zelensky: Ukraine set to investigate its ‘alleged meddling’ in 2016 election on Clinton’s behalf
    Oct11

    Zelensky: Ukraine set to investigate its ‘alleged meddling’ in 2016 election on Clinton’s behalf

    by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2019 Ukraine is set to open an investigation into an alleged Ukrainian plot to sway the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Hillary Clinton’s favor. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Oct. 10 that his administration is “ready to investigate Ukraine’s alleged meddling” in the 2016 U.S....

    Ex-Ukraine envoy says she was fired on ‘unfounded’ and ‘false’ grounds after standing up to Trump and Giuliani
    Oct11

    Ex-Ukraine envoy says she was fired on ‘unfounded’ and ‘false’ grounds after standing up to Trump and Giuliani

    Marie Yovanovitch testified that she was removed from her position based on “unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives.” …read more Source:: Business...