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    Pompeo Warns About Chinese Influence in Balkans
    Oct04

    Pompeo Warns About Chinese Influence in Balkans

    By David Brunnstrom OHRID, North Macedonia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Montenegro and North Macedonia on Friday and warned Balkan leaders of possible risks from Chinese investment in technology and big infrastructure projects. Recent Stories in National Security Pompeo Warns About Chinese Influence in Balkans North...

    Pompeo in Europe as State Department Embroiled in Inquiry
    Oct04

    Pompeo in Europe as State Department Embroiled in Inquiry

    With Washington in tumult over the escalating impeachment inquiry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured southeast Europe on Friday, trying to ignore the furor back home that has engulfed his department.Pompeo did not respond to shouted questions from journalists with him as he traveled to Montenegro and North Macedonia to show support for a...

    Trump Digs Into the Mega Conspiracy Theory
    Oct04

    Trump Digs Into the Mega Conspiracy Theory

    There was of course a lot of craziness, lies and invective in President Trump’s appearance on the White House lawn a few moments ago. But remember what I’ve been saying. The centerpiece of what Trump, Giuliani and Barr are after is trying to push the conspiracy theory that he and Russia were set up. That the real collusion was with...

    New Podcast
    Oct04

    New Podcast

    New episode of the podcast. Taintor, Riga, Kovensky and I try to make sense of the fast unfolding Trump-Ukraine story. …read more Source::...

    Ukraine to review investigations into owner of company that employed Biden’s son
    Oct04

    Ukraine to review investigations into owner of company that employed Biden’s son

    Ukraine’s general prosecutor said the government was conducting an audit of all the cases overseen by the previous administration. …read more Source::...

    Trump Still Hasn’t Forced Ukraine To Fabricate Dirt On Biden
    Oct04

    Trump Still Hasn’t Forced Ukraine To Fabricate Dirt On Biden

    No, President Trump has not won his pressure campaign to get the Ukrainian government to manufacture dirt on his opponents. Nonetheless, some headlines this morning are suggesting that Ukraine will review the investigation of a Ukrainian natural gas company where Hunter Biden served on the board. The reality is subtler, and more complicated, than...

    The Fragility of the Trump-Pence Marriage
    Oct04

    The Fragility of the Trump-Pence Marriage

    It was the kind of performance that’s made Mike Pence’s career.Speaking to reporters yesterday in Arizona—his voice slow with that wholesome midwestern drawl, his eyebrows lifted more in sorrow than in anger—the vice president came valiantly to the defense of his persecuted boss amid growing controversy over President Donald...

    Ingraham Issues Correction After Whistleblower Lawyer Calls Her Out
    Oct04

    Ingraham Issues Correction After Whistleblower Lawyer Calls Her Out

    Mark Zaid, a lawyer for the whistleblower at the center of unfurling Ukraine scandal, wasn’t going to let Fox News host Laura Ingraham have the last word. In a Thursday night Twitter thread, Zaid specifically took issue with Ingraham’s claim during her show Wednesday night that he had previously represented Chuck Schumer and Hillary...

    Ukraine reviews cases on owner of firm that hired Biden son
    Oct04

    Ukraine reviews cases on owner of firm that hired Biden son

    Ukraine’s Prosecutor General says his office is reviewing several cases related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the board, as part of a review of all the criminal cases closed by his predecessors …read more Source:: The Washington...

    WaPo Gives Schiff Four Pinocchios for Whistleblower Claim
    Oct04

    WaPo Gives Schiff Four Pinocchios for Whistleblower Claim

    Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler gave Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) four Pinocchios for falsely claiming the House Intelligence Committee had not heard from the Ukraine whistleblower. During a September interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Schiff said the committee, which he chairs, had not spoken directly with the whistleblower...