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    Ernst Stands United With Fellow Iowan Grassley In Defending Whistleblowers
    Oct04

    Ernst Stands United With Fellow Iowan Grassley In Defending Whistleblowers

    Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) agrees with Senate Finance Committee chair and fellow Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley: whistleblowers should be protected. During a town hall Thursday in Templeton, Iowa, Ernst was asked by an attendee whether President Donald Trump should be threatening whistleblowers or encouraging other countries to investigate his...

    Trump Ousted Ambassador After Giuliani Claimed She Was Blocking Biden Probe
    Oct04

    Trump Ousted Ambassador After Giuliani Claimed She Was Blocking Biden Probe

    President Trump removed the ambassador to Ukraine from her role after complaints from Rudy Giuliani that she was was obstructing his efforts to convince the country to open a probe into the Bidens, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Giuliani admitted to the Journal that he advocated for the removal of Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch from her...

    Giuliani’s Claims Spread to Another Ukraine Corruption Case
    Oct04

    Giuliani’s Claims Spread to Another Ukraine Corruption Case

    A Ukrainian oligarch has seized upon the Trump administration’s attacks on Biden to fight extradition. …read more Source:: Foreign...

    State Department OKs Javelin missile sale to Ukraine
    Oct04

    State Department OKs Javelin missile sale to Ukraine

    The U.S. State Department gave its approval for Ukraine’s request to purchase $3.2 million in Javelin missiles and launch systems Thursday. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Giuliani was warned that the Biden claims weren’t credible, an ex-Ukraine envoy testifies
    Oct04

    Giuliani was warned that the Biden claims weren’t credible, an ex-Ukraine envoy testifies

    …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...

    Donald Trump publicly calls on China to investigate Bidens
    Oct04

    Donald Trump publicly calls on China to investigate Bidens

    President Donald Trump doubled down on his request for foreign governments to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, again asking Ukraine — and now China — to probe the Democratic presidential candidate. …read more Source:: United Press...

    These Are the Key U.S. and Ukrainian Players in the Trump Impeachment Inquiry
    Oct04

    These Are the Key U.S. and Ukrainian Players in the Trump Impeachment Inquiry

    President Donald Trump faces an impeachment inquiry in the wake of a recent whistleblower complaint alleging that he asked Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 presidential election by investigating Democratic candidate Joe Biden, and his son Hunter. Central to the inquiry is a July 25 phone call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr...

    Volker warned Giuliani’s information on Ukraine wasn’t credible: report
    Oct04

    Volker warned Giuliani’s information on Ukraine wasn’t credible: report

    Former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker told House investigators Thursday he warned President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani that his Ukrainian sources alleging wrongdoing by former Vice President Joe Bid… …read more Source:: The...

    Trump scandal threatens to derail Ukraine’s anti-corruption efforts
    Oct04

    Trump scandal threatens to derail Ukraine’s anti-corruption efforts

    Ukrainians are accustomed to powerful forces meddling in their judicial system, Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and expert on central and Eastern Europe, tells The World’s host, Marco Werman. But even as they find corruption foisted on them by their most important ally in Washington, DC, Ukrainians have remained...

    U.S. Welcomes ‘Progress Toward Peace’ In Eastern Ukraine, Calls On Russia To Show ‘Political Will’
    Oct04

    U.S. Welcomes ‘Progress Toward Peace’ In Eastern Ukraine, Calls On Russia To Show ‘Political Will’

    The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has welcomed “progress towards peace” in eastern Ukraine, two days after Kyiv, Moscow, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agreed to move forward with talks to find lasting peace in the Donbas. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...