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    Protests In Kyiv After Ukraine’s President Signs Formula For Peace Plan
    Oct03

    Protests In Kyiv After Ukraine’s President Signs Formula For Peace Plan

    Crowds gathered in central Kyiv to protest Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s signing of a formula for a peace plan for parts of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists. They held a rally outside presidential offices on October 2, chanting “Zelenskiy out!” and “No capitulation.” A day earlier,...

    Volker: 30 Years of Public, Private, Academic Service
    Oct03

    Volker: 30 Years of Public, Private, Academic Service

    Former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is set to testify before House committees Thursday about his involvement in U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He is expected to speak behind closed doors to the Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees.Volker has served as a special envoy to...

    Former US Envoy to Ukraine Set to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
    Oct03

    Former US Envoy to Ukraine Set to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry

    Staff from three U.S. House of Representatives committees at the center of an impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump and Ukraine are scheduled to hold a closed-door deposition Thursday with Kurt Volker, the recently resigned U.S. envoy to Ukraine.Questions are likely to focus on a July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian...

    Trump Says He Held Up Ukraine Aid Over Concerns About Corruption, European Contributions
    Oct03

    Trump Says He Held Up Ukraine Aid Over Concerns About Corruption, European Contributions

    (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...

    Trump involved Pence in his efforts to pressure Ukraine’s leader, officials say
    Oct03

    Trump involved Pence in his efforts to pressure Ukraine’s leader, officials say

    …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...

    The Rudy Dossier
    Oct03

    The Rudy Dossier

    Good TPM Readers, I was in the midst of writing out a post explaining how there was a lot of circumstantial evidence that that packet of pro-Trump conspiracy theories the State Department Inspector General brought up to the Hill was actually Rudy Giuliani’s work product: the packet of information he’d assembled in his trips abroad....

    What to Do if Congress Can’t Get More Information
    Oct03

    What to Do if Congress Can’t Get More Information

    Since the Democrats gained control of the House, the Trump administration has taken the most extreme position on congressional oversight in American history: In essence, it has argued that no demand from Congress, for information about anything, to anyone in the executive branch, is binding on the president. While many presidents have struggled...

    Pence, a loyal No. 2, finds himself caught up in impeachment
    Oct03

    Pence, a loyal No. 2, finds himself caught up in impeachment

    President Donald Trump told Vice President Mike Pence to cancel his plans to attend the inauguration of Ukraine’s new president …read more Source:: The Boston...

    Volker Felt ‘Pushed Out’ By Pompeo. Now He’s Telling His Story To Congress
    Oct03

    Volker Felt ‘Pushed Out’ By Pompeo. Now He’s Telling His Story To Congress

    Former U.S. Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker clearly has some beef with the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Last week, Pompeo unceremoniously forced him out after revelations surfaced about Rudy Giuliani’s contacts with State Department officials who helped him get meetings with Ukrainians to better spread his smear campaign against...

    Putin: Russia Ready To Prolong Gas Deal With Ukraine If Needed
    Oct03

    Putin: Russia Ready To Prolong Gas Deal With Ukraine If Needed

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated he is ready to offer Ukraine a temporary contract for the transit of gas if talks fail before the current one with Moscow expires on January 1. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...