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    Trump Defends Delaying Millions In Military Aid From Ukraine
    Sep24

    Trump Defends Delaying Millions In Military Aid From Ukraine

    President Trump defended directing an aide to withhold nearly $400 million in military funding from Ukraine a week before he had the now-infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, arguing it was a matter of wanting other countries to help fund the country’s defense. Speaking to reporters before his address to the...

    Furor over Trump puts Ukraine’s leader in a tough spot
    Sep24

    Furor over Trump puts Ukraine’s leader in a tough spot

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy finds himself at the center of a political furor in the United States, his country’s ally and backer against Russia …read more Source:: ABC...

    Giuliani: State Dept. Asked Me To Meet With Ukrainian Prez’s Aide
    Sep24

    Giuliani: State Dept. Asked Me To Meet With Ukrainian Prez’s Aide

    Rudy Giuliani said Monday night that the State Department asked him to take a meeting with a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the days after a July 25 phone call between Zelensky and President Trump. Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Giuliani painted a picture of a high level of State Department involvement in his...

    Doocy Thinks Ukraine Scandal Is ‘Off The Rails Wrong’ If One Aspect Is True
    Sep24

    Doocy Thinks Ukraine Scandal Is ‘Off The Rails Wrong’ If One Aspect Is True

    “Fox and Friends” host Steve Doocy, who President Donald Trump ranked 12/10 for loyalty, responded to the Trump-Ukraine scandal Tuesday. During a “Fox and Friends” segment, the co-hosts weighed in on the Washington Post’s Monday night report that Trump personally ordered a hold on about $400 million in military aid to Ukraine for about a...

    Trump Denies Pressuring Ukraine, Will Not Commit to Transcript Release
    Sep24

    Trump Denies Pressuring Ukraine, Will Not Commit to Transcript Release

    By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday denied trying to coerce Ukraine into investigating his Democratic rival Joe Biden, but wavered about whether he would release a transcript of a phone call that some Democrats say is grounds for his impeachment. Recent Stories in National...

    Kiev Needs U.S. Support, Ukraine’s Leader Says Before Trump Meeting
    Sep24

    Kiev Needs U.S. Support, Ukraine’s Leader Says Before Trump Meeting

    By Matthias Williams and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president said he expects a “meaningful, substantive” meeting with Donald Trump this week and, hoping there will soon be new peace talks on east Ukraine, reiterated Kiev’s need for U.S. support. Recent Stories in National Security Trump in U.N. Speech Calls...

    Trump scoffs at rising impeachment calls: ‘It’s nonsense’
    Sep24

    Trump scoffs at rising impeachment calls: ‘It’s nonsense’

    President Trump on Tuesday scoffed at the mounting calls for impeachment proceedings from House Democrats as he faces increasing scrutiny for his interactions with Ukraine.More than a dozen Democrats have come out… …read more Source:: The...

    Move Over, Russia: Impeachment Talk Now Turns on Trump Dealings With Ukraine
    Sep24

    Move Over, Russia: Impeachment Talk Now Turns on Trump Dealings With Ukraine

    Impeachment is coming, impeachment is coming! We’ve been hearing that for so long and with such profoundly unearned certainty that it’s no wonder such assurances are now greeted with all the gravitas of Henny Penny squawking. Still, this time it really is different, pundits say. I am still not inclined to believe them. (And from the...

    Trump Says He’ll Continue to Withhold Foreign Aid Until Europe Boosts Its Contribution to Ukraine
    Sep24

    Trump Says He’ll Continue to Withhold Foreign Aid Until Europe Boosts Its Contribution to Ukraine

    President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...

    We Have Now Entered the Twilight Zone
    Sep24

    We Have Now Entered the Twilight Zone

    American democracy, and the constitutional system that supports it, appear to be entering an especially dark and dangerous period. Here’s what we know about Ukraine-gate:** a complaint was filed under the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Act (50 USC 3033) regarding a matter of “urgent concern”—defined in the statute as a...