Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Bob Menendez Ukraine investigation blocked by Senate Republicans
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a move by a key foreign policy Democrat to launch an investigation into the Trump administration’s move to freeze nearly $400 million in security aid to Ukraine and force the State Department to turn over documents related to the controversy regarding Ukraine. “President Trump has …...
Entangled in US scandal, Ukraine’s president speaks at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Abruptly cast into the center of a political storm in the United States, Ukraine’s president steered clear of the controversy Wednesday as he made his debut at the United Nations, focusing instead on the horrors of war and on his country’s ongoing conflict with Russia. Volodymyr … …read more...
Volodymyr Zelensky felt no pressure from Trump on controversial call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday he did not feel pressured to do anything during a July 25 call with President Trump and that he wants no part in the spat that is consuming Washington, as Democrats eye impeachment over Mr. Trump’s overtures to Kiev while aid money hung in … …read more Source:: The Washington...
Text of the memo of Trump’s conversation with Zelenskiy
The White House released a memo of President Donald Trump’s July 25 telephone conversation with Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The White House says a “memorandum of a telephone conversation” is not a verbatim transcript; it records the notes and recollections of Situation Room duty officers and...
Iran president to address UN as Persian Gulf tensions mount
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – With tensions high in the Persian Gulf, all eyes will be on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday as he speaks on the second day of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders. In another highly anticipated speech, Ukraine’s freshly minted president will address … …read...
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, says he respects Trump and hopes for ‘warm’ meeting
The president of Ukraine, at the center of a furious political battle between President Trump and Democratic front-runner Joseph R. Biden, said Tuesday he respects Mr. Trump and wants the unceasing support of the U.S. “We respect the president of the United States,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told Voice of America …...
Mitch McConnell: ‘I have no idea’ what precipitated delay in aid for Ukraine
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he had “no idea” why a military aid package to Ukraine was delayed, but that it was good news the Trump administration agreed to release the money earlier this month. “The good news is it finally happened. I have no idea what … …read more Source:: The Washington...
Trump says he’ll release transcript of Ukraine phone call on Wednesday
Facing Democrats’ rising calls for impeachment, President Trump announced Tuesday that he will release a transcript of his phone call with the president of Ukraine in which he discussed Democratic frontrunner Joseph R. Biden and his son. Mr. Trump tweeted that he’ll release on Wednesday a “complete, fully declassified and...
Rudy Giuliani: State Department tapped me for mission with Ukraine
Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who has been a personal lawyer for President Trump, said the State Department tapped him as part of a fact-finding mission with Ukrainian leaders. “They did. The State Department called me and said would I take a call from Mr. [Andriy] Yermak, who’s … …read more Source:: The...
Donald Trump flips Ukraine furor on Joe Biden, son Hunter Biden
President Trump accused Democratic presidential front-runner Joseph R. Biden on Monday of enabling his son to profit from foreign connections when he was vice president, while the Biden campaign countered that Mr. Trump is trying to distract from his efforts to pressure Ukraine for dirt on the 2020 rival he … …read more Source:: The...
