Section: Time (USA)
Exclusive: How a Ukrainian Oligarch Wanted by U.S. Authorities Helped Giuliani Attack Biden
In their effort to discredit President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies, close allies of the President have received key documents and information from a Ukrainian oligarch wanted in the U.S. on corruption charges, according to five people directly involved in this effort and two other people familiar with it. The information came from the...
President Trump’s Ongoing Failure with North Korea Talks
With the shakedown in Ukraine and betrayal of the Kurds in Northern Syrian, another foreign policy failure this past week almost went by without notice: the complete breakdown of talks between U.S. and North Korean diplomats on North Korea’s denuclearization. The U.S. and the North Koreans have engaged in a negotiation of sorts since the...
How a Ukrainian Gas Company Wound Up in the Middle of Trump’s Impeachment Drama
News broke Monday morning that a group of businessmen touting close ties to President Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, spent last spring maneuvering to install new management at the top of Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state-owned gas company. The news came on the heels of revelations that Trump and his allies spent much of this year...
Ukraine Reviews Closed Case Into Gas Company That Employed Hunter Biden
(ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said on Friday that his office is reviewing all the cases that were closed by his predecessors, including several related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the board. Ruslan Ryaboshapka’s comments came amid an impeachment inquiry...
U.S. Diplomats Encouraged Ukrainian President to Investigate Bidens
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. diplomats encouraged Ukraine’s newly elected president to conduct an investigation linked to Joe Biden’s family in return for a high-profile visit to Washington with President Donald Trump. It soon escalated into what one feared was a “crazy” swap that risked vital U.S. military aid. That’s according to a...
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...
Finnish Media Praises Their President for ‘Ice-Cold Strong’ Composure During Press Conference With Donald Trump
(HELSINKI) — Finnish media on Thursday praised their president’s performance at a Washington news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump as “ice-cold strong” as he stoically endured Trump’s heated comments on the U.S. impeachment inquiry. The U.S. president used large chunks of their joint news conference on Wednesday to talk...
President Trump Says China Should Investigate the Bidens
(WASHINGTON) — Ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over his request for Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival, President Donald Trump on Thursday called on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China. “China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said in remarks to reporters outside the White...
Ukraine’s President Says No One Explained to Him Why U.S. Aid Money Was Delayed
(WASHINGTON) –– Ukraine’s president says no one explained to him why U.S. military aid to his country was delayed. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters Tuesday that he stressed the importance of the military aid repeatedly in discussions with President Donald Trump, but “it wasn’t explained to me” why the money didn’t...
‘You’re Good-Looking!’ Ukraine’s President Charms Tom Cruise Amid Trump Impeachment Probe
(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s leader isn’t just trying to charm U.S. President Donald Trump — he’s set his sights now on Tom Cruise, too. Mission impossible? Maybe not — Cruise is studying possible Ukrainian locations for an upcoming film, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office. Zelenskiy tapped his...
