Section: Voice of America (USA)
Army Officer Says He Raised Concerns About Trump and Ukraine
A military officer at the National Security Council twice raised concerns over the Trump administration’s push to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, according to testimony the official is to deliver Tuesday in the House impeachment inquiry.Alexander Vindman, an Army lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq and, later, as a...
Envoy for North Korea Expected to Get No. 2 State Dept. Job
The U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, is expected to be nominated as early as this week to be second-in-command at the State Department, officials said Monday.Two Trump administration officials and a congressional aide familiar with the selection process said the White House is expected to nominate Biegun to be the next deputy...
Trump Administration Appeals Order to Turn Over Unredacted Mueller Report
President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday said it has appealed a judge’s ruling ordering it to turn over an unredacted copy of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election to a Democratic-led congressional committee.The Justice Department simultaneously asked U.S....
Schiff Addresses Impasse Between House, Trump
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff talked to VOA’s Armenian Service on Monday about a variety of topics, including the impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday the House would vote on Thursday to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into Trump and Ukraine,...
Full House to Vote on Trump Impeachment Inquiry
The full House of Representatives will vote this week on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, addressing the White House argument that the probe has been illegitimate.Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote for Thursday, saying in a letter to fellow representatives that she wants to “eliminate any...
Ex-White House Aide Balks at Impeachment Inquiry Testimony
A former White House national security aide balked Monday at testifying in the ongoing Democratic-led impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump.Charles Kupperman, who served as a deputy to former national security adviser John Bolton, had been subpoenaed by Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives to answer questions behind...
Biden: Kushner has no ‘Credentials’ for White House Post
Joe Biden called it “improper” for President Donald Trump for having his daughter and son-in-law hold positions in the White House, suggesting in a CBS interview Sunday that Jared Kushner is not qualified to weigh in on the complex affairs assigned by his father-in-law.That assessment, which the Democratic presidential hopeful offered in a...
US House Impeachment Testimony Resumes With State Department Witness
The Democratic-led impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump resumed with testimony from a senior State Department official on Saturday, a day after a judge buoyed the probe by dismissing a central Republican objection. Philip Reeker, acting assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, was due to meet with the House...
More Vietnamese Fear Relatives Among 39 Dead in Truck in England
More Vietnamese families came forward Saturday with information their relatives may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in southeastern England.British police initially said they believed the victims were Chinese but acknowledged this was a “developing picture.”A representative for VietHome, a U.K.-based...
Sorting Out the Multiple Russia Investigations
If you’re baffled by the U.S. Justice Department’s new investigation of its old investigation of Russia election meddling, you’re not alone.Many Americans can’t help but wonder exactly what it is that federal investigators are probing months after special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his inquiry into Russian...
