Section: Voice of America (USA)
Barr Gives Top Priority to Investigating the Investigators of Russian Meddling
U.S. Attorney General William Barr is personally involved in investigating President Donald Trump’s complaints that he and his campaign were improperly targeted by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies during the 2016 election campaign.Barr earlier this year began to investigate the investigators who looked into whether his...
Inflammatory Impeachment Rhetoric Threatens Irreparable Divide
U.S. President Donald Trump and some who want him impeached are trading accusations of “treason” and threats to national security amid warnings from analysts that such language could fuel irreparable harm to the nation’s civil and political fabric. “While talk about treason and potential armed insurrection might score political points...
Pompeo Accuses House Democrats of Trying to ‘Bully’ His Agency
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused House Democrats of trying to intimidate the State Department by scheduling depositions from agency officials in connection with President Donald Trump’s phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart.In a letter Tuesday in response to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Pompeo accused Democrats of...
Ukraine President Woos Tom Cruise
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 roots as a TV and film...
2020 Democrats Plead for Campaign Cash as 3rd Quarter Closes
Bernie Sanders said, “I hate asking people for money” — and then asked for money. Joe Biden’s campaign warned that President Donald Trump would “feel like he won” if a fundraising goal wasn’t reached. And Beto O’Rourke offered to “try to text you” in exchange for $5.In the days and hours...
Trump Critics Struggle to Raise Money for Primary Challenge
Mark Sanford, the most prominent primary challenger to President Donald Trump, has said he won’t solicit contributions from his longtime donor base until he’s “proven a measure of electoral success.”Bill Kristol has yet to fully activate a super PAC aimed at hurting Trump’s reelection chances. And Stuart Stevens, the...
Trump Threatens Whistleblower as Democrats Move to Impeach
The controversy over U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president continues, with Trump threatening both the whistleblower who outlined a detailed complaint about Trump’s actions as well as the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee who is now leading the impeachment inquiry. White House Correspondent...
Biden’s Dilemma: Navigating Trump’s No-holds-barred Style
John Kerry got “Swift Boated” in 2004. For Hillary Clinton in 2016, it was her “damn emails.” Remembering those failed Democratic presidential campaigns, Joe Biden is determined not to get “Ukrained” in 2020.Since a whistleblower report last week revealed that President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian officials to...
Ukraine’s Leader: We Can’t Be Ordered to Investigate Biden
Ukraine’s president says his country can’t be pressured into opening an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden or his son.And both Ukraine and rival Russia are pushing back at the White House for releasing a transcript of a private phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and another world...
Trump Lashes Out at Democrats Over Impeachment Probe
U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing to unleash attacks on Democrats who have initiated an impeachment inquiry of him over a whistleblower complaint.House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters about a transcript of a call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskiy, at the...
