Section: Voice of America (USA)
Trump Ordered Freeze of Ukraine Aid Ahead of Call Under Democratic Scrutiny
U.S. President Donald Trump told his staff to withhold about $400 million in aid to Ukraine days before a phone call with the country’s leader that is at the center of a debate between Congress and the White House over a whistleblower complaint.Reports late Wednesday from the Associated Press, Washington Post and New York Times all cited...
Trump and House Democrats Battle Over Whistleblower Complaint
A whistleblower complaint by an anonymous U.S. intelligence official has provoked a spiraling political standoff between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats seeking to investigate the alleged wrongdoing. The complaint reportedly involves an allegation that Trump in a July 25 phone call to Ukrainian...
House Leaders Threaten to Subpoena Pompeo Over Trump-Ukraine Call
Three House leaders are demanding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo start turning over all documents related to the Trump-Ukraine telephone call by Thursday or face subpoenas.The Democratic chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight committees — Elliot Engel, Adam Schiff, and Elijah Cummings — say they first made their demand...
Trump Dismisses Impeachment Talk
U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed any talk about impeachment by some Democrats over reports that he tried to pressure Ukraine’s president to investigate leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.Trump told reporters as he arrived at the United Nations that he is not taking such threats “at all seriously.” He...
The Story Behind Biden’s Son, Ukraine and Trump’s Claims
In 2014, then-Vice President Joe Biden was at the forefront of American diplomatic efforts to support Ukraine’s fragile democratic government as it sought to fend off Russian aggression and root out corruption. So it raised eyebrows when Biden’s son Hunter was hired by a Ukrainian gas company.The Obama White House said at the time...
Trump Suggests He Raised the Bidens with Ukraine’s President
President Donald Trump suggested that he raised former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden’s son in a summer phone call with Ukraine’s new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival.Trump told reporters that the July 25 call...
Trump Insists He Did Nothing Wrong in Call with Ukrainian Leader
U.S. President Donald Trump admitted talking about corruption with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but stopped short of saying they talked about investigating 2020 leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.A Wall Street Journal report says Trump urged Zelenskiy eight times to investigate Biden and his son Hunter, and whether a...
Trump Says He Did Nothing Wrong in Call with Ukrainian Leader
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he did nothing wrong in a telephone conversation with the new president of Ukraine amid news report that Trump allegedly urged him to investigate the son of former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden.Speaking to reporters, Trump described his phone call with President Volodymyr...
Big American Dream for a Big Ukrainian Family
Five brothers came to the US from Ukraine almost two decades ago in search of the American Dream — that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed in the United States. During those 20 years, they’ve had all kinds of jobs, from washing floors, to delivering mail to working at construction sites. But they had even bigger dreams, Khrystyna...
Steak, Beer and Politics: 2020 Democrats Look to Impress Iowans
With marching bands, drum lines, hundreds of yard signs and at least one fire truck, Democratic presidential candidates made a colorful and often loud pitch to Iowa Democrats at the Steak Fry fundraiser in Des Moines on Saturday.The event, a fundraiser for the Polk County Democratic Party and one of the biggest remaining opportunities for...
