Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
Weld: Trump Committed ‘Treason’
Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld said during an interview Monday President Donald Trump had committed treason and would be fortunate to leave office as an “alternative” to receiving the death penalty. Weld said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Trump’s reported pressuring of Ukraine’s president to investigate...
CNN Host Criticizes Biden for Not Appearing on Any Sunday Shows This Year
This week on the Sunday news shows: CNN host Brian Stelter called out Joe Biden for not appearing on any Sunday shows this year, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin went on the offensive against Biden, and former secretary of state John Kerry said President Donald Trump is “correct” not to rush to war...
Ocasio-Cortez Slams Dems for Not Impeaching Trump
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) took a thinly veiled shot at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) for refusing to hold a vote on impeaching President Donald Trump. Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter on Saturday night to express her frustration with the Democratic leadership in the House. She didn’t single out any Democrats by...
Review: ‘This Is Not Propaganda’ by Peter Pomerantsev
I really wanted to like Peter Pomerantsev’s new book, This Is Not Propaganda. His columns in the LRB, the Guardian, and the American Interest (where I was once a staff writer) are almost always incisive and absorbing. And his first book, Nothing Is True and Everything is Possible, established him as a clearheaded capturer of the...
Trump Administration Reinstates Military Aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has released $250 million in military aid for Ukraine, U.S. senators said on Thursday, after lawmakers from both parties expressed anger that the White House had held up money approved by Congress. Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Appropriations Committee said the...
Maryland Man Indicted for Planning ISIS-Inspired Truck Attack
A 28-year-old Maryland man was indicted Wednesday on a federal terrorism charge for planning a truck terror attack to kill pedestrians at a popular waterfront district near Washington, D.C. A federal grand jury charged Rondell Henry of Germantown, Md., with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, the U.S. Department of Justice announced....
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Forgets His Regime Bans YouTube, Instagram
Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took to Instagram to invite Iranians to view a TED talk he gave on YouTube, apparently forgetting that both social media websites are banned in Iran. Zarif’s TED talk, delivered in Farsi, focused on mistakes made in communication and was posted on YouTube last week. He waited until...
Trump Adviser Bolton, in Ukraine, Warns of Chinese Influence
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton warned on Wednesday of the threat of unfair Chinese trade practices during a trip to Kiev and said he had discussed his concerns with officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Asked about a possible acquisition by China of Ukrainian aircraft engine maker Motor Sich, Bolton told...
In U.S. Standoff With Tehran, ‘the Iranian People Are the Real Losers’
As the United States and Iran continue to trade barbs in a tense international standoff, leading lawmakers are starting to pressure Iranian leaders to consent to new nuclear negotiations that could help ease American sanctions and provide relief for the Iranian people, who have been hardest hit by the international community’s economic...
U.S. Adviser Bolton Visits Ukraine to Gauge New Authorities
KIEV (Reuters) – John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had traveled to Kiev to hear the priorities of the new government following the election of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Bolton told reporters that Zelenskiy and Trump could meet soon in Poland, but he did not give a date. Bolton...
