Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
TRANSCRIPT: Trump Demands New Biden Investigation in Call with Ukrainian President
President Donald J. Trump renewed his demand for an investigation into Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden during an early morning phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, according to a transcript obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon. Just last month, the Free Beacon obtained the transcript of a call in...
Obama Alum Evelyn Farkas Is Running For Congress—And Away From Burisma
Evelyn Farkas, a former Obama Defense Department official now running for Congress in New York’s 17th Congressional District, can often be found railing against President Trump’s efforts to investigate Burisma Holdings from her platforms on cable news and social media. The analyst-cum-candidate has called Trump’s actions...
‘I Don’t Want Him to Drop Out’: Trump Walks Back Biden Demands in Call with Ukrainian President
President Donald J. Trump appeared to walk back his previous demand for a Ukrainian-led investigation into Joe Biden and his wayward son, Hunter, during a recent phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a transcript of the call obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon. Editor’s Note: Hunter...
In Germany, Pompeo Says ‘the West is Winning’
MUNICH—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo categorically rejected mounting concerns from international leaders that the United States is retreating from the world stage, telling a gathering of top foreign policy leaders from across the globe that the “West is winning” due to bold leadership from the Trump administration. Speaking Saturday...
Where’s Hunter? Until Recently, On the Board of the Left’s Premier National Security Network
If Joe Biden’s presidential campaign collapses in the coming weeks, as looks increasingly likely, it will be in part because of stories like this. In 2011, two years into his father’s term as vice president, Hunter Biden was appointed by the Truman National Security Project, a left-leaning foreign policy network, to its board of...
BERN NOTICE: Sanders Poised to Seize Victory in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H.—The main players in the 2020 presidential race were all in New Hampshire on Monday making their pitch to voters ahead of the Granite State’s “first in the nation” primary. Elizabeth Warren was also here, persisting, and promoting her “intersectional policy,” though no one seemed to care. She did,...
Chris Matthews: Romney Speech Made Me ‘Romantic About Politics’ Again
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews on Wednesday gushed over Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R., Utah) floor speech about voting to remove President Donald Trump from office. “I want to say something about [Romney] when I get back in a minute,” Matthews said on Hardball. “I was romantic about politics for a couple minutes again today like I...
Senate Acquits Trump of Articles of Impeachment
By David Morgan, Susan Cornwell, Richard Cowan, Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term. Recent Stories...
Connecting the IRGC to the Shootdown of the Ukrainian Passenger Jet
KIEV, Ukraine—On Jan. 8, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 model passenger jet with slightly more than three years in service, crashed just outside of Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. It was the second major commercial aviation disaster connected to Ukraine...
Biden to Reporter: ‘You Do Not Know What You’re Talking About’ on Hunter
Joe Biden dismissed a female reporter’s question about his son’s lucrative Ukrainian dealings, as Iowa voters gather for the first 2020 primary caucus. NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie asked the former vice president whether Burisma, a Ukrainian energy giant, paid Hunter Biden hundreds of thousands of dollars “because that...
