Weekend Review: Impeachment Moving To Next Stage
The House has apparently concluded the investigative phase of the impeachment inquiry against Pres. Donald Trump. Senate Republicans met with White House officials on Thursday to discuss possibilities and strategies for the potential that articles of impeachment will be drafted and sent to trial. Five days of public impeachment hearings provided thousands of pages in [...]
Weekend Review: Three Dead After School Shooting in Santa Clarita
Three teenagers are dead after a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California on Thursday morning. Nathaniel Berhow, who was a junior at the school, opened fire and shot five other students before using the last bullet on himself. A 16-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy were reported dead after being transported to the […]
Impeachment Hearings Begin With Revelation On Trump Ukraine Pressure
Open impeachment hearings began this week and former ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, provided important but incriminatory testimony on Friday. As Yovanovitch was telling Congress that she was fired following an effort led by Trump cronies to discredit and displace her, Trump took to Twitter to say that, “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad.” He […]
Weekend Review: Impeachment Transcripts Released
Transcripts from closed-door impeachment hearings that occurred last month were released to the public this week and revealed testimony from the top US diplomat to Ukraine. Bill Taylor testified that military aid to Ukraine was suspended pending an agreement to investigate the Biden family, along with a public announcement from the Ukrainian president. He explained […]
Weekend Review: Inquiry Testimony Implicates Trump and Giuliani
On Tuesday, acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, testified that Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was attempting to create a covert channel where U.S. aid to Ukraine would be dependent on the country helping Trump in his 2020 reelection campaign. U.S. security aid to Ukraine provides training, weapons, and support to the country’s soldiers. […]
Weekend Review: US Rep Elijah Cummings Dead at 68
Elijah Cummings, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Thursday at the age of 68. According to Cummings’ office, the Congressman was quietly moved to hospice care due to ongoing health problems which had kept him from Capitol Hill in recent weeks. Cummings was born and died in Baltimore, where he lived […]
Impeachment Inquiry Shines Light on Trump’s Shady Deals
Gordon Sondland, US Ambassador to the European Union and a key witness in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, will testify under subpoena before House committees next week according to a statement from his lawyer. Sondland was blocked by the State Department when he volunteered to testify earlier this week regarding Trump’s conduct and relations […]
Weekend Update: White House Restricted Security Access to Trump Calls
Officials have reported to various media outlets that Pres. Trump calls with foreign leaders were sometimes handled in an unusual way to limit the number of people, even just those within his own administration, who could access notes and transcripts from some of his calls with foreign leaders. The White House confirmed that the transcript […]
Whistleblower Complaint Reveals Trump Interest To Use US Power For His Gain
The Whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump concerning his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was released to the public on Thursday with few redactions. The unidentified whistleblower claim that not only did the US president misuse his office for personal gain and endangered national security, but some Whites House officials also tried to cover […]
Weekend Review: Trump Unscrupulous Call To Ukraine
Ukraine is at the center of America political upheaval as it was widely reported that a whistle-blower formally complained about Pres. Trump’s communications with President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the New York Times and the Washington Post, the complaint relates to multiple requests made by Trump to the president of Ukraine asking him to open investigations […]
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