Ukraine

Trump pick for Russia envoy faces questions about Ukraine

11:40 pm October 30, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Russia faced questions about election interference and the ouster of the US ambassador to Ukraine at his Senate confirmation hearing. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan was the official who told Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch she was being recalled early from the Ukraine post. Her ouster is […]

Pentagon told witness not to testify in impeachment inquiry

4:31 am October 25, 2019

WASHINGTON: A Defense Department official who testified in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump did so in defiance of the Pentagon, which told her not to cooperate. A letter to Laura Cooper’s attorney obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday cites an administration-wide policy against participating in the impeachment probe. The directive underscores Trump […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Democratic voters concentrate on candidates, not impeachment

10:19 pm October 19, 2019

AMES, Iowa: In the liberal strongholds of Des Moines’ west side and the Iowa State University campus in Ames, not once was South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg asked by voters recently about the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. It’s not that the investigation into the president’s request for foreign help in his reelection effort […]

Ex- National Security Council official Fiona Hill testifying to Congress

Ex-National Security Council official testifying to Congress

9:43 pm October 14, 2019

WASHINGTON: Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, was testifying to Congress behind closed doors Monday, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Hill wouldn’t comment as she arrived on Capitol Hill, but her attorney said she had […]

Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

Pentagon chief vows to cooperate with impeachment probe

11:50 pm October 13, 2019

Washington: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday the Pentagon would cooperate with the congressional impeachment inquiry — in an apparent break with President Donald Trump’s policy to thwart the probe. Esper said his department would try to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats seeking records relating to the withholding of US military aid […]