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Trump’s Lawyers Defend Him at Senate Impeachment Trial

U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal team gave opening statements Saturday in the Senate after House managers wrapped up three days of arguments in Trump’s historic impeachment trial. White House counsel Pat Cipollone began presenting Trump’s defense by declaring the Democratic House managers had failed to achieve their objective. “We don’t believe that they have come anywhere… »

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Обвиняется президент. Доказуема ли вина Дональда Трампа?

Суд или политический процесс? В чем виноват президент Трамп? Были преступления или нет – почему нет согласия среди юристов? Может ли античная история помочь объяснить импичмент Трампа? Холостые обороты демократии или демократия в действии? Эти и другие вопросы мы обсуждаем с Арчем Паддингтоном, научным сотрудником правозащитной организации Freedom House, Дмитрием Шляпентохом, историком, профессором университета Индианы,… »

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NPR Reporter: Pompeo Lashed Out at Her After Testy Interview

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cursed at a National Public Radio reporter and repeatedly “used the F-word” in a shouted diatribe after she questioned him about Ukraine and the ousted American ambassador to Kiev in an interview on Friday, the reporter said. Mary Louise Kelly conducted a testy interview lasting about nine minutes with… »

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Dems Pick Whitmer, Escobar for Trump State of Union Response

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Feb. 4. Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas will deliver the Spanish-language response. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer made the announcement Friday. They praised Whitmer for her efforts to ensure clean drinking… »

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Warren Vows her Organization Will Win Primary, Beat Trump

Elizabeth Warren says she has more than 1,000 campaign staffers in 31 states and 100-plus field offices, a show of organizational strength her campaign promises will lift her to the Democratic presidential nomination and hurt President Donald Trump’s chances in key battlegrounds in November. The Massachusetts senator vows that her campaign will be organized in… »

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Pompeo Heads to Ukraine Next Week as Impeachment Winds Down

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine next week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment. As Trump’s Senate trial on impeachment charges continues, the State Department announced Friday that Pompeo would travel to Kyiv as part of a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia…. »

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Вечный советский сад. Молдова в объятиях, которые не разжать

У села Леушены, на границе Румынии и Молдовы, пограничная полиция проверяет паспорта, таможенники досматривают груз. Всё в движении, кроме памятника олимпийскому факелу. Окружённый газоном с обрезанными на зиму розами в глубоко вспаханной земле, он поставлен в честь события, о котором узнали жители не только соседнего села, но и всей огромной советской страны. На памятнике видна… »

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Fight Intensifies Over Calling Witnesses for Trump’s Impeachment Trial

As the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump grinds on after a bitter fight over rules, the two sides in the high-stakes proceeding are bracing for another round of partisan bickering over a deeply divisive issue: witnesses. Democrats have a list of four witnesses they say could fill in the blanks in the impeachment case… »

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