Ukraine Wants the FBI to Help Investigate Russian Hacking of Burisma
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press On the day the US Senate formally began the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the government of Ukraine said it had asked the FBI for help getting to the bottom of an alleged email phishing campaign targeting Burisma Holdings. The impeachment inquiry is deeply tied to earlier requests from…
Congress’s Nonpartisan Watchdog Finds That Trump’s Ukraine Policy Broke the Law
Mark Wilson/Getty The Trump administration broke the law by improperly withholding security assistance from Ukraine, according to a legal decision published Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, an independent congressional watchdog. While the White House Office of Management and Budget had told the GAO that it wanted to ensure the funding would not be spent…
Notre Dame Needs No Stinking Spire
Washington Post The Washington Post tries to divert our attention from impeachment today with a long piece about the rebuilding of Notre Dame. The big question is whether the ugly-ass spire should be rebuilt: Philippe Villeneuve, chief architect of the country’s historic monuments service, said in a broadcast interview that he would resign rather than…
Ukraine Opens Investigations Into Ukrainegate
Nancy Pelosi seems pretty happy to be finally signing articles of impeachment against President Trump.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA President Trump did his best to force Ukrainian leaders to open an investigation of Joe Biden. They never did. But today, Trump finally got his investigations: Ukrainian authorities announced a probe Thursday into possible surveillance of U.S. Ambassador Marie…
Energy Companies Have a Great Friend At Trump’s Interior Department: Their Former Lobbyist
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom, Zuma David Bernhardt, the man in charge of the nation’s public lands, has come through the revolving door of Washington, D.C. lobbying and back out again. Before becoming secretary of the Department of the Interior, he collected nearly $5 million for his firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a lobbyist and lawyer…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Movement Is About a Lot More Than Just Congress
Gabriel Hernández Solano For years, tenants in New York’s public housing residences had complained about the black mold breeding on the walls, the brown liquid dripping from the ceilings, and the cold water flowing from the faucets. But the city hadn’t made repairs. One white-skied Saturday this past November, neither New York City Housing Authority head…