Emails Reveal “Clear Direction From POTUS” on Ukraine Scandal
President Donald Trump speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Newly revealed communications between White House staffers and officials at the Pentagon are shedding additional light on the Ukraine scandal—even as the Senate prepares for President Donald Trump’s trial following…
Budget Official Ordered Hold On Aid To Ukraine Just After Trump-Zelensky Call
President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the East Room of the White House on November 6, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images) An Office of Management and Budget official named Michael Duffy likely has vital knowledge about why the White House ordered a hold on military aid to Ukraine, an issue…
Budget Official Ordered Hold On Aid To Ukraine an Hour After Trump-Zelensky Call
President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the East Room of the White House on November 6, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images) An Office of Management and Budget official named Michael Duffy likely has vital knowledge about why the White House ordered a hold on military aid to Ukraine, an issue…
The New York Times Editorial Board Calls to Impeach President Trump
Abaca, Zuma The New York Times Editorial Board published a clear message for Congress this weekend: Impeach. The case against him is “short, simple and damning,” they say. The editorial was composed in advance of next Wednesday’s scheduled floor vote on the two articles of impeachment the House Judiciary Committee has filed against President Donald Trump…
The US Government Has Done “Almost Nothing” to Stop Cyber Attacks
Kalousek Rostislav/CTK via ZUMA In 2004, as he sat before the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks, Richard Clarke famously declared, “Your government failed you, those entrusted with protecting you failed you, and I failed you,” before asking for understanding and forgiveness. Clarke, a former senior government counterterrorism official, told the world that before the terrorist…