At yesterday's impeachment hearings, Trump's former lead adviser on Russia, Fiona Hill, testified that the GOP's theory that Ukraine—and not Russia—meddled in US elections "is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves."
Gordon Sondland, US Ambassador to the European Union, says there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine and “everyone was in the loop.” Fiona Hill, Trump's former Russia aide, plans to warn Republican lawmakers to not push politically driven falsehoods “that so clearly advance Russian interests.” In the
In his testimony to Congress today, Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed Trump ordered US support to Ukraine be withheld in exchange for investigating Biden and the 2016 election. "Everyone was in the loop." See also: Takeaways from yesterday's impeachment hearings. With Evo's exit, Latin America&
Leaked documents show how China is carrying out the mass detentions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. Iranian intelligence cables find Tehran deeply embedded in Baghdad's affairs, but struggling to maintain its hegemony. Stories from three journalists travelling through every mainland country in West Africa. A parable
In her testimony at yesterday's impeachment hearings, former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described the smear campaign against her by Trump and his allies. Trump attacked Yovanovitch on Twitter during her testimony, amounting to what Schiff called "witness intimidation in real time" and what Fox
The latest in impeachment news: Giuliani has “insurance,” Pelosi sees “bribery,” and Marie Yovanovitch returns. Giuliani may soon be indicted on campaign finance violations and/or a failure to register as a foreign agent. Can Republicans afford to be pro-immigrant? Only if they make peace with socialized medicine and
Key takeaways from the first day of public impeachment hearings, which included Ambassador Taylor's testimony that a member of his staff overheard Trump ask Sondland about "the investigations." The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin called that moment in the hearing "a bombshell," and
The House impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump enters its public phase. A guide to who will testify and how the questioning will work. Related: Key people, facts and documents in the inquiry. The Republicans and the Democrats signal how they plan “to present radically different interpretations of Trump’s actions.
After being removed from office in what many are describing as a coup, former Bolivian president Evo Morales has been granted asylum in Mexico. Six brief notes on how to interpret Latin American coups, from historian of empire Greg Grandin. An American libertarian who moved to Chile drove through a
After a week of transcripts, a quid pro quo in Ukraine seems locked, if only from Giuliani's hand. Bolton's lawyer says the former National Security Adviser has info that hasn't been disclosed. A New York judge rules that Donald Trump must pay $2 million
