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Sep 21 2022
Headline Roundup
Putin Moves to Bolster Military Amid Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday a "partial mobilization" in Russia, which will require thousands of citizens to fight in the invasion of Ukraine.
The mobilization means that reservists will be called up, and others with prior military experience will be subject to conscription. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that the country will call up 300,
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Headline Roundup
Georgian Parliament Revives ‘Kremlin-Style’ Foreign Agent Bill, Stoking Protests and Lawmaker Brawl
The Republic of Georgia saw large protests and a brawl between lawmakers on Monday after its parliament revived a “foreign agent” bill that critics say is reminiscent of Russian law.
The Details: The draft, proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream Party, is effectively identical to the foreign agent bill the nation’s legislature considered in March 2023, before domestic protests and
Associated Press BBC News Fox News DigitalOct 01 2019
Opinion
Red-state Dems worried broadening impeachment push will kill hopes of retaking Senate in 2020
Some red-state Senate Democrats are fretting that the ongoing House impeachment inquiry could expand uncontrollably and become a “kitchen sink” of complaints about President Trump, Fox News has learned.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Montana Sen. Jon Tester specifically expressed concerns about a broadening impeachment push severely damaging Democrats' chances to win back a Senate
Fox News (Opinion)May 01 2019
News
Guaido’s High-Risk Gamble Flops as Maduro Keeps Grip on Military
It was a ploy that from its outset felt like a long shot. Before dawn Tuesday, Juan Guaido, flanked by his political mentor Leopoldo Lopez and a handful of soldiers who had broken ranks, issued a message to Venezuela and the world: The time to topple Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian regime was right now.
By Wednesday morning, with Maduro still firmly in control of the military command,
BloombergSep 24 2019
News
Trump Put Hold on Military Aid Ahead of Phone Call With Ukraine’s President
President Trump asked his acting chief of staff to place a hold on $391 million in aid to Ukraine more than a week before a July phone call in which he urged his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Joe Biden ’s son, according to a person familiar with the matter, a revelation that comes as an investigation into the president’s dealings with Kiev is mushrooming on Capitol Hill.
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Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 24 2019
News
Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian president, officials say
President Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before a phone call in which Trump is said to have pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate the son of former vice president Joe Biden, according to three senior administration officials.
Officials at the Office of Management and Budget
Washington PostJul 11 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Desire for Fake News Lives in All of Us
President Donald Trump will occasionally, at rallies or press conferences, just point to a reporter or a group of reporters and say, “You are fake news.” It’s a crowd pleaser at the rallies. But in a way, by pointing a finger directly into the camera bays, he is pointing at all of us. And I feel accused.
More on that in a minute. Over at Yahoo News, Michael Isikoff reports that a
Michael Brendan DoughertyApr 19 2019
News
Mueller report poses new test for Dems
House Democratic leaders face a delicate balancing act now that the Mueller report is public.
Thursday's much-anticipated release of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings from his 22-month investigation into Russian election interference sparked a new round of Democratic promises to charge ahead with their various investigations into President Trump.
Yet Democrats won the
The HillApr 19 2019
News
How Mueller's decision on obstruction helped save Trump
The U.S. Attorney General decided that President Donald Trump did not obstruct a probe into whether his campaign colluded with Russia, but some legal experts said prosecutors laid out a wealth of evidence to the contrary and that they intended to leave that determination to Congress.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report revealed new details about Trump’s attempts to impede his
ReutersApr 19 2019
News
Mueller Report Details Trump’s Attempts to Influence Probe
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report details ten “incidents” in which President Trump sought to curtail or otherwise affect the direction of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Mueller’s report outlines the president’s attempts to intervene in the special-counsel probe to bring it to a premature conclusion or to affect the public perception of it by
National Review (News)