Audrey Conklin House investigators called on former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify next week in the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Bolton had reportedly expressed concerns with the president’s pressure campaign on Ukraine for political information, three people who heard Oct. 14 testimony from White House aide Fiona Hill told the Times…
Audrey Conklin Former National Security Adviser John Bolton reportedly expressed concerns with pressuring Ukraine for political information, according to three people who heard testimony Monday from a White House aide. Bolton expressed concerns with the alleged efforts of EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, those who…
Shelby Talcott Russian President Vladimir Putin joked Wednesday that his country would “definitely” be interfering with the 2020 U.S. election. NBC’s Keir Simmons asked Putin about former special counsel Robert Mueller’s belief that Russia would continue trying to meddle in upcoming elections during an energy forum in Moscow. Putin jokingly responded that his answer was “a secret.”…
Mary Margaret Olohan House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats to have their “hearts full of love for the Constitution” as she laid out a strategy on how to win public support of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, but a colleague said vulnerable representatives would need to determine what messaging worked best. “We have…
Chris White Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani vented his frustration Thursday at how reporters are framing his work in Ukraine. Giuliani told The Atlantic that his critics will eventually consider him a hero when all the dust surrounding his work in Ukraine settles. He is under fire after a whistleblower claimed the president…
Peter Hasson GOP Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said Wednesday that his fellow Republicans “ought not to be rushing to circle the wagons” around President Donald Trump over his pressuring of the Ukrainian president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. Sasse also knocked Democrats who demanded the president’s impeachment before they had…
Chris White Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld said Monday that President Donald Trump should consider himself lucky if he doesn’t face the death penalty for asking a foreign entity to probe his political enemies. The president has gone far beyond merely undermining Democratic institutions, Weld told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough. Trump’s decision to ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The Army has discharged a soldier after it learned he once fought side-by-side with Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine. An Army spokeswoman confirmed to The Washington Post that Pfc. Guillaume Cuvelier is no longer in the service, but it’s not clear the exact reason why Cuvelier was discharged. Lt. Col….
Russ Read President Barack Obama’s gaffe last night during his State of the Union address when referencing Russia has gone largely unnoticed by listeners and pundits alike. “Even as their economy contracts, Russia is pouring resources to prop up Ukraine and Syria – states they see slipping away from their orbit,” said Obama. There’s a…
A study conducted by Ivy League political scientists has yielded some intriguing results. Kyle Dropp, Joshua D. Kertzer, and Thomas Zeitzoff surveyed 2,066 Americans to decide what role the U.S. should play in Ukraine’s current crisis. Additionally, they were asked to locate Ukraine on a map. The survey was designed to test the correlation…