Jan 17 Pompeo breaks silence on alleged threats to former envoy in Ukraine By Matthew Lee, Associated Press In interviews with conservative radio hosts, Pompeo said he had no knowledge of the allegations until earlier this week when congressional Democrats released documents from an associate of President Donald Trump's personal attorney suggesting that Marie Yovanovitch was being watched. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 13:29 What we learned from the opening day of Trump's impeachment trial President Trump’s impeachment trial, only the third such proceeding in U.S. history, opened in the Senate Thursday. Chief Justice John Roberts and 99 senators were sworn in to their official trial roles. Meanwhile, new evidence related to Trump’s Ukraine policy… Continue watching
Jan 16 Home nations of plane crash victims seek compensation from Iran By Jill Lawless, Associated Press After a meeting in London, foreign ministers from Canada, the U.K., Afghanistan, Sweden and Ukraine urged Iran to allow a “thorough, independent and transparent international investigation," as well as a criminal probe and "impartial" judicial proceedings against those found responsible… Continue reading
Jan 16 White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid, watchdog says By Andrew Taylor, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Government Accountability Office says the White House Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the assistance. Continue reading
Jan 16 Ukraine investigates possible surveillance of former U.S. ambassador By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press The Interior Ministry also said it has invited the FBI to take part in the investigation. Continue reading
Jan 15 Democrats to investigate 'profoundly alarming' Ukraine texts By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A House committee chairman says his panel will investigate what he says are "profoundly alarming" text messages that have raised questions about the possible surveillance of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch before she was ousted by the Trump administration… Continue reading
Jan 14 Russians hacked company key to Ukraine scandal, researchers say By Frank Bajak, Associated Press Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November to steal the login credentials of employees of Burisma Holdings, according to a Silicon Valley company that specializes in e-mail security. Continue reading
Jan 13 Canada to get access to recorders from downed plane in Iran By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canada's Transportation Safety Board said Monday that Iranian officials have invited it to participate in analysis of the voice and flight data recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by a missile that killed 176 people including 57 Canadians. Continue reading
Jan 12 As trial nears, Trump keeps discredited Ukraine theory alive By Amanda Seitz, Eric Tucker, Richard Lardner, Associated Press The theory took root in vague form well before Donald Trump laid claim to the White House in 2016. The candidate’s close confidant tweeted about it. His campaign chairman apparently spoke about it with people close to him. What if,… Continue reading
Jan 11 Under pressure, Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake By Nasser Karimi, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations and mounting evidence that it was responsible. Continue reading