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He 'loves your ass': ambassador reveals 'Trump-speak'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 10:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Among the revelations Wednesday in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump -- an ambassador revealed how he employs profanity-laden 'Trump-speak' in hopes of relating to the US president. Read more »

Trump conduct 'beyond anything Nixon did': House impeachment chair

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 08:14 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, by withholding military aid from Ukraine to demand dirt on a potential 2020 election rival, went beyond anything done by disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon, the Democratic chair of the House impeachment panel alleged Thursday. Read more »

Concerned White House official told gov't lawyer of Trump's push for Ukraine to probe Bidens

Karen Freifeld, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 03:18 PM

WASHINGTON - A high-ranking White House national security official will tell congressional impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he was so alarmed about a call in which U.S. President Donald Trump pushed Ukraine's leader to investigate former vice president Joe Biden that he reported it to a top government lawyer. Read more »

White House admits Trump tied Ukraine aid to political effort

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 09:42 AM

WASHINGTON - A top White House official admitted Thursday that President Donald Trump had tied military aid for Ukraine to Kiev undertaking an investigation that would help Trump politically, adding ammunition to Democrats' impeachment probe.  Read more »

Trump: I want to meet my accuser

Emma Charlton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 30 09:54 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he wants and deserves to meet the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the fast-moving scandal that has triggered an impeachment probe against him. Read more »

Ukraine comedian Zelensky becomes president-elect in landslide win

Dmytro Gorshov and Anna Smolchenko, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 06:32 AM

A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country's political establishment. Read more »

Comic poised to take over presidency in Ukraine vote

Anna Smolchenko and Oleksandr Savochenko, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 09:48 AM

Ukrainians vote in the second round of an extraordinary election on Sunday with a comedian who plays a president on TV expected to win in a stunning rebuke to the political establishment.   Read more »