Volodymyr Zelensky

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For This New Tourist Site, You Need a Hazmat Suit

Ukraine makes Chernobyl control room open for short visits

(Newser) - Not every vacation requires you to receive not one but two tests for radiation exposure, but not every vacation involves a visit to the control room at Chernobyl. Officials in Ukraine are now letting tourists make five-minute visits to the room where the infamous meltdown took place in 1986, reports...

Ukraine Call Was Perry's Idea, Trump Says

Energy secretary wasn't named in White House detailing of Zelensky conversation

(Newser) - President Trump didn't really want to call Ukraine's president in the first place, he has told Republican members of Congress, but Rick Perry wanted him to. Trump told lawmakers this in a conference call Friday, Axios reports, saying that Perry asked him to talk to President Volodymyr Zelensky...

Texts Suggest Ukraine Had to Launch Probe to Get Meeting
Texts Show
Pressure Put
on Ukraine to
Launch Probe
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 4, 2019 9:30 AM CDT

Texts Show Pressure Put on Ukraine to Launch Probe

House Democrats released a series of text messages provided by Kurt Volker

(Newser) - Text messages provided to the House Intelligence Committee by former US Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker were released by Democrats late Thursday night—and NBC News sees them as "explicitly linking" a potential White House meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with a Ukraine probe...

Pence Is Drawn Into Ukraine Controversy

VP skipped leader's inauguration amid Trump pressure

(Newser) - As President Trump's anger over the Ukraine story grows, his second-in-command is being drawn into the controversy as well. The Washington Post reports that Trump used Mike Pence to ratchet up pressure on Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky in a few different ways. For starters, Trump ordered Pence to skip...

Joe Biden: Looks Like 'Impeachable Offense' to Me

Rival goes on Jimmy Kimmel, sees 'blatant abuse of power' by Trump in phone call

(Newser) - Joe Biden went on Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night to talk impeachment, and he thinks Democrats have a case. "Based on the material that they acknowledged today, it seems to me it's awful hard to avoid the conclusion that it is an impeachable offense," said Biden. (Watch it...

Report: Whistleblower's Concerns Went Beyond Trump Phone Call

Lawmakers say complaint is 'deeply disturbing'

(Newser) - Lawmakers have now reviewed the whistleblower complaint that led to the Trump impeachment inquiry—and while the contents remain classified, Democrats and Republicans are commenting on what they read. Sources tell the New York Times that the intelligence official who filed the complaint had concerns that went beyond President Trump'...

Trump: Pelosi Is No Longer Speaker of the House

Rather, she's been 'taken over by the radical left,' president claims at press conference

(Newser) - President Trump addressed the ongoing Ukraine phone call controversy during a press conference Wednesday in New York after he'd spent the day at the UN General Assembly. The news conference—his first since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that an impeachment inquiry would be launched following a whistleblower's...

They've Read the Transcript: 5 Takes on Quid Pro Quo

Takeaways from Trump's call with Zelensky

(Newser) - The 5-page memo detailing President Trump's late July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is out , and much of the ensuing discussion has swirled around the phrase "quid pro quo." Six takes:
  • At the Washington Examiner , Philip Klein calls the transcript "bad news" for Trump. The
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The 5-Page Summary of Trump&#39;s Call Is Out
Here's What Trump Said
to Ukraine's President
the rundown
Sep 25, 2019 10:28 AM CDT

Here's What Trump Said to Ukraine's President

White House has released a 5-page memo summarizing the call

(Newser) - The White House on Wednesday released a five-page memo summarizing the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The AP shies away from using the word "transcript," and the Washington Post explains that what was released "is a memorandum of a telephone conversation...

What Happens Next in the Impeachment Inquiry
What Happens Next in
the Impeachment Inquiry
THE RUNDOWN
Sep 25, 2019 6:21 AM CDT

What Happens Next in the Impeachment Inquiry

Republicans are gearing up for battle

(Newser) - Now that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry, President Trump faces the possibility of joining Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton as one of the few presidents to be impeached in American history—but whether the GOP-controlled Senate will vote to convict him is...

Report: Officials Didn't Want Trump to Call Ukraine Leader

They were worried about Giuliani's 'shadow agenda'

(Newser) - National security officials didn't want President Trump to make the call to Ukraine's president that led to a whistleblower complaint and the opening of an impeachment investigation , sources tell the Washington Post. The insiders say officials, alarmed by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani's pursuit of what the Post...

Sources: White House to Give Congress Whistleblower Complaint

Sources say it's being reviewed, declassified

(Newser) - Two sources tell CNN that the White House is preparing to release the whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump's controversial phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Congress. The complaint could be released as early as Wednesday, within hours of the planned release of the transcript of the phone...

Trump: Ukraine Aid Delay Had Nothing to Do With Bidens
Trump: We'll Release
Transcript of Phone Call
UPDATED
Sep 24, 2019 6:33 PM CDT

Trump: We'll Release Transcript of Phone Call

President says it will be out Wednesday

(Newser) - Will Wednesday bring answers to the Ukraine controversy? President Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon that he has authorized release of "the complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine." He added that it will prove the call was "totally appropriate."...

Report: Trump Froze Military Aid Days Before Ukraine Call

Trump denies there was any link to demand to investigate Bidens

(Newser) - In what Democrats are calling potential "extortion," President Trump froze almost $400 million in military aid to Ukraine days before a phone call to the country's president that sparked a whistleblower complaint, insiders tell the Washington Post . The sources say Trump personally ordered acting chief of staff...

Joe Biden: Trump Guilty of 'Overwhelming Abuse Of Power'

Says he'll 'beat him like a drum'

(Newser) - Joe Biden went on the offensive on Saturday over President Trump's phone call with Ukraine's president—demanding its release—and NPR reports that he kept on swinging, accusing the man whose seat he's trying to take of "using the abuse of power and every element of...

Biden to Trump: Make Your Call With Ukraine Public

Ex-VP wants Trump chat aired in which he reportedly pressured Zelensky to probe Biden

(Newser) - On Friday, the Wall Street Journal wandered into the fray of the Trump whistleblower flap , backing up unconfirmed reports that what set off the hubbub was a July phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Journal reported that Trump "repeatedly" asked Zelensky to work with...

After Visibly Shaking, Merkel Explains

German chancellor says she was dehydrated during ceremony on hot day

(Newser) - Angela Merkel was seen shaking uncontrollably Tuesday during a welcoming ceremony for Ukraine's president—but she blames dehydration and says all is fine now. "I've drunk at least three glasses of water, which I apparently needed, and now I'm doing very well," the German chancellor...

Ukraine President Gets Sworn In, Calls Snap Election

Comedian says his first priority will be peace in the east

(Newser) - After a landslide win in Ukraine's presidential election, Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in Monday—and immediately called a snap parliamentary election. Zelenskiy, a comedian who played a president on TV, dissolved parliament and called the election because the legislature is still dominated by lawmakers loyal to his predecessor, Petro...

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