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Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Giuliani Backs Out of Kremlin-Supported Conference in Armenia Advertisement Supported by ByMaggie Haberman Sept. 27, 2019, 8:17 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, backed out on Friday from a scheduled appearance at a Kremlin-supported conference in Armenia that may include President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. “Not going,” Mr. Giuliani told The New York Times in a text, after The Washington Post reported on Friday afternoon that he was set to make a trip next week to a conference sponsored by the Kremlin and the Moscow-based Eurasian Economic Union. His planned appearance was to take place a week after the public release of a complaint filed by a whistle-blower alleging that Mr. Trump used the powers of his office to pressure officials in … [Read more...] about Giuliani Backs Out of Kremlin-Supported Conference in Armenia

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Biden, Weathering Attacks From Trump, Returns to Campaign Trail Advertisement Supported by The Democratic candidate is entering a critical new phase of the race, with the president facing impeachment and a spotlight on the Biden family. BySydney Ember and Katie Glueck Sept. 27, 2019, 7:59 p.m. ET LAS VEGAS — Joseph R. Biden Jr., under daily attack from President Trump and facing renewed scrutiny of his family, used his first public event since Democrats began an impeachment inquiry to lash back at the president, saying he had “violated his oath of office” and asserting, in a newly emerging campaign message, that he was trying to “hijack this election.” Mr. Biden said Mr. Trump “may have committed a crime” and had endangered the country’s national security. … [Read more...] about Biden, Weathering Attacks From Trump, Returns to Campaign Trail

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | House Democrats Issue First Subpoena in Impeachment Inquiry Advertisement Supported by Three committee chairmen issued the first subpoena in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, seeking documents and witnesses regarding his dealings with Ukraine. ByNicholas Fandos and Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sept. 27, 2019 Updated 7:15 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — House Democrats, kick-starting their impeachment inquiry into President Trump, subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, demanding he produce a tranche of documents related to the president’s dealings with Ukraine. Separately, they instructed him to make five State Department officials available for depositions in the coming two weeks. A failure to do so, the leaders of three House committees wrote jointly, would be construed as … [Read more...] about House Democrats Issue First Subpoena in Impeachment Inquiry

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Kurt Volker, Trump’s Envoy for Ukraine, Resigns Advertisement Supported by BREAKING ByPeter Baker Sept. 27, 2019, 7:04 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — Kurt D. Volker, the State Department’s special envoy for Ukraine, who got caught in the middle of the pressure campaign by President Trump and his lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to find damaging information about Democrats, resigned his post on Friday. Mr. Volker, a former ambassador who served in the part-time, unpaid position to help Ukraine resolve its armed confrontation with Russia-sponsored separatists, told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday that he was stepping down. His departure came just days after Mr. Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and other Democrats … [Read more...] about Kurt Volker, Trump’s Envoy for Ukraine, Resigns

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index U.S. Log In Log In Today’s Paper U.S. | Joseph Wilson, Who Challenged Iraq War Narrative, Dies at 69 Advertisement Supported by He contradicted a statement in President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address. A week later, his wife at the time, Valerie Plame, was outed as a C.I.A. agent. ByNeil Genzlinger Sept. 27, 2019 Updated 2:13 p.m. ET Joseph C. Wilson, the long-serving American diplomat whose clash with the administration of President George W. Bush in 2003 led to the unmasking of his wife at the time, Valerie Plame, as a C.I.A. agent, resulting in accusations that the revelation was political payback, died on Friday at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 69. Ms. Plame said the cause was organ failure. Mr. Wilson served in numerous posts, many in Africa, in a 23-year diplomatic career that began in 1976. One posting had been to Niger, … [Read more...] about Joseph Wilson, Who Challenged Iraq War Narrative, Dies at 69