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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Mitt Romney, the lone Republican to vote to convict President Donald Trump of abuse of power following his impeachment, said on Thursday a Senate Republican investigation of Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden appeared politically motivated. U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) walks to board an elevator…

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday is set to accept the resignation of the nation’s prime minister and reshuffle the Cabinet after six months on the job. Members of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People party that dominates the parliament said the party decided to accept Prime Minister…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump’s nomination for the post of Defense Department comptroller, an official who had questioned the suspension of military assistance to Ukraine, which was at the center of Trump’s impeachment trial. Elaine McCusker has been deputy undersecretary of defense, comptroller, since…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post, after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine, a key element in the inquiry leading to Trump's impeachment.Withdrawal of McCusker's nomination to be under secretary…

Democratic Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan grilled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and appeared to troll the top diplomat during his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday.During Pompeo's testimony, Levin displayed a blank map of the world and asked him question.Pompeo previously quizzed a news reporter if…

Washington — Daniel Goldman, who shot to prominence as a top staff investigator during the House impeachment inquiry, is leaving his post at the House Intelligence Committee, he said in a statement Thursday.A former federal prosecutor, Goldman was one of about a dozen specialty hires brought in by Chairman Adam Schiff after Democrats…

KIEV (Reuters) - When Ukraine Health Minister Zoriana Skaletska felt her messages about the coronavirus epidemic were not cutting through, she decided to join nearly 100 people in a quarantine facility to stop panic from spreading among the general public. Ukraine's Health Minister Zoriana Skaletska wears a protective suit and…

(NEW YORK) — Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and his allies, has a book deal. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt confirmed Friday to The Associated Press that it had acquired…

KIEV (Reuters) - Julia Volok says some of her fellow passengers expected a warm welcome on their arrival in Ukraine after finally being evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China’s Hubei province this week. Tourists from around the world pose for a photograph at the airport in…

Hysteria over the novel coronavirus epidemic has sparked violent protests in Ukraine, fueled by panic and disinformation around the outbreak -- even though the country has no confirmed cases of the virus. Protests and violent clashes with police broke out in several places Thursday, as Ukraine's authorities blamed the disorder…