Volodymyr Zelensky

Mick Mulvaney speaks at the 47th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, 28 February: EPADonald Trump has ousted Mick Mulvaney as his acting chief of staff, installing a Republican congressman as his permanent replacement.Mr Mulvaney had filled in following the departure of John Kelly, the former military officer, and…

President Donald Trump is clearly determined to make certain that U.S. intelligence has as many loyalists as possible. In addition to nominating Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe for director of intelligence, Trump has chosen Michael Ellis (a White House lawyer) as senior director of intelligence on the National Security Council (NSC). And in…

Ticker By EUobserver 5. Mar, 07:05 Ukraine's parliament approved on Wednesday Denys Shmygal as the new prime minister, following the resignation of his predecessor Oleksiy Goncharuk after six months in the job after he was caught out criticising the president by a leaked recording, AFP reported. Before the vote, president…

The US government on Wednesday approved the sale to Poland of Javelin anti-tank missiles, the weapon system at the center of the Ukraine scandal that led to President Donald Trump's impeachment. The Pentagon said the order, authorized by the State Department, was for 79 Javelin missile launchers and 189 missiles…

(CNN)Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has replaced the country's Prime Minister on Wednesday, saying he hoped the new PM would "do the impossible."Ukraine's Parliament approved Denis Shmygal as the new PM Wednesday, after accepting the resignation of Oleksiy Honcharuk at an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament."The previous government…

President Donald J. Trump renewed his demand for an investigation into Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden during an early morning phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, according to a transcript obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.Just last month, the Free Beacon obtained the transcript of a call in…

March 04, 2020 4:30 PM ET Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, told reporters Wednesday he will soon release an interim report on his panel’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s work for Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings. Johnson said that the report, which will also focus…

WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the onetime administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was once a potent symbol of corruption within the Trump administration, as well as of its push to roll back environmental protections. With his penchant for first-class flights and other reported excesses — including, most infamously, an ill-fated…

Save for a New York Times profile on Hunter Biden’s newfound passion for psychedelic floral art, Joe Biden’s son has mostly avoided the media spotlight since spending months under the right-wing microscope during Donald Trump’s impeachment proceedings and trial. But less than 24 hours after his father reignited his presidential…

This is a profound misunderstanding of the American constitutional system. February 29, 2020 Former law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Brendan Smialowski / AFP via GettyPresident Donald Trump’s theory of executive power starts and ends with his “absolute rights.”Trump invoked that catchphrase earlier this…