Volodymyr Zelensky

In the most sweeping reshuffle of his government since he took office last May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his Cabinet and appointed a new prime minister earlier this month. The announcement comes at a tricky time, as the government is considering several reform measures that are seen as important…

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson who serves as the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee said Thursday he plans to continue with a subpoena on a consulting firm tied to Hunter Biden and Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company. Johnson had originally planned to subpoena Andrii Telizhenko, a consultant for…

Business Update Published March 11. Updated March 11 at 7:00 pm Roxana Sauer, medical director of the Medical Care Centre, takes a sample for a COVID-19 test on a fictional patient on March 9, 2020 in Gross-Gerau in Germany. In a televised statement on March 11, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys…

A year ago, the world didn’t really know much about CrowdStrike, and George Kurtz, the cybersecurity firm’s cofounder, was perfectly happy with that. This all changed in September when a redacted transcript of President Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky became public. In it, the two men discussed CrowdStrike,…

West Palm Beach, Florida — Irish eyes at the U.S. Capitol will not smile on President Trump on St. Patrick's Day. Mr. Trump is skipping an annual bipartisan luncheon with House and Senate lawmakers celebrating the ties that bind the U.S. and Ireland, a White House spokesman said.Trump blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,…

CNN’s John Avlon on Monday delivered a brutal assessment of President Donald Trump’s increasingly frantic response to the coronavirus pandemic. During his “Reality Check” segment, Avlon showed all the ways that Trump and administration officials have misinformed the public about the virus, potentially putting Americans’ lives in danger. First, he…

Donald Trump; Mark Meadows (AP/Getty/Salon) Meadows was a staunch defender of the president during the impeachment scandal Joseph Neese March 7, 2020 2:16AM (UTC) President Donald Trump announced yet another shake up to his team at the White House, revealing Friday evening that he has dispatched acting chief of staff…

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…