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A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in the room. CBC | World News
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Canada, allies have discussed sanctioning Azerbaijan, committee hears
Canada and its allies have discussed sanctioning Azerbaijan over its military incursion last month into the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh — which triggered a mass exodus of more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians into neighbouring Armenia — a senior diplomat told the Commons foreign affairs and international development committee Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian sports regions
The Russian Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC on Thursday for breaching the Olympic Charter by incorporating sports bodies in four regions in eastern Ukraine. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bloomberg to transfer $18M to Democratic National Committee
Billionaire media mogul Mike Bloomberg will transfer $ 18 million US to the Democratic National Committee, his campaign announced on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Beckie Scott, WADA Athletes Committee calls for full Russian ban
The athlete committee of the World Anti Doping Agency is calling for Russia to be completely banned from the Olympics after the country “made a mockery not only those who play by the rules, but those who create and safeguard them.” CBC | Sports News
Read More »House Intelligence Committee Will Reportedly Review Donald Trump Impeachment Report On Monday
On Monday, the House Intelligence Committee will review a report on its investigations into President Donald Trump‘s dealings with Ukraine, according to The Hill. The report is expected to be adopted on Tuesday evening and then sent to the House Judiciary Committee, which could draft articles of impeachment within the next few weeks. As an anonymous committee official explained for ...
Read More »Recommendation from anti-doping committee puts Russia’s Olympic future in peril
The chances of the Russian flag flying at next year’s Olympics took a potentially lethal hit Friday when anti-doping regulators recommended the country be declared non-compliant for tampering with data that was supposed to help bring the entire cheating episode to a close. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. House committee to start public impeachment hearings next week
The U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee will kick off a series of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump next week, the panel’s Democratic chairman said Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. intelligence committee chair Adam Schiff expects whistleblower to testify ‘soon’
The lead U.S. House investigator is predicting the whistleblower who sparked impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump will testify “very soon.” CBC | World News
Read More »Jared O’Mara QUITS Women and Equality committee following derogatory comments
JARED O’Mara has resigned from his position on the Women and Equality Select Committee after it was revealed today he had posted a series of derogatory comments about women online. Daily Express :: News Feed
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