Testimony ties president closer to pressure on Ukraine
Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s emissary to the European Union, had a message when he met with a top Ukrainian official. Read more
Trump impeachment
Diplomat says he overheard Trump call about ‘investigations’
A State Department official told impeachment investigators Friday that he overheard President Donald Trump talking with a U.S. ambassador about “investigations” in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the testimony. Read more
Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch felt ‘big threat’; Trump assails her anew
Yovanovitch was testifying on the second day of public impeachment hearings into President Trump, just the fourth time in American history that the House of Representatives has launched such proceedings. Read more
An ambassador fired: What to watch on Day 2 of Trump’s impeachment hearings
Congress digs into her testimony at 9 a.m. on the second day of public impeachment hearings against the nation’s 45th president. Read more
Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for taxes
The filing today sets the stage for a high court showdown over the tax returns Trump has refused to release, unlike every other modern president. Read more
Nancy Pelosi says Trump’s Ukraine actions amount to ‘bribery’
Pelosi today brushed aside the Latin phrase “quid pro quo” that Democrats have been using to describe President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine. Read more
Second U.S. official in Kyiv heard Trump call, source says
The accounts of the two embassy staffers could tie Trump closer to alleged efforts to hold up military aid to Ukraine in exchange for investigations into political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s business dealings. Read more
Battle lines harden as Trump impeachment inquiry goes public
Day One of the rare public hearings in the House — part of only the fourth formal impeachment effort in U.S. history — set the contours for a once-in-a-generation political struggle. Read more
Trump impeachment hearing spurs shadow spin war
It is a moment when influence and misinformation efforts move at lightning speed and with a sophistication that would have been unimaginable when the nation last went through a presidential impeachment more than 20 years ago, an era when dialup modems and AOL message boards powered the digital town square. Read more
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House impeachment inquiry hearing
Diplomats accuse Trump as impeachment hits Americans’ TVs
The hearing, the first on television for the nation to see, provided hours of partisan back-and-forth on whether or not there are grounds for removing the 45th president from office. Read more
Impeachment hearings about to go live on TV with first witnesses
The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. Read more
Separating fact from fiction in Trump’s impeachment hearings
President Donald Trump has been fulminating for weeks over the impeachment inquiry, which he sees as a persecution cooked up by Democrats and “Never Trumpers.” Read more
Mulvaney won’t sue over impeachment, declines to cooperate
He said he would rely on Trump’s instructions “as supported by an opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, in not appearing for the relevant deposition.” Read more
Democrats, GOP to vie for impeachment narrative — on TV
Both Democrats and Republicans see the televised impeachment hearings starting this week as their first and best opportunity to shape public opinion about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Read more
Officials objected to stopping Ukraine aid, DoD witness says
That was the testimony of Laura Cooper, a Defense Department official, whose deposition was released today in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Read more
After boost from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine
Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. Read more
Was Trump call with Ukraine ‘perfect’? GOP has many answers
Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump , in large part because they can’t agree on how best to defend the president — or for some, if they should. Read more
House impeachment inquiry becomes teachable moment across U.S.
The House impeachment inquiry into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine has become a teachable moment in classrooms around the country as educators incorporate the events in Washington into their lesson plans. Read more
White House officials describe Ukraine dealing
Investigators in the inquiry into President Donald Trump’s actions released hundreds of pages of testimony from Fiona Hill, a former White House Russia adviser, and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer assigned to the National Security Council. Read more
Mick Mulvaney stands up Democrats in impeachment probe
The White House instructed its officials not to comply with the investigation, which is looking at President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Read more
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