Top Trump adviser resigns ahead of impeachment testimony
His testimony Thursday in the House impeachment inquiry might be central to a push to remove the president from office. Read more
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Alexander Vindman testimony fills gaps on Trump Ukraine call
The striking development provides new insight into the phone conversation that set off the impeachment inquiry and the extent to which the White House sought to shield the president’s actions and words from the public. Read more
Justice Department appeals court order on Mueller investigation grand jury testimony
The department argues that once the grand jury material is released to the House Judiciary Committee, there is no guarantee that it will remain secret Read more
Colonel testifies he raised concerns about Ukraine, Trump
Alexander Vindman, a 20-year military officer, was the first official who listened in on the phone call to testify as the impeachment inquiry reaches deeper into the Trump administration and Democrats prepare for the next, public phase of the probe. Read more
National security official twice raised concerns on Ukraine
A military officer at the National Security Council twice raised concerns over the Trump administration’s push to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, according to testimony the official is prepared to deliver Tuesday in the House impeachment inquiry. Read more
White House official defies impeachment subpoena, deepening standoff
A former national security official defied a House subpoena, escalating a standoff between Congress and the White House over who will testify in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Read more
Judge hands Democrats a victory in impeachment inquiry
A judge today ordered the Justice Department to give the House secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, handing a victory to Democrats as they gather evidence for the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Read more
Justice Department shifts review of Russia probe to criminal inquiry
It is unclear what potential crimes are being investigated or what prompted the change. Read more
Trump confronts the limits of impeachment defense strategy
As the probe hits the one-month mark, Trump and his aides have largely ignored the details of the Ukraine allegations against him. Read more
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Republicans fight Trump’s impeachment by attacking the process
Under pressure to defend President Donald Trump amid damaging revelations about his conduct, senators appear to have settled instead on denouncing the impeachment inquiry that has uncovered them, giving anxious Republicans a chance to air their complaints about the process. Read more
Key takeaways from ambassador’s testimony on Ukraine
William Taylor’s 15-page opening statement — delivered Tuesday as part of a closed-door deposition — is now central to the impeachment inquiry. Read more
Republicans storm closed-door impeachment inquiry deposition
Democrats said the move compromised national security as some of the GOP House members brought electronic devices into a secure room. Read more
Ukraine envoy testifies Trump linked military aid to investigations, lawmaker says
Taylor’s testimony directly contradicted repeated assertions by Trump and his Republican allies that there was never a quid pro quo involving investigations into Burisma. Read more
Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to ‘a lynching’
President Donald Trump enraged Democrats today by comparing their impeachment inquiry to a lynching, assigning the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution. Read more
Diplomat said to have questioned optics of Hunter Biden job in 2015
Democrats launched the impeachment inquiry to investigate Trump’s requests that Ukraine investigate Hunter Biden as Joe Biden ran in the Democratic primary to oust Trump in 2020. Read more
Shifting Trump administration explanations for withholding aid draw GOP alarm
Mulvaney essentially acknowledged a quid pro quo with Ukraine that Trump has long denied. Read more
About that photo: Trump, Nancy Pelosi clash amid impeachment
The reaction to the image reflected the Rohrschach-type reality that even an image can be narrated in vastly different ways. Read more
Mulvaney says, then denies, that Trump held back Ukraine aid as quid pro quo
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, threw the Trump administration’s defense against impeachment into disarray today. Read more
Ukraine aid held up in part over election probe, White House says
Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said that Trump did nothing wrong in linking the aid to Ukraine’s investigation. He said the probe would simply be part of the Justice Department’s ongoing review of the 2016 election. Read more
Former top State Department aide Michael McKinley quit over Ukraine, sources say
McKinley said he was alarmed at how poorly diplomats were treated. Read more
Fourth man is arrested in probe of Giuliani associates
David Correia was named in an indictment with two Giuliani associates and another man who were all arrested last week on charges they made illegal contributions to politicians and a political action committee supporting President Donald Trump. Read more
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