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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks during a joint news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Saturday in Athens. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP hide caption toggle caption Thanassis Stavrakis/AP U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks during a joint news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Saturday in Athens. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a trip to Europe this week but was followed by…

In addition to the attacks from Mr. Trump, Mr. Biden’s top rivals, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, each out-raised him in the third quarter by about $10 million. And as Ms. Warren has emerged as Mr. Biden’s most formidable competition, Mr. Sanders, her main challenger for progressive support, just had a heart attack, casting uncertainty over whether he could siphon votes from Ms. Warren, as the Biden camp had hoped….

But even as Trump boasted of a “very unified” Republican Party that would protect him from conviction, some Republicans publicly broke ranks with him Friday. At least two GOP senators and one former administration official expressed uneasiness with Trump’s efforts to encourage foreign governments to investigate former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Separately, intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson met with lawmakers Friday to discuss a…

Democrats looking to keep up the momentum of their impeachment inquiry are seeing more results than they have in their examination of the findings of the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into Russia’s election interference and Mr. Trump’s efforts to impede investigators. Though Mr. Mueller laid out stark examples of Mr. Trump trying to interfere with the inquiry, the White House has fought Democrats’ pursuit of…

Top House Democrats have added another person to the growing list of diplomats, law enforcement officials, and intelligence officials they want information from as part of their impeachment inquiry into the president: Vice President Mike Pence. On Friday, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to Pence asking for documents that could shed light on what, if anything, he knew about Trump’s intentions…

Washington — In its latest crackdown on legal immigration, the Trump administration announced Friday it is planning to reject visa applications from immigrants the government determines will not be able to pay for health insurance or cover health care costs in the U.S. The new requirement is set to go into effect November 3.  In a late-night proclamation signed by President Trump, the White House said the government will only accept immigrant visa petitions…

House Democrats have followed through on their threat to issue a subpoena to the White House for documents concerning President TrumpDonald John TrumpTop US diplomat suggested he could ‘quit’ over Ukraine dealings READ: Trump officials’ texts discussing Ukraine House Democrats release Trump officials’ text exchanges discussing Ukraine MORE‘s dealings with Ukraine. The chairmen of three House panels notified acting White House chief of staff Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyEx-senior Trump administration…

Sen. Ron Johnson, a top Republican ally of President Donald Trump, said a U.S. diplomat told him in August that the Trump administration had frozen almost $400 million in aid to Ukraine because the president wanted a commitment that Kyiv would carry out investigations related to U.S. elections. The Wisconsin senator, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday, said he called Trump about the allegation on Aug….

The CIA’s top lawyer sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department based on the now-famous whistleblower’s complaint about President Donald Trump’s conduct toward Ukraine. And no, that lawyer isn’t some deep-state conspiracist out to thwart the president: She’s a Trump appointee. According to NBC News on Friday, CIA general counsel Courtney Simmons Elwood and another top official called the Justice Department on August 14 to make a criminal referral…

President Trump speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption toggle caption Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP President Trump speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP President Trump signed a proclamation late Friday barring legal immigrants who cannot prove they will have health care coverage or the means to pay for it within…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged he was listening to President Trump’s phone call with the Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelensky. USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., subpoenaed the White House on Friday for documents related to the House impeachment investigation after administration officials failed to comply with repeated requests for the materials. The subpoena seeks documents related to President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic candidate for president. Cummings issued the subpoena in consultation with House Intelligence…

Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, announced Friday that he will review cases involving Hunter Biden but that he isn’t aware of any evidence of wrongdoing by Biden. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, announced Friday that he will review cases involving Hunter Biden but that he isn’t aware of any evidence of wrongdoing by Biden. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters At a news conference in Kyiv…

Sen. Bernie Sanders was discharged from a Las Vegas hospital Friday after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week, his campaign said. Asked how he was feeling as he left the Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, Sanders told NBC News “great. I feel great.” In a video posted Friday on Twitter, he echoed that sentiment: “I’m feeling so much better.” Hello everybody! We’re in Las Vegas. I’m feeling so…

The House impeachment inquiry has focused on the July 25 telephone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Concerns about that call were raised by an unnamed member of the intelligence community through a so-called “whistleblower complaint.”   Now, concerns are being raised about whether the complaint, which is not based on first-hand knowledge, should have been considered at all. What’s going on?  Under federal law, a member of the intelligence community can file a whistleblower complaint with…

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says it has rejected two advertisements submitted by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign because they weren’t factual, but will run a third ad that was submitted on Thursday. Trump’s campaign likened CNN to a public relations firm for Democrats after rejection of its first advertisement, which discussed allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden that the network said had been proven false by several news…

President Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, demanding that the House formally vote on an impeachment inquiry before responding to lawmakers’ requests for documents. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, demanding that the House formally vote on an impeachment inquiry before responding to lawmakers’ requests…

With an impeachment storm gathering, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is standing firmly by President Trump. Sen. Susan Collins is keeping a studied silence. Sens. Martha McSally of Arizona and Cory Gardner of Colorado have mostly laid low while nurturing fundraising ties with the White House. The House impeachment inquiry has dropped a huge boulder in the middle of the 2020 political landscape, sending Republicans up for election…