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Storm clouds rolled over Capitol Hill earlier this week. Tom Brenner/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Brenner/Getty Images Storm clouds rolled over Capitol Hill earlier this week. Tom Brenner/Getty Images House Democrats are set to launch a new phase of their impeachment inquiry on Thursday when former Ambassador Kurt Volker, until recently a top State Department representative to Ukraine, is scheduled to meet with investigators. Then, on Friday, the…

Top House Intelligence Committee Republicans accused Chairman Adam Schiff of withholding information from the panel about a whistleblower complaint concerning President Trump before it became public. Responding to a report that revealed Schiff had earlier knowledge of the complaint from a CIA officer than previously known, California Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member, called the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry a politically motivated attack on the president. “We learn from the…

CLOSE Unleashing an unusual show of anger, President Donald Trump railed against former Vice President Joe Biden, his son, the media and the World Trade Organization at a joint press conference in the White House East Room with Finland’s president. (Oct. 2) AP, AP WASHINGTON – An aide to Vice President Mike Pence listened in on the phone call by the president that sparked an impeachment inquiry, the Washington Post reported…

A jury has sentenced Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean, after viewing racist text messages sent by the former Dallas police officer. Prosecutors had symbolically asked for a minimum sentence of 28 years. Jean, who was 26 when he died, would have turned 28 last Sunday. In extraordinary scenes in the courtroom a few minutes after the sentence was handed out, the victim’s…

Video Is the Democrats’ Ukraine investigation a rehashing of the Russia probe? Reaction and analysis from Reps. Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes and Mark Meadows. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is too “biased” to lead a Trump impeachment inquiry, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Tuesday. “[House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi putting Adam Schiff in charge of this impeachment inquiry is exactly what [former FBI Director] Jim Comey did when he put…

CLOSE President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate 2020 presidential challenger Joe Biden is increasingly drawing comparisons to former president Nixon’s Watergate scandal. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – A new poll shows that only four in 10 Republicans believe President Donald Trump talked to the Ukrainian president about investigating political rival Joe Biden, even though Trump has acknowledged doing so. That compares with 85% of Democrats and 61% of independents surveyed by…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded to a request from House Democrats demanding depositions from five officials involved in President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president. Pompeo called the demand an “attempt to intimidate, bully, and treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the Department of State”

Among those in the room were Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary at the time; Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state; Kevin K. McAleenan, the Customs and Border Protection chief at the time; and Stephen Miller, the White House aide who, more than anyone, had orchestrated Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda. Mick Mulvaney, the acting chief of staff was also there, along with Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and other senior…

Video Brit Hume on whether Joe and Hunter Biden could have avoided corruption allegations Brit Hume on whether Joe and Hunter Biden could have avoided corruption allegations Hunter Biden’s work on the board of a Ukrainian energy company is not corrupt on its face, but he and his father should have avoided being put in a situation where corruption accusations could fly, according to Brit Hume. The 49-year-old son of…

News reports this week have clarified that Attorney General William Barr’s promised investigation into the origins of the FBI investigation of links between Russia and the Trump campaign is very real, and has involved high-level talks and meetings with the governments of four countries — Ukraine, Italy, Australia, and the United Kingdom. That’s a motley assortment of nations whose links and relevance may not be obvious to someone who gets…

The congressman called his son several times in quick succession before they finally connected on the seventh try, according to call logs. The tip helped Cameron Collins avoid more than $570,000 in losses when the company’s stock price later plummeted, prosecutors said. “Collins admitted to, among other things, illegally tipping his son while standing on the White House lawn,” the United States attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman, said in…

Since the Black Lives Matter movement began in 2014, I’ve stood with hundreds of families impacted by police violence. With few exceptions, justice for them has been a fleeting mystery. The law is working against them. District attorneys are working against them. Bigotry and the undeserved esteem of law enforcement over everyday citizens is working against them. And yet, each new family whose loved one is mowed down in a hail…

Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed by House committees Key facts and latest news Attorney General William Barr and the president asked foreign officials for help investigating the origin of the Mueller probe. Three House committees subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani for documents about his dealings with Ukraine, and sent letter requesting documents from three business associates. In a July phone call, President Trump urged the president of Ukraine to open an investigation targeting Joe…

Troops prepare for the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday in Beijing. VCG/VCG via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption VCG/VCG via Getty Images Troops prepare for the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday in Beijing. VCG/VCG via Getty Images Updated at 7 a.m. ET Near Beijing’s center,…

President Donald Trump and his allies advanced a conspiracy theory about the Ukraine whistleblower over the last few days alleging that the intelligence community had recently changed the rules requiring whistleblowers to base their claims on first-hand information. But the law hasn’t changed, and there is no requirement that whistleblowers stick to first-hand information in their complaints precisely because those filings are designed to trigger official investigations that would uncover…

Video Graham: Barr should be talking to Australia, Italy, UK about intelligence cooperation Anonymous sources reveal details about another Trump call; South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham weighs in on White House leaks. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., criticized a report by the New York Times that claimed President Trump “pressed” the prime minister of Australia for information to discredit the probe conducted by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, calling it an “effort” to…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is trying to contain damage at home and abroad after the world learned last week that Trump pushed him to “look into” Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a troubled Ukrainian gas company. “We cannot be ordered to do anything. We are an independent country,” Zelenskiy told reporters Monday during a visit to a Ukrainian military base, when asked about Trump’s request….

CLOSE In a series of tweets, President Trump attacked accusers in the whistleblower allegations and touted a pastor’s “civil war” prediction if he is impeached. USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Republican congressman and Air Force veteran Adam Kinzinger slammed President Donald Trump for suggesting that his impeachment could lead to a “Civil War.” “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War…

CLOSE Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is the face of the impeachment proceedings against Trump. While some Democrats applaud his efforts, Republicans do not. (Sept. 27) AP Domestic WASHINGTON — The whistleblower who filed an anonymous complaint about President Donald Trump asking Ukraine to investigate a political rival has reached an agreement to testify before Congress, Rep. Adam Schiff announced Sunday.  Talking with  ABC News’ “This Week,” Schiff, the…

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