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Sen. John Kennedy said Rudy Giuliani is as “wild as a March hare.” | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo congress Even some of president’s closest Hill allies say Giuliani isn’t helping the president. By MELANIE ZANONA 09/27/2019 03:52 PM EDT Republicans had enough headaches to deal with this week. Then Hurricane Rudy blew into town. As the GOP scrambles to contain the fallout from President Donald Trump’s Ukraine controversy, Trump’s personal attorney…

Mr. Volker, a former career foreign service officer who represented President George W. Bush at NATO and now serves as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University based in Washington, spent much of the year trying to bring Mr. Trump together with Mr. Zelensky to bolster the government elected earlier this year. He argued to Trump administration officials that Mr. Zelensky was a credible…

Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, abruptly resigned Friday amid fallout over the whistleblower scandal, according to a report by Andrew Howard of the Arizona State Press. CNN subsequently confirmed the report. It’s not yet clear whether Volker chose to step down or whether he was pushed out. But over the past day, he’s been the focus of intense scrutiny — first, because he was mentioned in…

Sep.27 — President Donald Trump ridiculed Representative Adam Schiff, who is leading one of the investigations against him, in comments at a private gathering of American diplomats in New York.

President Trump met on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, to discuss how the N.R.A. could provide financial support for the president’s defense as he faces political headwinds, including impeachment, according to two people familiar with the meeting. It was not clear whether Mr. Trump asked Mr. LaPierre for his support, or if the idea was pitched by the N.R.A. But in return for…

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is leading the impeachment inquiry. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is leading the impeachment inquiry. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Updated at 4:35 p.m. ET House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, now the lead lawmaker in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, says his panel will be working through the scheduled upcoming two-week…

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Video Trump administration to end ‘catch and release’ at the border Reaction and analysis from former acting ICE director Ron Vitiello. The Democratic-controlled House is making a second attempt to overturn President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to raid military base projects such as schools and target ranges to pay for his long-promised border fence. The 236-174 vote sent the legislation to Trump, who is sure to veto it…

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The whistleblower complaint, annotated The Point: The 1 piece of the whistleblower complaint that poses the biggest threat to Trump Whistleblower timeline: Team Trump contacts and Ukraine Here’s what Republican senators are saying about the whistleblower complaint More than half the House of Representatives support impeachment inquiry

Every president since Ronald Reagan has faced threats of impeachment by the House. ASSOCIATED PRESS Topline: As House Democrats begin their impeachment inquiry into President Trump and whether he violated his oath of office⁠—as alleged in an explosive whistleblower report⁠—here’s what might happen next in the process. The first step in impeachment was completed September 24, when House speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry. The second step will…

Lutsenko’s comments about Hunter Biden — which echo what he told Bloomberg News in May — were significant, because Trump and his personal attorney Giuliani have sought to stir up suspicions about both Hunter and former vice president Joe Biden’s conduct in Ukraine in recent weeks. Joe Biden is leading Trump in many opinion polls ahead of the 2020 election. Hunter Biden has denied any wrongdoing, and there is no…

“I am calling for him to immediately resign from Congress based on this fraud!” Mr. Trump wrote Friday. Ms. Pelosi and House Democrats are pressing for more details about Mr. Barr, both in what role he might have played in working with Ukraine to help investigate matters that would personally benefit Mr. Trump and what his involvement was in handling the complaint after it was filed. Earlier this week, the…

The former Dallas police officer standing trial for murder in the shooting death of her neighbor broke down in tears as she testified in her own defense Friday morning. Amber Guyger began crying and trembling as she recalled approaching her neighbor Botham Jean’s door before fatally shooting him. Guyger has said she thought Jean’s apartment was her own when she opened his door and shot him, mistaking him for a…

Video Howard Kurtz: Trump calls complainant ‘Spy’ as CIA man tries to stay nameless ‘MediaBuzz’ host Howard Kurtz weighs in on Trump calling those who leaked to the whistleblower as ‘almost a spy’ and how the New York Times working to reveal the identity of the whistleblower could pause future whistleblowers from coming forward. The plot thickens, as it always does. Now we all get to argue about the mystery…

There is no evidence that Crowdstrike’s CEO is hiding a DNC server in Ukraine. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique Topline: President Trump’s obsession with the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike—mentioned by him in both the call records to the Ukraine president and by the whistleblower in his complaint about Trump—references a right-wing conspiracy that theorizes that Russia’s hack of the Democratic National Committee’s servers in 2016 is an…

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Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire assured members of the House Intelligence committee that the whistleblower who filed the complaint against President Trump could testify before Congress.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press,…

An evacuation has been ordered in Lawrence, Massachusetts Friday for a “major gas leak” in an area rocked by gas explosions and fires a year ago. “People must evacuate,” Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera said on Twitter, calling the event a level one gas leak.  Utility Columbia Gas said it was working with authorities following the leak near South Broadway and Salem Street, and that gas was being shut off while an…

Former Vice President Joe Biden summed up events leading to the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump in one word: “bizarre.” While visiting “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Wednesday, Biden responded to reports that Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine before asking its president to launch an investigation into Biden ahead of the 2020 election. The politician ranked the rapidly unfolding details an “18 out of 10″ on the “outlandish…