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On Sept. 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would launch an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and his dealings with Ukraine. Here is a timeline of the events leading to and following that decision. The timeline will be updated as new information becomes available.

But Mr. Erdogan said he had told President Trump that a truce was not possible because Turkey does not negotiate with “terrorists.” Turkey has faced widespread Western criticism and threats of economic sanctions and arms embargoes because of the incursion, which aims to sweep Kurdish fighters away from the Turkish border. But Mr. Erdogan has billed the incursion as necessary for his country’s security and as a way to get…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two U.S. officials have told Reuters. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the operation took place in late September and took aim at Tehran’s ability to spread “propaganda.” One of the officials said…

Instead, Ms. Warren has tried to reframe the issue around the total costs that families would face under Medicare for all. She has said that costs would go up for the wealthy and for big corporations, but they would go down for middle-class families — an explanation she repeated on the debate stage on Tuesday night. She has also said “I’m with Bernie” on Medicare for all, referring to Senator…

CLOSE Debate winners and losers, Warren on the defensive, and what we’re watching for before the next Democratic debate. Hannah Gaber, USA TODAY The biggest debate of the election cycle was chippy. With 12 candidates vying for voters attention at Tuesday’s debate in Westerville, Ohio, the White House contenders threw sharper jabs at each other and competed to outdo each other in their expressions of outrage over President Donald Trump….

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Video US military uses ‘show of force’ to disrupt Turkish-backed fighters in Syria U.S military sends jets, helicopter gunships; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports. Officials are reviewing plans to evacuate up to 50 U.S. nuclear bombs that have long been stored at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey in the wake of Ankara’s military offensive in northern Syria, according to a report. The weapons are now essentially “hostage” to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip…

The feud between South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke boiled over on Tuesday during the Democratic debate. The disagreement between the two, which began in the wake of the September debate, centered on conflict over a mandatory assault weapons buyback, a policy that O’Rourke has touted but struggled to fully explain. While O’Rourke has argued that a buyback would help curb gun violence, Buttigieg has…

Brexit negotiations have hit a stumbling block on the last day of talks between the U.K. and EU ahead of a crucial summit later this week. Sterling and U.K. stocks fell on media reports, which cited unnamed EU diplomats, that talks had stalled over a future trade deal and fair competition clauses, as well as renewed opposition to the proposed deal by Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar also…

For months, Mr. Buttigieg has been satisfied to make most of his points at the debates without scoring them at the expense of his rivals. That ended Tuesday. Mr. Buttigieg sparred sharply with former Representative Beto O’Rourke on guns. He rebuked Representative Tulsi Gabbard on foreign policy. And, most notably, he engaged in the most substantive and sustained contrast of any candidate yet with Ms. Warren. It was Mr. Buttigieg’s…

“I don’t remember any substantive conversation with Mick. I don’t remember him approving, disapproving, getting involved, having an interest,” said Rudolph W. Giuliani, who, as Trump’s personal lawyer, also served as the president’s emissary to Ukraine. “Mulvaney was not a big player in this. I dealt with Volker and Sondland.”

During the Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and billionaire businessman Tom Steyer discuss their plans for closing the wealth gap.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said Tuesday the anonymous whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Trump’s behavior on a phone call with the president of Ukraine should be identified. “The question I keep coming back to is why we don’t know who this individual is,” Jordan said as he walked into another day of closed-door testimony from another Trump administration witness in…

Federal prosecutors in New York announced charges Tuesday against a Turkish state bank accused of a multibillion-dollar scheme to violate United States sanctions on Iran. The prosecutors said Halkbank and its “officers, agents, and co-conspirators directly and indirectly used money service businesses and front companies” in Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other countries to violate prohibitions on Iran’s access to the American financial system and the use of…

In Ohio, it’s personal Dozens of Ohio’s Democratic leaders have gathered in and around the state capital in advance of the debate, and they are thinking well past tonight: Can the party’s eventual presidential nominee carry the state next year? This is a state that has long prized its status as one of the premier presidential battlegrounds: Every winning candidate since 1960, has carried Ohio. But the truth is, Ohio…

Grace Segers is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital.

Turkey pressed ahead with its offensive in northern Syria on Tuesday despite U.S. sanctions and growing calls for it to stop, while Syria’s Russia-backed army moved on the key city of Manbij that was abandoned by U.S. forces. Reuters journalists accompanied Syrian government forces who entered the center of Manbij, a flashpoint where U.S. troops had previously conducted joint patrols with Turkey. Russian and Syrian flags were flying from a…

Democrats weigh impeachment inquiry vote Key facts and latest news Rudy Giuliani refused to hand over documents about his work with Ukraine, defying a congressional subpoena. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won’t call a full House vote to formally authorize the impeachment inquiry. Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, says he has no regrets about joining the board of a Ukrainian firm but regrets the…

House Democrats will not hold a vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump as of now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday, defying calls from the White House and Republicans to do so. The decision to hold off on a formal vote comes amid growing pressure from Republican lawmakers and White House officials who have criticized House Democrats’ efforts as an illegitimate attempt to undermine Trump’s presidency….