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Trump told Russian officials in 2017 he wasn't concerned about Moscow's interference in U.S. election — President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow's interference in the U.S. election because the United States did the same …
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N.R.A.'s LaPierre Asks Trump to ‘Stop the Games’ Over Gun Legislation in Discussion About Its Support — President Trump met in the White House on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, and discussed prospective gun legislation and whether the N.R …
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White House restricted access to Trump's calls with Putin and Saudi crown prince — Washington (CNN)White House efforts to limit access to President Donald Trump's conversations with foreign leaders extended to phone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian leader Vladimir Putin …
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Giuliani cancels paid appearance next week at Kremlin-backed conference — Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose actions as President Trump's personal lawyer have helped set in motion an impeachment inquiry, abruptly canceled his scheduled paid appearance at a Kremlin-backed conference in Armenia next week.
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Trump, caught off guard, struggles to fight impeachment storm — As soon as President Trump learned he was facing an impeachment investigation on Tuesday, he upended his meetings with world leaders near the United Nations and rushed to his soaring skyscraper a few blocks away in midtown Manhattan.
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The Latest: McConnell: If House acts, Senate must have trial — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local): — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that if the House goes ahead and impeaches President Donald Trump …
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Rudy Giuliani says he won't testify without consulting Trump
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Kurt Volker, Trump's Envoy for Ukraine, Resigns — WASHINGTON — Kurt D. Volker, the State Department's special envoy for Ukraine, who got caught in the middle of the pressure campaign by President Trump and his lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to find damaging information about Democrats, resigned his post on Friday.
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Sources: Special envoy to Ukraine resigns one day after whistleblower report released — (CNN)Kurt Volker, US special envoy to Ukraine, has resigned one day after the release of a whistleblower report alleging a coverup by the White House of a call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President …
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The dam is breaking: Trump's true character is revealed, more fully than ever — In the classic mafia movie Goodfellas, Ray Liotta's character muses about how he always wanted to grow up to be in the mob. “To me, being a gangster was better than being president of the United States.”
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Ukraine envoy resigns amid scandal consuming Trump's presidency — Shortly after being named the U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations in mid-2017, Kurt Volker attended an invitation-only strategy session at the Atlantic Council with a small group of foreign-policy hands.
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Katy Tur Brutally Grills Trump Adviser Over Biden Claims: ‘Why is Ivanka Getting Copyrights in China?’ — MSNBC's Katy Tur pointed out the hypocrisy inherent in President Donald Trump's call to investigate Joe Biden's family, noting all of Trump's children are currently involved in overseas business themselves.

Pence advised Trump against releasing partial transcript of Ukraine call: report
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Pompeo Grapples for Ways to Outlast Hurricane Rudy
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Democrats subpoena Pompeo as part of impeachment inquiry
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Four debunked talking points used to discredit the whistleblower complaint
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Prosecutors: Army official at Mar-a-Lago uploaded suspected child porn to Russian website — A U.S. Army official formerly in charge of all White House communications at Mar-a-Lago was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday after he made false statements to a federal agent during a child pornography investigation.
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House Democrats Issue First Subpoena in Impeachment Inquiry — Three committee chairmen issued the first subpoena in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, seeking documents and witnesses regarding his dealings with Ukraine. — WASHINGTON — House Democrats, kick-starting …
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Democrats are taking a big impeachment risk. It's not what you think.
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Democrats Have Trump on the Ropes. They Must Act on Impeachment Now.
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Pompeo Subpoenaed for Ukraine Documents as House Committees Accelerate Impeachment Inquiry

Why The Times Editorial Board Supports an Impeachment Inquiry
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Amodei on Trump impeachment inquiry: 'Let's put it through the process and see what happens' — Mark Amodei, R-Nev., talks during an editorial board meeting with The Nevada Independent on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent) — Rep. Mark Amodei supports the House's inquiry …
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Amodei on Trump impeachment probe: ‘If you broke the law there are consequences for that’
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Now One Of Trump's Court Picks Is Tied Up In This Ukraine Scandal — Senate Democrats are asking judicial nominee Steven Menashi, a White House legal aide, what he's known about the bombshell whistleblower complaint. — WASHINGTON ― Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee …
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Kamala Harris Calls For Formal Impeachment Inquiry Into Brett Kavanaugh
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NRA Was ‘Foreign Asset’ To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals — The National Rifle Association acted as a “foreign asset” for Russia in the period leading up to the 2016 election, according to a new investigation unveiled Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon.
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Joseph Wilson, Who Challenged Iraq War Narrative, Dies at 69 — He contradicted a statement in President George W. Bush's State of the Union address. A week later, his wife at the time, Valerie Plame, was outed as a C.I.A. agent. — Joseph C. Wilson, the long-serving American diplomat whose clash …
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Politics of Impeachment Now Favor Democrats — Most House Democrats, including those in swing districts, are now rallying for impeachment hearings. Meanwhile, nervous Senate Republicans are worried about what the future holds. — The politics of impeachment are changing, rapidly.
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Seven important and awful signs for Trump
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Congress forces a Trump veto with rebuke on border wall funding
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The Inscrutable Mike Pence — PIETY AND POWER — Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House — After losing his first campaign for Congress, a penitent Mike Pence swore off the dark side of politics. In a confessional essay in 1991, he wrote that “negative campaigning is wrong” and set out rules for himself for the future.
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Chris Wallace Clashes With Fox News Colleague Over Trump Defenders' ‘Deeply Misleading’ Spin on Ukraine — The ‘Fox News Sunday’ host clashed with colleague Sandra Smith after she echoed White House talking points on the whistleblower complaint. — The first question Fox News host Sandra Smith asked …
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Fox News' Ukraine Coverage Reveals Growing Tension Between News and Opinion Sides
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Intel Community Secretly Gutted Requirement Of First-Hand Whistleblower Knowledge — Federal records show that the intelligence community secretly revised the formal whistleblower complaint form in August 2019 to eliminate the requirement of direct, first-hand knowledge of wrongdoing.


Trump Killed the Seriousness of Impeachment — Impeachment proceedings used to be news of unquestionable gravity. The week showed it's just more fodder for the ideological and culture wars. — John F. Harris is founding editor of POLITICO and author of “The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House.”
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Geraldo Rivera Says He'd Like to Beat Up ‘Rotten Snitch’ Whistleblower for Trump — Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera stated he'd like to beat up the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint helped kick-start an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.