Firsthand account of Trump's Ukraine call puts GOP in bind, emboldens Democrats  —  A top National Security Council official on Tuesday delivered a firsthand account of President Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, putting congressional Republicans in a bind …

Alexander Vindman and the Questioning of an American Jew's Patriotism  —  Julia Ioffe on the making of a decorated U.S. military officer, and the immigrant experience of Soviet Jews in America and abroad.  —  One June evening in 2013, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency …

Impeachment Is Not a Coup  —  And no matter what Trump thinks, the president does not embody the will of the people.  —  In his letter denouncing the impeachment investigation, Pat Cipollone accused Democrats of waging an “illegitimate” effort to “overturn the results of the 2016 election …

Two volatile meetings at the White House have become central to the impeachment inquiry  —  The Ukrainian officials arrived at the White House on July 10 hoping to cement their country's relationship with the United States, solidifying support the Trump administration seemed reluctant to extend for reasons they didn't fully understand.

Vindman is a Jew, Not a Ukrainian, Mr. Duffy  —  Forget about the specifics of the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in the Ukraine matter and what it might explain or portend.  Let's talk instead for a minute about the specifics of one particular insinuation about him almost from the minute we learned of his existence.

Shouting match erupts in Vindman deposition as Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to out whistleblower  —  (CNN)Democrats and Republicans got into a shouting match behind closed doors on Tuesday while interviewing a witness in the impeachment investigation, with Democrats accusing Republicans …

READ: Ukraine Specialist Catherine Croft's Written Testimony In Impeachment Inquiry  —  Catherine Croft, a State Department employee who previously worked on Ukraine issues for the National Security Council, is testifying in the House impeachment inquiry on Wednesday.

Former G.O.P. Lawmaker Pressed for Ambassador's Ouster, Diplomat Will Say  —  Robert Livingston, the former congressman turned lobbyist, repeatedly contacted a White House official to criticize Marie L. Yovanovitch.  —  WASHINGTON — Robert Livingston, the former Republican congressman turned lobbyist …

Islamic State defector inside Baghdadi's hideout critical to success of raid, officials say  —  U.S. commandos zeroed in on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's final hideout with the help of an extraordinarily well-placed informant, an Islamic State operative who facilitated the terrorist leader's movements around Syria …

New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding  —  Abstract  —  Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m.  This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model …