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Former Trump aide calls Ukraine meddling theory fiction
President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election.
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Top diplomat implicates Trump in explosive impeachment testimony
Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, told lawmakers he followed the president's orders in seeking a 'quid pro quo' deal for Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden in exchange for a White House summit.
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Pelosi says Trump has admitted to bribery as impeachment probe intensifies
Democrats are looking into whether the Republican president abused his power by withholding $391 million in US security aid to Ukraine as leverage to pressure Kiev to conduct two investigations that would benefit him politically.
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Trump impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign in first day
William Taylor was one of two career diplomats who testified before the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee as a crucial new phase began in the impeachment inquiry that threatens Trump’s presidency even as he seeks re-election in 2020.
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US House panel to hold impeachment hearings next week
The probe centres on whether Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
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Trump faces perilous test as impeachment hearings open
US President Donald Trump faces potential removal from office for pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Republicans want Hunter Biden, whistleblower to testify in open hearings
Democrats who control the US House of Representatives, however, likely will reject appearances by Hunter Biden and the unidentified whistleblower in the hearings due to open on Wednesday.
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US diplomat: Trump pressure on Ukraine harmful to rule of law
As Congress moved towards launching public hearings on impeaching Trump next week, testimony from Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent showed both concern and resistance in the State Department to Trump's efforts to gain election support from Kiev.
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Pelosi expects Trump impeachment hearings in Nov - Bloomberg interview
In the first formal test of support for the impeachment investigation, the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday voted almost entirely along party lines - 232 to 196 - to move the probe forward in Congress.
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Trump may read summary of Ukraine call in 'fireside chat' - interview
The House, which is controlled by Democrats, approved rules on Thursday for the next, more public, stage in the inquiry into the Republican president’s attempt to have Ukraine investigate a domestic political rival.
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EXPLAINER: The Trump impeachment inquiry: What we know so far
Donald Trump denies abusing his office for personal political gain when he asked the Ukrainian President in a July phone call to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Trump demands whistleblower testify, as ex-aide talks to Congress
As the president menaced the person who exposed his potential wrongdoing, Trump faced a new setback with his former top Russia advisor, Fiona Hill, sitting for a closed-door deposition Monday before Capitol Hill lawmakers.
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Biden will 'withhold' foreign aid if countries discriminate against LGBTQ people
Biden, the front-runner in the Democratic race, struggled to articulate his positions during the previous forum.
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Biden, in first, says Trump should be impeached
The remarks mark a significantly tougher stance by the Democrat who until recently has been the outright frontrunner in the race for the party's 2020 nomination.
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Romney blasts Trump's 'appalling' call to probe Biden
Mitt Romney's opprobrium is the most serious condemnation yet to emerge from within the party against Donald Trump openly soliciting political help from China and Ukraine.
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In growing Ukraine turmoil, Biden's son is thrust into limelight he never sought
On Thursday, Trump upped the pressure, publicly calling on Beijing and Kiev to launch investigations into Hunter Biden’s work - repeating accusations of corruption he has made with no evidence.
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Trump openly calls on Ukraine, China to investigate Biden
Facing possible removal from office precisely for seeking foreign help against his political challengers, Trump said he wanted Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to go after Biden, the leader in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination next year.
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Impeachment fight escalates as Trump calls probe a 'coup'
The power struggle between Donald Trump and congressional Democrats appears to be entering ever more volatile territory.
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Trump administration pushes back against impeachment probe
He also challenged the Democrat-led committees' right to demand documents from them and suggested the administration was prepared to take the fight to court.
