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Trump rejects impeachment charges as an affront to US Constitution
The executive summary accused the House Democrats of conducting a rigged process and said they succeeded in proving that Trump had done nothing wrong.
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US Democrats debate commander-in-chief credibility ahead of Iowa vote
With Washington's conflict with Iran as the backdrop, the six candidates seeking to make their best case against President Donald Trump and tangled over who has the best judgment on foreign policy.
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Trump trial looms as House to send charges to Senate on Wednesday
The formal delivery of the charges against US President Donald Trump will set the stage for the opening of his trial likely Thursday or Friday.
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CARTOON: Impeached and Impaired
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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Trump faces firestorm after identifying alleged whistleblower
Criticism has been growing since Trump retweeted an attack that included the name of the reported CIA staffer at the heart of the Ukraine scandal - an act that could violate the whistleblower's guaranteed anonymity under the law.
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House panel approves Trump charges, sets up impeachment vote
Democrats and Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee voted along strict party lines, 23 to 17, appearing somber as they put Trump on track to become only the third president to be impeached in US history.
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US lawmakers clash over impeachment charges against Trump
The House Judiciary Committee began a second day of historic debate with the parties holding diametrically opposed views on the move to oust the president from office for misconduct.
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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.
