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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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Democrat debate exposes divides despite united front on Trump
Biden proposes building on the existing Obamacare and adding an public option for health care, and "not make people choose."
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'Couldn't believe what I was hearing': White House aides testify in Trump probe
The third day of impeachment hearings conducted by the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee marked the first time that officials from inside the White House publicly expressed their misgivings about a freewheeling pressure campaign that now threatens Trump’s presidency.
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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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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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Trump calls for 'war' on cartels as Mormons murdered in Mexico
Gunmen ambushed the members of the LeBaron family - a large clan of Mormons who emigrated to Mexico in the late 19th century - on a rural road Monday between the states of Sonora and Chihuahua, which border the United States.
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US formally starts withdrawal from Paris climate accord
It will be officially out of the Paris accord on 4 November 2020, one day after the US election in which Trump is seeking a second term on appeals to the white working-class.
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A year before 2020 election, a divided and 'angry' America
America on Sunday kicked off the one-year countdown to Election Day 2020, with President Donald Trump betting an 'angry' Republican surge can deliver him a second term, and Democratic candidates battling for a chance to win back the White House.
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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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IS names Baghdadi successor, threatens US: statement
Baghdadi, who led IS since 2014 and was the world's most wanted man, was killed in a US special forces raid in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday.
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US House formalises Trump impeachment process in landmark vote
Trump has repeatedly branded the process as illegitimate and politically motivated and, true to form, his reaction was swift.
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Impeachment testimony details lobbyist bid to get US envoy to Ukraine fired
The impeachment inquiry focuses on a 25 July telephone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, a former US vice president.
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New impeachment witness shakes White House
In explosive prepared testimony, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman said he personally listened to Trump pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in a 25 July phone call.
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Trump says US may release parts of Baghdadi raid video
Baghdadi, who had led the jihadist group since 2010, killed himself by detonating a suicide vest after fleeing into a dead-end tunnel as US forces closed in, Trump said in a televised address from the White House.
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Trump says Islamic State leader Baghdadi dead in US forces raid
Baghdadi killed himself during the raid by igniting a suicide vest, US President Donald Trump said in a televised address from the White House.
