Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, was part of a small group of White House officials assigned to listen in on Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
President Trump announced Sunday morning that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive Islamic State commander, died during a U.S. military operation in Syria.
The White House’s trade representative in late August withdrew a recommendation to restore some of Ukraine’s trade privileges after John Bolton warned him that President Trump probably would oppose any action that benefited the government in Kyiv.
A group of Trump’s congressional allies escalated their complaints about the impeachment inquiry by barging into a secure facility on Capitol Hill where a Pentagon official was to testify before the House Intelligence Committee.
The explosive, closed-door testimony from acting ambassador William B. Taylor Jr. undermined Trump’s insistence that he never pressured Ukrainian officials in a potentially improper “quid pro quo.”
President Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine for information he could use against political rivals came as he was being urged to adopt a hostile view of that country by its regional adversaries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Trump was forced to abandon his decision to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his private golf club in Florida after it became clear the move had alienated Republicans and given Democrats another possible article for impeachment.
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted during a news conference yesterday that President Trump withheld nearly $400 million in military aid in part to pressure Ukraine to pursue an investigation that could benefit him politically.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republican senators Wednesday to be ready for an impeachment trial of Trump as soon as Thanksgiving.
Elizabeth Warren came under sustained attack for the first time during last night’s Democratic primary debate in Ohio.
Fiona Hill, the former top Russia adviser at the White House, testified Monday that John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, was furious over Giuliani’s politically motivated activities in Ukraine.
President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, where they have long kept an uneasy peace among competing forces, has left the region in upheaval and the administration is scrambling to respond to fast-moving events.
At least four national security officials were so alarmed by the Trump administration’s attempts to pressure Ukraine for political purposes that they raised concerns with a White House lawyer before and after the July 25th call.
After green lighting the Turkish invasion of their territory, President Trump is trying to downplay the value of the U.S. alliance with Syrian Kurds.
The White House announced last night that it will not cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Trump. In an eight-page letter, White House counsel Pat Cippolone claimed that the inquiry into the Ukraine scandal is without merit.
A brand new Washington Post-Schar School poll, which was in the field through Sunday night, shows that a 58 percent majority of Americans support the decision to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
The Supreme Court’s fall term begins today. It will test Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.’s efforts to portray the institution as above the noisy and partisan battles of the moment.
House investigators released numerous text messages late Thursday night illustrating how senior State Department officials coordinated with the Ukrainian president’s top aide and President Trump’s personal lawyer.
President Trump repeatedly involved Vice President Pence in efforts to exert pressure on the leader of Ukraine at a time when the president was using other channels to solicit information that he hoped would be damaging to a Democratic rival.
President Trump's destructive trade war and his blind loyalty to Big Oil are combining to cripple Iowa farmers and could put the Farm Belt in play next year.
Barr’s personal involvement has stoked further criticism from Democrats pursuing impeachment that he is helping the Trump administration use executive branch powers to augment investigations aimed primarily at the president’s adversaries.
Pelosi has sidelined Jerry Nadler and elevated Adam Schiff to lead the investigation, which will focus narrowly on the Ukraine matter.
The document the whistleblower delivered reveals almost as much about the investigative mission he carried out in stealth as it does about the alleged abuses of power by the president.
Justice Department officials took less than a month to abandon an inquiry into President Trump’s communications with his Ukrainian counterpart about investigating former vice president Joe Biden.
President Trump’s attempt to pressure the leader of Ukraine followed a months-long fight inside the administration that sidelined national security officials and empowered political loyalists.
President Trump told Mick Mulvaney to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before a phone call in which Trump is said to have pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate the son of Joe Biden.
Democratic frustration with Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s unwillingness to impeach President Trump is reaching a fever pitch following reports that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate a political rival.
The complaint involved communications with a foreign leader and a “promise” that Trump made, which was so alarming that a U.S. intelligence official who had worked at the White House went to the inspector general of the intelligence community.
The whistleblower complaint that has triggered a tense showdown between the U.S. intelligence community and Congress involves President Trump’s communications with a foreign leader.
Bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Trump’s border barrier could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in coming months.
