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Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators that he pushed for a political "quid pro quo" with Kyiv because it was what Trump wanted.
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The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was charged Wednesday with fraud and tax evasion involving sales of her self-published children's books.
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Ten Democratic presidential candidates take the stage for the fifth debate of the primary season.
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The House speaker addressed the president's long-standing complaint that he has not been allowed to confront the U.S. intelligence whistleblower.
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A top expert on Ukraine testified: "It was inappropriate, it was improper for the president to demand an investigation into a political opponent."
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Sought by Republicans to testify, the former envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in impeachment hearings.
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The plan would allow the spouses and families to access the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, which they could not access beforehand if they had received money from another 9/11 fund.
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Marie Yovanovitch testified to protect her reputation and lament the State Department being "hollowed out" under the Trump administration.
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Former envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker said he should have realized calls to investigate a Ukrainian energy company meant a probe of Joe Biden.
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"I was out of there very quickly and got back home," Trump said of his unannounced visit to Walter Reed Medical Center.
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Two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself have been charged with falsifying prison records.
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Sweden dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain.