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Congressional Republicans pressed the discredited theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. election in defending President Trump.
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"Trump can do away with the traditions and niceties of the office, but he can't get away from the Constitution," said historian Douglas Brinkley.
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Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday.
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Here are a half-dozen noteworthy excerpts from special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
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President Donald Trump is lashing out at a pair of witnesses who are set to testify as the House impeachment inquiry goes public.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Donald Trump will meet as relations between the two NATO allies are at their lowest point in decades
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Two career diplomats will be the star witnesses for Democrats leading the inquiry.
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The 2019 edition of the World Happiness Report finds little change at the top.
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The inquiry probes whether Trump and associates used U.S. aid as leverage to try to damage a political rival.
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University students from mainland China are fleeing Hong Kong, and classes in primary and secondary schools have been suspended as clashes turn increasingly violent.
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Making the case against Trump As the Democrats tell it, the impeachment case they will begin to lay out against ...
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There did not appear to be any support among the five conservatives for blocking the administration's decision.