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No one among the president's GOP defenders in Congress hailed a delay in military aid to Ukraine as a positive.
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Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators that he pushed for a political "quid pro quo" with Ukraine because it was what Trump wanted.
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The Queen's son made the announcement days after his TV interview about his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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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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Buttigieg has gained significant ground in Iowa, which holds the nation’s first caucuses on Feb. 3.
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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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Marie Yovanovitch testified to protect her reputation and lament the State Department being "hollowed out" under the Trump administration.
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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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Former envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker said he should have realized calls to investigate a Ukrainian energy company meant a probe of Joe Biden.