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Trump legal team asks Senate for speedy acquittal in impeachment trial

Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 21 08:23 AM

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team called on the Senate on Monday to “swiftly reject” the impeachment charges and acquit him, maintaining that he committed no impeachable offense and has been the victim of an illegitimate partisan effort to take him down. Read more »

Giuliani associate says Trump 'knew exactly what was going on' in Ukraine

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 09:00 AM

NEW YORK - Just hours before Donald Trump's impeachment trial opened Thursday, an associate of his personal attorney said the US president was fully aware of efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. Read more »

Looking for a winner, US Democrats keep Biden and Sanders on top: poll

Chris Kahn, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 09:38 AM

The national public opinion poll found that Biden has a slight advantage among registered Democrats, though Sanders has the most support when independents are factored in. Read more »

Biden denounces Trump on Iran in commander-in-chief moment

Katie Glueck, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 08 01:15 PM

Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered a forceful and detailed critique of the Trump administration’s escalation toward Iran as he sought at every turn to highlight his own commander-in-chief credentials and to evoke the stature of a president. Read more »

Biden warns of disinformation in US elections ‘mosh pit’

Katie Glueck, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 03 01:55 PM

Biden’s remarks at his first political event of the 2020 election year came a day after a deceptive video of him circulated online, highlighting how campaigns are still struggling to combat false information on the internet. Read more »

How Rudy Giuliani led Trump to the brink of impeachment

Jim Dwyer, Jo Becker, Kenneth P. Vogel, Maggie Haberman and Sarah Maslin Nir, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 09 01:18 PM

Step by step, former mayor Rudy Giuliani has escorted US President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment.  Read more »

Evidence of Trump misconduct 'overwhelming': impeachment report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 05:04 AM

The 300-page report, meant as the basis for articles of impeachment, accused Trump of endangering national security. Read more »

Joe Biden to blitz Iowa back roads by bus in 800-mile hunt for support

Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 11:40 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will crisscross Iowa by bus for eight days starting on Saturday, the longest trek of his campaign, to make a personal appeal for support in a critical state where he has lost ground in polls. Read more »

A frustrated Trump lashes out at impeachment probe

Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 23 03:31 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—An irate Donald Trump said Friday he welcomes the prospect of an impeachment trial, as the US leader lashed out at "crazy" and "corrupt" opponents probing potential abuse of presidential power. Read more »

Ukraine widens probe against Burisma founder to embezzlement of state funds

Ilya Zhegulev, Reuters
Posted at Nov 21 07:47 AM

KIEV - Ukraine has widened its investigation into the founder of energy company Burisma to include suspicion of embezzling state funds, Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka said on Wednesday. Read more »

Top levels of Trump administration in on Ukraine pressure, says US diplomat

Patricia Zengerle and Andy Sullivan, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 21 09:20 AM

WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. diplomat on Wednesday described broad involvement at the upper levels of the Trump administration in a pressure campaign against Ukraine, giving testimony that for the first time put the secretary of state and vice president at the heart of the impeachment probe against President Donald Trump. Read more »

White House officials fault Trump's Ukraine call

Michael D. Shear, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 20 12:22 PM

Two senior national security officials at the White House challenged US President Donald Trump’s description of his call with the Ukraine president as “perfect,” testifying Tuesday about how concerned they were as they listened in real time to Trump appealing for investigations into a political rival. Read more »

Trump says will 'strongly consider' testifying in impeachment probe

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 08:33 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he is "strongly" considering accepting a challenge from opposition Democrats to testify in his own impeachment investigation.  Read more »

North Korea calls Biden 'rabid dog' that 'must be beaten to death'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 11:43 AM

Pyongyang is renowned for its vitriol, but the verbal deluge was unusually ferocious even by its own standards. Read more »

Impeachment Testimony: 'Trump cares more about the investigation of Biden'

Michael D. Shear, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 14 09:35 AM

WASHINGTON — A crucial witness offered dramatic new testimony Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s preoccupation with having Ukraine investigate his political rivals, as Democrats opened impeachment hearings designed to persuade a bitterly divided nation that the president tried to coerce a foreign power to help him win reelection.   Read more »

Vindman should not fear retaliation over Ukraine testimony -Pentagon's Esper

Phil Stewart, Reuters
Posted at Nov 12 07:56 AM

NEW YORK - U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman should not fear retaliation over his testimony to the U.S. Congress in its impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday. Read more »

Giuliani waged campaign of 'lies' against envoy to Ukraine, says US diplomat

Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 09:08 AM

WASHINGTON - A top U.S. diplomat told congressional investigators that President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani conducted a "campaign full of lies" against the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine before she was recalled from her post, according to a transcript of his testimony released on Thursday. Read more »

Bloomberg bid for US president in 2020 rises

Alexander Burns, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 08 10:36 AM

Should Bloomberg proceed with a campaign, it could cause a seismic disruption in the Democratic race. With his immense personal wealth, centrist views and close ties to the political establishment, he would present an instantaneous threat to former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been struggling to raise money and assemble an ideologically moderate coalition. Read more »

Top Trump ally admits tying Ukraine aid to Biden investigation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 08:03 AM

WASHINGTON - A top ally of President Donald Trump admitted he told a Ukraine official that US military aid was contingent on Kiev investigating Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, testimony released Tuesday showed. Read more »

US elections: 5 things to know about the Democratic race

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 10:41 AM

While US President Donald Trump plots a long one-year re-election campaign -- and a bitter fight against impeachment -- his Democratic rivals are still months from determining who his 2020 challenger will be. Read more »