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White House infighting complicates response to impeachment inquiry Nov 12, 2019

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The White House’s bifurcated and disjointed response to the impeachment inquiry has been fueled by a battle between acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and White House counsel Pat Cipollone.

A key question in the impeachment hearings is what exactly Trump himself ordered Nov 11, 2019

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In the nearly 3,000 pages of interview transcripts from the House impeachment inquiry released last week, Trump often seems like a supporting character in someone else’s drama.

House Republicans looking at three possible fall guys to pin Ukraine blame and save Trump Nov 08, 2019

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The House GOP's emerging plan to save Trump is to turn the blame on three of his deputies: E.U. Ambassador Gordon Sondland, personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and, possibly, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

Barr declined to hold a news conference clearing Trump of wrongdoing on Ukraine Nov 07, 2019

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President Trump wanted Attorney General Bill Barr to hold a news conference declaring that the commander in chief had broken no laws during a phone call in which he pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate a political rival.

GOP losses embarrass Trump from Kentucky to Virginia Nov 06, 2019

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The results of Tuesday’s off-year elections have left Republicans stumbling and increasingly uncertain about their own political fates next year, as they’re increasingly tied to an embattled and unpopular president.

An indicted Giuliani associate signals he may flip Nov 05, 2019

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An attorney for Lev Parnas, one of the two associates of Rudy Giuliani who was arrested last month as he tried to fly to Europe with a one-way plane ticket, said last night that his client is willing to comply with the House impeachment inquiry.

Three Mulvaney aides plan to stonewall the impeachment inquiry this week Nov 04, 2019

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Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney’s allies in the administration plan to stonewall and obstruct the impeachment inquiry as much as possible in a bid to ingratiate themselves with President Trump

Rising sea levels will be more problematic than expected Nov 01, 2019

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New research shows that rising seas will be much worse and more expensive to deal with than previously thought.

Few defections expected by either party on today’s impeachment vote Oct 31, 2019

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As depositions continue, the House is on track today to pass the set of rules governing the next phase of the impeachment inquiry.

Republicans defend Purple Heart recipient in the face of Trump attacks Oct 30, 2019

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President Trump and his allies on television lashed out yesterday at Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman as he testified under oath on Capitol Hill for more than 10 hours.

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