President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky told advisers in May that he was concerned about becoming entangled in U.S. elections.
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Republicans storm secure hearing room, delaying impeachment deposition
Democrats criticize the intrusion by the Republican House members, who brought electronic devices into a secure room as a Defense Department official was poised to answer questions.
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Anonymous author of Trump ‘resistance’ op-ed to publish a tell-all book
The author was identified as a senior Trump administration official.
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Trump draws outrage by comparing House impeachment inquiry to ‘lynching’
The president compared the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution.
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Diplomat’s ‘damning’ testimony contradicts Trump’s denial that Ukraine aid hinged on Biden probe
Acting ambassador William Taylor provides an expansive description of a series of events at the heart of an investigation that threatens the Trump presidency.
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Maine Voices: Trump’s demonization of immigrants is nothing new. But it’s time to say ‘no more’
Speak out against his rhetoric, and against elevating an immigration hard-liner to homeland security secretary.
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Kathleen Parker: Mick Mulvaney, there may soon be a spot for you under the bus
Telling the truth – even when you don’t mean to – isn’t helpful in the sort of presidential politics being played out at the White House.
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Trump slams Democrats, chides Republicans as allies criticize his erratic impeachment response
Lawmakers expect to hear this week the top official at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, who raised alarms about the White House holding back military aid while pressing for investigations into the president’s political rivals.
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Airing grievances at Cabinet meeting, Trump calls Emoluments Clause ‘phony’
After reversing on his plan to hold the next G-7 summit at his Doral, Fla., golf resort, Trump dismissed criticism that he is profiting off his presidency.
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Former ambassador now living in Maine says U.S. policy in Syria ‘was always going to end badly’
Robert Ford of rural Beaver Cove says President Trump made the right decision to pull American troops out of Syria.