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President Donald Trump walks into the East Room of the White House to speak about his judicial appointments, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Washington.
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November 11:

Aides reportedly tried to anticipate the fallout from Biden’s son’s dealings in Ukraine back in 2014, but were shut down because he was consumed by grief

A businessman involved in Giuliani’s quest for Biden dirt claims he was sent on mission to broker a ‘quid pro quo,’ and his testimony could be highly damaging for Trump

November 10:

House Intelligence members say committee has evidence of a Trump-Ukraine ‘extortion scheme’

November 9:

House Republicans requested that Hunter Biden and the whistleblower publicly testify in impeachment hearings

Here’s how Trump could be impeached, removed from office, and still win re-election in 2020

November 8:

Trump’s former top Russia adviser Fiona Hill’s impeachment testimony paints damning picture of pressure put on Ukraine

Here are the biggest takeaways from Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s blockbuster testimony against Trump

November 7:

Ukraine was about to cave to Trump’s demands. Then the public found out about the whistleblower.

November 6: 

Rudy Giuliani lawyers up as federal prosecutors investigate and the impeachment inquiry ramps up

Transcript of Bill Taylor’s testimony underscores extreme lengths Trump went to in urging Ukraine to investigate Bidens

Adam Schiff announces public hearings in impeachment probe will begin next Wednesday

November 5:

Former diplomat Kurt Volker says Rudy Giuliani was a ‘direct conduit’ to Ukraine and demanded they publicly announce an investigation into the Bidens

Gordon Sondland, US ambassador to the EU, is the latest witness to confirm a quid pro quo between Trump and Ukraine

November 4:

An indicted businessman with ties to Rudy Giuliani is willing to comply with Trump impeachment inquiry

It looks like Trump and Giuliani’s efforts to intimidate and bully the former Ukrainian ambassador went much further than publicly known

Ukraine is firing the prosecutor who discussed a probe of the Bidens with Giuliani

Trump’s ex-Ukraine envoy said she felt ‘shocked’ and threatened when Trump told Ukraine’s president she was ‘going to go through some things’

November 3:

The whistleblower at the heart of the impeachment inquiry has offered to answer written questions from House Republicans, lawyer says

October 31:

Former White House official testified that military aid to Ukraine was held up by Trump’s demand to investigate Joe Biden

House passes resolution formalizing impeachment inquiry into Trump as GOP continues to slam process

Former national security adviser John Bolton asked to testify in House impeachment inquiry

October 29:

House Democrats took an important step in the impeachment inquiry, throwing a wrench into the GOP’s biggest defense

A top White House official is about to blow a hole through Trump’s main defense about the Ukraine call

October 24:

It looks like the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Ukraine may have gone further than freezing military aid

Intelligence veterans say Republicans storming a secure congressional facility was a ‘thuggish’ and ‘offensive’ stunt that risked national security

October 23:

House Republicans stormed a closed-door impeachment hearing and refused to leave — and Trump approved of it

Ukraine just threw a huge wrench into Trump’s key defense denying a quid pro quo

October 22:

Trump’s Ukraine envoy gave ‘damning’ testimony to Congress that prompted ‘sighs and gasps’ from people in the room

Putin and Hungary reportedly ‘poisoned’ Trump’s view on Ukraine and reinforced his belief that the country was ‘hopelessly corrupt”

October 19:

8 Trump officials made stunning revelations about how the president and Giuliani weaponized the State Department

October 17:

Mick Mulvaney publicly confirms Trump held up Ukraine aid for political gain

Gordon Sondland, a central figure in the Ukraine scandal, threw Trump and Giuliani under the bus in his opening statement to Congress

October 15:

Trump’s White House counsel Pat Cipollone is the first line of defense when it comes to batting back House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry

The floodgates are opening as Trump officials publicly defy his orders and more whistleblowers come out of the shadows

October 14:

FBI officials were ‘rattled’ and ‘blindsided’ by Trump’s call for Ukraine to manufacture dirt on Joe Biden

Prosecutors are scouring Rudy Giuliani’s bank records and business dealings in Ukraine as part of a widening criminal investigation

October 11:

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Rudy Giuliani violated foreign lobbying laws in Ukraine

Ex-Ukraine envoy says she was fired on ‘unfounded’ and ‘false’ grounds after standing up to Trump and Giuliani

A federal court ordered Trump’s accounting firm to turn over 8 years of his taxes to Congress

October 10:

2 of Rudy Giuliani’s associates who prosecutors say helped him dig up dirt on Joe Biden have been charged with campaign finance violations

A White House adviser is flip-flopping on whether China gave him information on Joe Biden’s son after Trump asked Beijing to investigate the Bidens

October 8:

White House says Trump ‘cannot permit his administration’ to cooperate with the ‘partisan and unconstitutional’ impeachment inquiry

A White House official who listened in on Trump’s Ukraine call described it as ‘crazy’ and ‘frightening’

The State Department blocked Ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying to Congress about the Ukraine scandal

October 5:

Trump is reportedly blaming Rick Perry for his infamous call with the Ukrainian president

House Democrats subpoena the White House and Mike Pence as part of impeachment inquiry

October 4:

A second intelligence official is considering filing a whistleblower complaint about Trump and Ukraine

Trump brought up Joe Biden during a June phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Trump reportedly personally ordered the removal of ambassador to Ukraine after people said she was impeding Biden investigations

Newly revealed text messages show Trump diplomats’ internal turmoil over his pressure on Ukraine

October 3:

Trump’s conspiracies are reaching a fever pitch amid revelations that the whistleblower went to Congress before filing their complaint

There’s a 2nd whistleblower complaint no one’s talking about, and it could be as damaging to Trump as the Ukraine scandal

Trump’s top diplomat in Ukraine said in a text message that it was ‘crazy’ to withhold aid in exchange ‘for help with a political campaign’

2 top Trump deputies drafted a statement for Ukraine’s president committing him to pursuing political investigations for Trump

October 2:

The Trump whistleblower told the House Intelligence Committee about their concerns before filing an official complaint

The State Department’s watchdog will tell Congress about efforts to intimidate officials from cooperating with the Trump impeachment inquiry

Mike Pompeo made at least 4 significantly misleading statements about his role in the Trump-Ukraine phone call

Trump used Mike Pence to tell Ukraine the US would withhold military aid while demanding that it investigate corruption

Pompeo confirms he was on Trump’s Ukraine call after previously dodging questions about it

October 1:

Trump’s false theory that whistleblower requirements changed just before the complaint over his Ukraine call got shut down by the intelligence watchdog

The White House is ‘paralyzed’ and ‘teetering on the edge of a cliff’ as it grapples with Ukraine fallout and ‘Hurricane Rudy’

‘Pure insanity’: Intelligence veterans are floored by Barr’s ‘off the books’ overtures to foreign officials about the Russia probe

September 30:

Mike Pompeo reportedly took part in Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s president

Trump pressed Australia’s prime minister to help AG Barr investigate the origins of the Russia probe

Former Ukrainian prosecutor says Giuliani repeatedly pushed him to investigate the Bidens

September 27:

A top State Department official at the center of the Ukraine whistleblower complaint just resigned

Justice Department veterans say Trump could be accused of breaking 4 laws in the Ukraine whistleblower scandal

Rudy Giuliani claims he’s ‘the real whistleblower’ and that no one will know the real story on Trump and Ukraine ‘if I get killed’

‘Lawyer up’: DOJ veterans have one piece of advice for Trump and Giuliani amid the Ukraine whistleblower scandal

September 26:

Read the full declassified whistleblower complaint about a phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s president

Here are the biggest moments from acting DNI Joseph Maguire’s testimony to Congress about an explosive whistleblower complaint against Trump

Whistleblower says White House officials were ‘deeply disturbed’ by Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president and worried they ‘had witnessed the president abuse his office for personal gain’

Acting DNI Joseph Maguire undermined the GOP’s entire argument against the whistleblower in one sentence

The White House has a complete transcript of Ukraine call but hid it in a possible abuse of power, whistleblower complaint says

Trump suggested the whistleblower who filed a complaint against him is guilty of treason, which is punishable by death

The whistleblower who filed an explosive complaint against Trump is reportedly a CIA officer once assigned to the White House

The US’s top intelligence watchdog found Trump’s conduct so alarming it could expose him to blackmail

September 25:

The Trump whistleblower raised concerns that the White House handled records of the call with Ukraine’s president in an ‘unusual’ way

Trump mentioned a wild conspiracy theory about the DNC and the Russia probe in his phone call with Ukraine’s president

Ukrainian officials say Trump would only talk to Zelensky ‘if they would discuss the Biden case’ in their July phone call

Nancy Pelosi brought a combative attitude to a phone call with Trump before launching an impeachment inquiry

The notes on Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president hint at a quid pro quo over investigating Joe Biden’s son

The US’s top spy agency referred the Trump whistleblower complaint to the DOJ for criminal investigation. The DOJ decided not to investigate.

September 24:

Trump aides were so afraid he’d pressure Ukraine to investigate Biden that they tried to derail his call with the Ukrainian president

Trump tried to negotiate with Pelosi on the whistleblower complaint after she announced an impeachment inquiry. Pelosi told him to take a hike.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced the House will launch a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump amid whistleblower scandal

Trump confirms he withheld military aid from Ukraine before pressing Zelensky to probe Biden

September 23:

Trump reportedly slammed the brakes on a $400 million military-aid package to Ukraine days before he asked its president to investigate Joe Biden

September 19:

‘DEFCON 1’: US officials are rocked by a whistleblower complaint involving Trump’s talks with a foreign leader

September 18:

The US’s top spy agency just dropped a big hint that an ‘urgent’ whistleblower complaint involves Trump or someone close to him

A major whistleblower complaint at the US’s top spy agency involves a Trump phone call with a ‘promise’ to a foreign leader

September 14:

The acting director of national intelligence is withholding a mysterious whistleblower complaint of ‘urgent concern’ that may involve Trump

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