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WASHINGTON — The White House put some reconstructed transcripts of delicate calls between President Trump and foreign officials, including President Vladimir Putin and the Saudi royal family, into a highly classified computer system after embarrassing leaks of his conversations, according to current and former officials. The handling of Trump’s calls with world leaders has come under scrutiny after questions over whether a transcript of a July 25 call with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine was improperly placed into this computer system. The latest revela

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire for peddling a debunked conspiracy theory, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday he would cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry only if Trump gave him permission. ‘‘If he decides that he wants me to testify, of course I’ll testify,’’ Giuliani said during a series of television appearances where impeachment dominated the discussions. But it’s not clear whether Rep.

WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that he expects the whistleblower at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump to testify ‘‘very soon.’’ ‘‘All that needs to be done, at this point, is to make sure that the attorneys that represent the whistleblower get the clearances that they need to be able to accompany the whistleblower to testimony,’’ said Schiff, D-Calif., ‘‘and that we figure out the logistics to make sure that we protect the identity of the whistleblower.’’ As Democrats and the director

President Trump took to Twitter Sunday night to continue to air his grievances surrounding the impeachment inquiry, saying he wants Adam Schiff — who chairs the House intelligence panel — questioned for treason, and promising “big consequences” for whomever gave the whistle-blower information. In his tweets, Trump demanded to meet the accuser, “especially when this accuser, the so-called “Whistleblower,” represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way.” Trump then railed against Schiff, saying he “made up what

Public opinion is shifting in favor of Democrats on impeachment, with new polls showing about half the nation supports a House inquiry into MORE. The latest NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist survey found 49 percent approval for impeachment, against 46 percent who said they disapprove.

MORE (D-N.Y.) and other progressive lawmakers who have been vocal critics of his administration. "Can you imagine if these Do Nothing Democrat Savages, people like Nadler, Schiff, AOC Plus 3, and many more, had a Republican Party who would have done to Obama what the Do Nothings are doing to me," he tweeted.

Republicans, even as they generally show support for MORE, are showing signs of discomfort amid an impeachment fight that has engulfed the country.  The battle over Trump's actions toward Ukraine marks the biggest test to date for Republicans, who are juggling the president’s demand for loyalty with questions about his push for a foreign government to investigate a political rival. While the party has largely rallied behind him against the Democrats' impeachment push, there are some signs of cracks just days into the scandal that is likely to dominate the rest of 2019

Speaker MORE would be worth losing the Democrats' House majority in 2020. During an interview at Tribune Fest, hosted by the Texas Tribune, Pelosi argued that following Congress' mandate to hold the president accountable is more important than politics. "Heading into the next election cycle, do you have any anxiety at all about any of the stuff we're talking about...impacting your ability to hold control of the House in 2020?" Tribune CEO Evan Smith asked. "It doesn’t matter," Pelosi responded.

After months of calling for MORE’s impeachment, his critics on the left are now agitating for the process to move as quickly as possible. Democrats are trying to keep up their momentum after the overwhelming majority of the caucus backed launching impeachment proceedings this week in light of Trump acknowledging that he urged Ukraine’s leader to investigate former Vice President MORE, a potential 2020 rival. Democratic leaders aren’t offering a specific timeline for impeachment proceedings, which were

Abraham flies himself and key staff around the state in small airplanes and helicopters he owns. To get there, Abraham is going to have to beat two different swamps in American politics: the one here in Louisiana, and the one up in Washington, D.C. The race has national implications for President Donald Trump, who is currently facing an impeachment inquiry from national House Democrats that could very well set the stage for what happens next across the country.