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  1. ukraine scandal
    White House Ordered Freeze of Ukraine Aid 91 Minutes After Zelensky CallThe freeze had been held up over legality questions, then reordered shortly after Trump tried to pressure Ukraine’s president.
    By Chas Danner
  2. the national interest
    Trump Believed Ukraine Conspiracy Because ‘Putin Told Me’Meanwhile, Trump is still listening to Ukraine theories from Russian-financed crooks.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    Trump Slips Up, Reveals When He Said ‘Do Us a Favor,’ He Meant ‘Do Me a Favor’Trump tries his hand at close Talmudic textual reading. It goes badly.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. the national interest
    In the End, Impeachment Was the Only ChoiceTrump claimed he has an “absolute right.” Congress had no choice but to label that unconstitutional.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. the national interest
    Trump Writes Insane Letter to Pelosi Showing Why He’s Unfit for OfficeDeranged presidential missive against impeachment instead confirms its necessity.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. the national interest
    Don’t Make Impeachment Partisan, Warns Party That Impeached Clinton Over Sex“The Pandora’s box they have opened today will do irreparable injury to our country in the years ahead,” says Republican who forgets Bill Clinton.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    Republicans Are Right. The Impeachment Investigation Shouldn’t End So Soon.A compromise to satisfy Democrats’ desire to hold Trump accountable, and the GOP’s professed desire to uncover every fact.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    Republican Denies Confession Trump Made on White House Lawn Ever HappenedDebbie Lesko insists Trump never asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. He, um, did.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. the national interest
    Trump’s ‘No Crimes!’ Defense Is Not a Good Case Against ImpeachmentRegular crimes are not the same thing as high crimes and misdemeanors.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. the national interest
    Report: Trump’s Ukraine Extortion Scheme Was Financed by RussiansTurning over U.S. foreign policy to people getting paid by Russia seems bad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. impeachment
    No, Democrats Aren’t Plotting to Overturn Trump Victories Past or FutureIn claiming a “coup,” Republicans may be projecting their own unwillingness to acknowledge the popular will onto Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. ukraine scandal
    Trump Said to Be Surprised This High Crime Got Him Impeached“Frankly, I think he’s a little surprised it’s the Ukraine thing that’s done it,” a presidential adviser reportedly said.
    By Matt Stieb
  13. impeachment
    Pelosi’s Impeachment Strategy May Leave All Democrats UnsatisfiedHouse Democrats’ effort to satisfy all factions of their party may wind up disappointing everyone – and further rallying the GOP behind Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    Hunter Biden Is the New Hillary Clinton Email ServerIs there any way for Democrats to avoid replaying the 2016 nightmare?
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national interest
    Trump’s Impeachment Is Partisan Because Republicans Changed Their MindsRepublicans and Democrats don’t really disagree on the facts of the Ukraine scandal anymore, they disagree if it’s okay.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. trump impeachment
    House Democrats Go Narrow With Just Two Articles of ImpeachmentDemocrats who wanted a broader and longer impeachment effort will be unhappy, but the die is cast for impeaching President Trump by year’s end.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. impeachment hearings
    A Timeline of the House Judiciary’s Second Impeachment HearingLawyers for the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees made the case for and against Trump’s impeachment.
    By Adam K. Raymond and Matt Stieb
  18. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Still Can’t Answer Basic Questions About Hunter and BurismaThat should be disqualifying.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. impeachment
    Republicans Aren’t Alone in Opposing a Speedy Trump ImpeachmentSome progressives who want a broader and more thorough impeachment process are upset at Pelosi’s sprint to get impeachment done this year.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. the national interest
    Giuliani Not Even Waiting for Impeachment to End to Resume Ukraine ShakedownPresident Trump’s lawyer is back in Ukraine, making a mockery of every Republican defense of Trump’s actions.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. trump impeachment
    Pelosi Announces Trump Impeachment SprintLooks like the House will adopt articles of impeachment in three areas involving investigations of foreign election interference — and do it quickly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. the national interest
    Devin Nunes Busted by House Intelligence Committee Phone RecordsLawsuit maven and lead Trump defender files latest suit at the worst possible time.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. trump impeachment
    Who Are the Legal Experts Testifying in House Judiciary Impeachment Hearings?Three constitutional scholars are expected to testify on the legal case for Trump’s impeachment, and one called by the GOP will provide the dissent.
    By Matt Stieb
  24. impeachment
    House Intelligence Committee Sends Report to Judiciary, Setting Up ImpeachmentNow the venue for impeachment shifts to the Judiciary Committee, which will draft formal articles of impeachment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. the national interest
    Trump Extorted Ukraine in 2017 and 2018 Before Getting Caught This YearThe Ukraine plot didn’t go on for “months.” It almost certainly went on for years.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. trump impeachment
    It’s Decision Time on Trump’s Impeachment: Narrow or Broad?Getting impeachment done quickly could make a narrow range of articles necessary, though obstruction of Congress and of justice is on the table.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    Trump Is Making the Al Capone Tax-Evasion Defense Against ImpeachmentYes, many Democrats were thinking about impeaching him for years — because he commits a lot of offenses!
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. ukraine scandal
    Zelensky Criticizes ‘Fairness’ of Withholding Aid, Claims No Quid Pro QuoTrump heard what he wanted in the new statement from Ukraine’s president.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  29. impeachment
    How Nadler’s Impeachment Hearings Will Differ From Schiff’sEach day of the upcoming House Judiciary hearings will be long and perhaps even more contentious than what we’ve already seen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    Rudy Giuliani’s Scheme to Line His Pockets in Ukraine Keeps Getting ShadierThere’s no world in which his business dealings in Ukraine are legitimate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. ukraine scandal
    Trump Knew of Whistle-blower Report Before Releasing Ukraine AidDespite his “no quid pro quo” claim, it seems Trump knew he’d been accused of abusing power when the White House released aid to Ukraine.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. the national interest
    Trump Claims Giuliani Was Acting Alone, Despite Massive Evidence to the ContraryOther than sworn testimony, public interviews, photos, video, and a transcript, there’s no evidence Trump directed Giuliani’s work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. ukraine scandal
    Trump Ally Senator John Kennedy Walks Back Ukraine Conspiracy Theory“I was wrong,” Kennedy said Monday, after claiming the day before that no one knew if Russia or Ukraine had interfered in the 2016 election.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. ukraine scandal
    All the New Details About Rudy Giuliani’s Dealings in UkraineIt was a busy weekend in Ukraine-scandal news, and a bad one for Rudy Giuliani.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. the national interest
    Trump Lackey Devin Nunes Sues Over Another News Story, Won’t Even Deny It’s TrueTrump’s top congressional defender continues his crazy lawsuit binge.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. ukraine scandal
    Top House Conspiracist Devin Nunes May Be Subject to Ethics InvestigationAfter reports that Nunes visited Europe in 2018 to investigate conspiracy theories also pushed by Giuliani, Dems say an ethics inquiry is ‘likely.’
    By Matt Stieb
  37. the national interest
    Trump Just Repeated the Russian Conspiracy Theory Republicans Deny He BelievesTrump suggests Russia didn’t hack Democratic emails, the day after Republicans angrily denied he believes this.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. the national interest
    Lindsey Graham Begins Biden Smear Probe Trump Couldn’t Get From UkraineRepublicans can’t even keep up the pretense that Trump’s goal was something other than discrediting his opponent.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: David HolmesThe Ukraine embassy staffer’s testimony may further implicate both President Trump and U.N. Ambassador Gordon Sondland in the quid pro quo.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Witness Laura Cooper Blows Up GOP Defense on Quid Pro QuoCooper undercut a major GOP talking point: That Trump’s investigation demand couldn’t have been a quid quo pro if Kiev didn’t know aid was frozen.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. impeachment hearings
    Gordon Sondland’s Testimony Is Damning for Trump — and HimselfThe ambassador’s self-defense is that he prioritized delivering aid to Ukraine above safeguarding democracy and rule of law in the U.S.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. trump impeachment
    Nunes to Sondland: Let’s Talk About My Conspiracy TheoriesGordon Sondland had some interesting testimony Republicans should have probed. Their top Intelligence Committee member preferred to rant and rave.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. the national interest
    ‘We Followed the President’s Orders’: Trump’s Scheme Was Directed by TrumpA top henchman turns on the president in explosive testimony.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. impeachment hearings
    Read Gordon Sondland’s Impeachment Hearing Opening Statement“Was there a ‘quid pro quo?’” Sondland said. “The answer is yes.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  45. impeachment hearings
    Democrats Must Make Impeachment About Defending Democracy, Not ‘Ukraine Policy’The problem with Trump’s actions isn’t that they threatened Ukrainian self-determination, but that they threaten our own.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. the national interest
    Trump Defenders Confused by Use of SynonymsIf you use different words to describe improper conduct, the defendant must go free. Those are the rules.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. trump impeachment
    Devin Nunes Tries and Fails to Make Witness Out Ukraine Scandal Whistle-blowerAdam Schiff stopped Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from answering Nunes’s questions and potentially exposing the whistle-blower.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  48. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Alexander VindmanVindman is the top Ukraine expert on the NSC, and was on the July 25 call in which Trump pressured Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden.
    By Matt Stieb
  49. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Jennifer WilliamsWilliams will counter Trump’s claim that Democrats are operating with “third-hand” information, as she heard the July 25 call in real time.
    By Matt Stieb
  50. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Tim MorrisonMorrison will confirm that Trump planned to release aid only if Ukraine announced a Biden investigation, a detail key to Dems’ impeachment argument.
    By Matt Stieb
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