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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy has become engulfed in the impeachment drama underway in the U.S. An article in The New Yorker titled, "Ukraine's Unlikely President, Promising a New Style of Politics, Gets a Taste of Trump's Swamp," explores Zelensky's political rise and how he's navigating the controversy. Author Joshua Yaffa joins CBSN to discuss what he found.
CBS News has confirmed President Trump wanted Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference stating that the president did not break the law with his July Ukraine phone call. Mr. Trump has denied this story. CBS News' Laura Podesta joins CBSN AM with the latest on the impeachment inquiry.
William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, was questioned by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Wednesday. Taylor said the U.S. ambassador to the E.U. told a member of his staff that President Trump cared more about Ukraine pursuing investigations regarding the Bidens and Burisma than he cared about U.S. interests in the country. Watch a portion of their exchange.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described her reaction to reading the summary of the July 25 call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr. Trump called her "bad news," and Zelensky said he agreed "100%." "The color drained from my face," she said.
The second week of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry has eight witnesses scheduled to testify. Three of the four witnesses set to testify Tuesday were on the Ukraine phone call in July that sparked the inquiry. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who is the top expert on Ukraine on the National Security Council, said what he heard on the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "inappropriate." He said he reported his concerns to the top lawyer at the NSC "out of a sense of duty," believing there were "significant national security implications for our country."
Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, said "no" when asked by the Republican counsel whether he heard anything that concerned him during President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky. He also said he viewed the summary of the call, later released by the White House, as complete and accurate.
Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, amended her earlier deposition to say she has since learned Ukrainian officials asked about a possible delay in security assistance as early as July 25 - the day of the now-famous Trump-Zelensky phone call. It's the earliest indication of Ukrainian concerns about a possible delay in the aid.
David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, testified that he learned of the hold on aid to Ukraine on July 21, and heard from an official from the Office of Management and Budget that the directive to withhold the money came directly from the president. Hale said he "misspoke" in an earlier deposition, when he said he heard of the holdup in June.
GOP Representative John Ratcliffe questioned any assertion that Ukraine suspected military aid was being withheld on July 25. The questioning came after Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, noted in her opening statement that her staff showed her emails from the State Department, one of which was received just hours after the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, noting concerns about security assistance.
Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, confirmed during her testimony Wednesday that $35 million in aid to Ukraine has yet to be obligated. The remaining funds have alarmed Senate Democrats, who wrote to Defense Secretary Mark Esper earlier this week, asking him to deliver the funds as soon as possible.
State Department official David Holmes said during his impeachment testimony on Thursday that a U.S. trip was "critical" for Ukrainian President Zelenky's agenda.
David Holmes, a U.S. State Department official in Ukraine, described during his testimony on Thursday the call he overheard between Ambassador Gordon Sondland and President Trump. According to Holmes, he sat "directly across" from Sondland during the call, and "the president's voice was loud and recognizable." Holmes said he heard Mr. Trump ask Sondland if the Ukrainian president "was gonna do the investigation?" to which he says Sondland responded: "He's gonna do it."
U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland testified in Wednesday's public hearing that President Trump was involved in a quid pro quo scheme to pressure Ukraine into announcing investigations. The president and other administration officials have disputed Sondland's account. CBS News Capitol Hill producer Rebecca Kaplan joins CBSN AM to break down Wednesday's hearings and preview what's ahead Thursday.
During the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing on Wednesday, constitutional law scholar Pamela Karlan criticized President Trump's phrasing during his July 25 call with the Ukrainian president. Karlan said that when Mr. Trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to "do us a favor, though," he was using the "royal we." "Only kings say 'us' when they mean 'me,'" she said.
Washington Post reporter Sarah Ellison joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" to discuss her reporting on Pam Bondi and Tony Sayegh's efforts to run President Trump's "anti-impeachment spin factory."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later this week. The meeting comes as the House withholds articles of impeachment from the Senate. CBS News' Skyler Henry reports.
House managers are presenting their third and final day of arguments, outlining why they say President Trump's actions warrant removal from office. Then the president's legal team will deliver its defense. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN AM with the latest from Capitol Hill.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told reporters he will travel to D.C. on Friday to "advance" relations between his nation and the U.S.
The top U.S. diplomat, who was on the controversial July 25 phone call at the heart of the impeachment proceedings, is visiting the Ukrainian capital.
It's the first major domestic political test for a relatively inexperienced president who has been caught up in U.S. impeachment proceedings.
Both of the leaders are sitting down in Paris on Monday along with the leaders of France and Germany.
The call is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry
The House Democratic Steering Committee recommended Carolyn Maloney of New York to replace the late Representative Elijah Cummings as chair of the Oversight Committee
Mark Zaid offered to have Republicans submit questions to his client directly without having to go through Democrats
The president made the dramatic move after engaging in months of public attacks against the central bank.
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A group of current and former FEMA officials is blasting the Trump administration for its sweeping changes to the disaster relief agency, days before the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer subpoenaed estate of Jeffrey Epstein, seeking over a dozen categories of documents.
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Unable to find buyers, a growing number of sellers are pulling their homes off the market rather than compromise on price.
Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who don't fit within the armrests of their seat to pay for an extra one in advance, part of a string of recent changes the carrier is making.