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This is what the whistleblower’s attorney told House Republicans who asked client to testify in impeachment inquiry

November 9, 2019 6:17 PM CNN

The attorney for the whistleblower, whose complaint initiated the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, responded Saturday to House…

Robyn Crawford deserves to speak her truth about Whitney Houston

November 9, 2019 4:45 PM CNN

It feels as if everybody’s got something to say about Whitney Houston, the pop star and actress who died in 2012 at 48. Her mother, Cissy…

Giuliani’s Soviet-born associates lived lavishly despite questionable finances

November 9, 2019 3:49 PM CNN

As federal prosecutors pursue their case against a pair of South Florida businessmen at the center of an alleged plot to hijack the US political…

Cindy McCain: John would be ‘disgusted’

November 9, 2019 3:22 PM CNN

Cindy McCain said that her husband, the late Sen. John McCain, would be “terribly upset” about several recent events and she lamented the…

House Republicans ask for Hunter Biden and whistleblower to testify in impeachment probe

November 9, 2019 2:14 PM CNN

House Republicans on Saturday submitted a list of witnesses they’d like to testify as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into…

Virginia Democrats elect first female speaker of the House

November 9, 2019 12:47 PM CNN

For the first time in Virginia’s 400-year legislative history, a woman will become speaker of the House. Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, the current…

Trump says White House will release transcript of another call with Ukraine ‘probably’ Tuesday

November 9, 2019 12:16 PM CNN

President Donald Trump said he will release the transcript of another phone call with the President of Ukraine “probably” on Tuesday…

Bring the spirit of 1989 back to save European democracy today

November 9, 2019 12:04 PM CNN

This week the world celebrates 30 years since the moment that symbolized the end of communism in Eastern Europe. The fall of the Berlin Wall was an…

We read all 2,677 pages of impeachment inquiry testimony released to date. Here’s what’s clear.

November 9, 2019 9:40 AM CNN

To President Donald Trump, the whole flap with Ukraine is over a “perfect” phone call. “It’s based on a single phone call of…

Testimony highlights Rick Perry’s central role in Ukraine scandal as he prepares to exit

November 9, 2019 9:22 AM CNN

The first step outside of formal diplomatic channels in President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine was taken by Energy Secretary…

READ: House GOP’s letter requesting witnesses to testify in impeachment probe

November 9, 2019 8:37 AM CNN

House Republicans submitted a list of witnesses they’d like to testify as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald…

READ: Mulvaney’s court filing asking to join lawsuit over House subpoena

November 9, 2019 7:46 AM CNN

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney asked to join a lawsuit testing House subpoena power, which, if allowed, could effectively derail him…

Trump is making an appearance at his third major sporting event in two weeks

November 9, 2019 6:57 AM CNN

President Donald Trump is set to attend a major college football game between the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University on Saturday,…

Elizabeth Warren responds to ‘angry’ charge: ‘I am angry and I own it’

November 9, 2019 6:40 AM CNN

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a message for those attacking her as angry: Yes, she is. On Friday afternoon, the Massachusetts Democrat, in a fundraising…

‘I own it’: Warren embraces her anger — and the politics of the moment

November 9, 2019 6:35 AM CNN

On Friday, Elizabeth Warren embraced the ethos of the moment: anger. “Over and over, we are told that women are not allowed to be angry. It…

The electability difference between Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden

November 9, 2019 6:04 AM CNN

First things first: The theme song of the week is the 2007 credits to The View. Poll of the week: A new New York Times/Siena College poll of likely…

Iran has called Trump’s bluff

November 9, 2019 4:18 AM CNN

While Washington is increasingly consumed with the impeachment drama, the globe has not stopped spinning and dangerous regimes have not stopped…

This is the end of the beginning on impeachment

November 9, 2019 4:11 AM CNN

If the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump were a play, the first act would now close. That’s because, starting Wednesday, we…

Does Bolton have a bombshell, and other impeachment news

November 9, 2019 3:49 AM CNN

A version of this story appears in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When it looked like…

UN group says Iran has an ‘on going case’ in court regarding missing American Robert Levinson

November 8, 2019 7:40 PM CNN

A United Nations working group says Iran’s Justice Department has acknowledged that there is “an on going case in the Public Prosecution…

Trump called Gordon Sondland a ‘great American.’ Now he says ‘I hardly know the gentleman.’

November 8, 2019 6:09 PM CNN

President Donald Trump has a history of distancing himself from associates who have found themselves in legal trouble or turned on him in some way.…

Wall Street Journal: Giuliani associates asked former Ukrainian President to investigate Bidens and 2016 election

November 8, 2019 5:22 PM CNN

Two associates of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked the former Ukrainian President in February to open an…

Airlines expect 737 MAX grounding to last nearly a year

November 8, 2019 5:18 PM CNN

Two major US airlines announced plans Friday to pull the Boeing 737 MAX from their schedules into March, raising the prospect the plane could be out…

How Democrats are prepping for make-or-break public impeachment testimony

November 8, 2019 5:15 PM CNN

Democrats are turning to the most public phase of their impeachment probe into President Donald Trump yet: open congressional hearings. Behind the…

Steyer aide at center of Iowa pay for endorsement controversy resigns

November 8, 2019 5:07 PM CNN

A top aide to billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, who allegedly offered to pay Iowa politicians to endorse Steyer, has…

White House officials testify quid pro quo effort was coordinated with Mulvaney

November 8, 2019 4:38 PM CNN

Two White House officials told lawmakers the “blatant” push for politically motivated investigations from President Donald Trump left…

Trump administration proposes charging for asylum applications, joining only 3 other countries

November 8, 2019 4:23 PM CNN

The Trump administration on Friday proposed a charge on asylum applications — the first time the US government has charged for the form —…

Trump makes pitch to black voters by suggesting Democrats haven’t done anything for them

November 8, 2019 3:30 PM CNN

President Donald Trump made an extensive pitch to African American voters Friday at a campaign event in Atlanta launching the Black Voices for Trump…

The 40 wildest lines from Donald Trump’s impromptu Friday press conference

November 8, 2019 3:19 PM CNN

Donald Trump has had a week! Transcripts of closed-door testimony from a series of witnesses in front of the House Intelligence Committee seem to…

December Democratic debate to be held at California’s Loyola Marymount University

November 8, 2019 3:05 PM CNN

The Democratic National Committee announced on Friday that Loyola Marymount University will host the sixth Democratic presidential candidates’…