Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch calls slew of Trump tweets during testimony 'very intimidating'

Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch says President Donald Trump’s tweets about her during her testimony in the impeachment hearings are “very intimidating” to her and other witnesses.

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs kill 35K Americans each year — and CDC warns worst is yet to come

In recent decades, scientists have consistently warned that humanity was headed full-speed toward an antibiotic-resistant future. A new report from the CDC says that future is already here.

Battle-tested attorneys for Democrats, GOP face off in Trump impeachment hearings

The public impeachment inquiry hearings that began Wednesday pitted a Democratic attorney who cut his teeth prosecuting mobsters against a GOP House Oversight investigator. 

Key takeaways from first day of public impeachment hearings

Here are some key takeaways from Wednesday’s hearing featuring the first public witnesses, George Kent and William Taylor.

President Trump says he’s ‘too busy’ to watch impeachment inquiry

As millions of Americans have their eyes fixed on the opening day of the public phase of the impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump has his eyes fixed on Twitter. 

Ambassador Taylor says Trump asked another diplomat about 'the investigations'

For the first time a top diplomat testified Wednesday that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about “the investigations” he wanted Ukraine to pursue that are central to the impeachment inquiry.

Trump administration proposes tougher rules on work permits for asylum-seekers

The Trump administration is proposing to make it tougher for asylum-seekers to obtain permission to work in the U.S. while their immigration cases are pending.

White House to set up cameras to livestream border wall construction: report

President Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner and other White House officials are planning to set up web cameras to livestream construction along the border wall, according to a report.

Schiff updates list of impeachment probe witnesses

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has announced the witness schedule for next week's open hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA

Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 immigrants to work in the U.S., free from the threat of deportation.

Supreme Court allows families of Sandy Hook victims to sue maker of rifle used in shooting

The lawsuit says Remington Arms should never have sold a weapon as dangerous as the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle to the public, which gunman Adam Lanza used to kill 20 first graders and six educators.

Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against New York over tax returns

A federal judge on Monday dismissed Trump's lawsuit against New York officials that was aimed at preventing the release of his tax returns.

National security officials objected to blocking Ukraine aid

The view among the national security officials was unanimous: Military aid to Ukraine should not be stopped. But Trump's acting chief of staff thought otherwise.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley alleges some on Trump team urged resistance

President Donald Trump's former U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley, alleges in her upcoming memoir that two administration officials who were ultimately pushed out by Trump once tried to get her to join them in opposing some of his policies.

Watergate redux? Trump impeachment probe heads for live TV

When the House impeachment inquiry of Trump goes public Wednesday, people will be watching on more than one screen with social media platforms and other venues that did not exist in Nixon's time.