Democrats to subpoena Gordon Sondland, say Trump’s move to block deposition amounts to obstruction BY SHANE HARRIS & JOHN WAGNER - 10/08/2019 The Trump administration on Tuesday blocked a planned deposition from Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a central figure in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Democrats called the administration’s move an act of obstruction and said they would issue a subpoena for Sondland’s testimony, as well as emails and text messages that ... Read more

Democrats to subpoena Gordon Sondland, key player in Ukraine controversy, after Trump blocks impeachment testimony BY DEIRDRE SHESGREEN & CHRISTAL HAYES - 10/08/2019 House Democrats said Tuesday they would subpoena Gordon Sondland, a U.S. ambassador involved in the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine, after the State Department blocked his appearance before their impeachment inquiry. Sondland, President Donald Trump's ambassador to the European Union, was scheduled to appear before a tr... Read more

Trump ‘even more unhinged than usual’ as impeachment heats up, Democrats warn BY GRIFFIN CONNOLLY - 09/30/2019 From “unhinged” to “reprehensible” to “wacky,” Democratic lawmakers had harsh words for President Donald Trump and Republicans after the president and his allies in Congress over the weekend tried to defend his phone call pressuring Ukraine to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden. Since Sunday, Trump has blamed the “corrupt media” for not accepting conspiracy theories about Bi... Read more

Trump turns to Twitter to fight back against impeachment, 280 characters at a time BY STEPHEN LOIACONI - 10/01/2019 President Donald Trump’s social media accounts have quickly become his primary venue for pushing back against Democrats pursuing an impeachment inquiry, but experts say his 280-character missives tinged with threats, misstatements, and dubious allegations may undermine his ability to convince a broader audience of his innocence. “Trump’s mastery of Twitter helped him become preside... Read more

‘Beyond repugnant’: GOP congressman slams Trump for warning of ‘civil war’ over impeachment BY KATIE SHEPHERD & BRITTANY SHAMMAS - 09/30/2019 As Democrats begin an impeachment inquiry, President Trump spent Sunday vigorously defending himself on Twitter and sharing cable news clips of his most ardent devotees insisting that he did nothing wrong in asking the Ukrainian president to investigate his political rival, former vice president Joe Biden. Trump highlighted one quote from a longtime evange... Read more

Reluctant Democrats In The Washington Region Decide To Support Impeachment BY MARTIN AUSTERMUHLE - 09/26/2019 When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced this week that she was kicking off an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, she did so because of growing support among Democrats in the House — including from some key members who represent politically diverse parts of the Washington region. But some of those members came to support impeachment proceedings later than others, re... Read more

Democratic Reps. Luria and Spanberger of Virginia join calls for Trump’s impeachment BY JENNA PORTNOY - 09/24/2019 Democratic Reps. Elaine Luria and Abigail Spanberger, both from Virginia, say Congress should impeach President Trump if allegations he pressured a foreign leader to investigate a political opponent are true. They joined five fellow freshmen lawmakers with backgrounds in national security to announce their position in an op-ed in The Washington Post late Monday. They urged their col... Read more

Democratic holdouts open the door to backing impeachment BY HALEY BYRD - 09/24/2019 Some House Democrats who have long held out on supporting impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump are signaling the whistleblower complaint at the center of a dispute between Congress and the administration could mark a new era, with at least one lawmaker flipping her stance and fully backing the effort. A handful of Democrats who have spent Trump's presidency warning against the consequences of a distr... Read more

Pelosi: Whistleblower could lead to 'whole new stage of investigation' BY JAMIE DUPREE - 09/22/2019 Democrats on Sunday denounced President Donald Trump, the Justice Department, and the acting Director of National Intelligence, accusing the Trump Administration of violating federal law by withholding information from a whistleblower inside the U.S. Intelligence Community, as the top Democrat in Congress said this could dramatically escalate the standoff over various investigations of the Preside... Read more

Rep. Don Beyer, a vocal critic of the EPA during President Trump’s tenure, today got his first chance to question an EPA Administrator in the Trump era. He drew direct connections Administrator Wheeler’s leadership at the EPA and the list of requests which coal baron Robert Murray presented to Trump Administration officials shortly after Trump took office. Beyer framed the overview as a “report card” on the Murray action plan [via NYT] for Wheeler and Trump’s EPA [VIDEO]: BEYER: During your conf... Read more