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Democrats in South's governor races hit hurdle: Impeachment

By Bruce Schreiner, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press, Melinda Deslatte, Asssociated Press

While Democrats in Washington charge ahead with an impeachment inquiry, their party's candidates for governor in Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana are doing all they can to steer the conversation away from Trump and toward safer ground back home.

For Trump, a high-velocity threat like none he's ever faced

By Julie Pace, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been shadowed by investigations and controversy.

Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely.

US official: Trump's special envoy to Ukraine has resigned

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a…

Who's who in the Trump impeachment process?

By Candice Norwood

The whistleblower complaint that helped spark the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has a dizzying cast of characters.

Joe Wilson, skeptic on Iraq War intelligence, dies at age 69

By Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

Wilson died of organ failure in Santa Fe, said his former wife, Valerie Plame, whose identity as a CIA operative was exposed days after Wilson's criticism of U.S. intelligence that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was attempting to purchase uranium.

U.S. ambassador pressed Ukraine corruption fight before ouster

By Ben Fox, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Officials described Yovanovitch as a respected and highly skilled diplomat who was carrying out two main missions on behalf of the administration: pressing the Ukrainian government to address long-standing U.S. concerns about public corruption in the East European nation and…

Judge says Trump's migrant child detention rules go against Flores agreement

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

The judge issued a tentative ruling indicating she will likely block the Trump rules from taking effect.

Dallas officer takes stand at trial for shooting her black neighbor

By Associated Press

Amber Guyger was off duty but in uniform when she shot 26-year-old Botham Jean in his apartment. Guyger says she mistook Jean's apartment for her own.