Oct 04 Watch 3:43 Amid Ukraine furor, IRS whistleblower alleges Treasury wrongdoing The IRS conducts annual audits of the president’s and vice president’s tax returns in a process intended to be protected from politics. But now, a whistleblower is alleging that at least one political appointee at the Treasury Department interfered with… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 12:32 Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru on Trump, Ukraine and ‘quid pro quo’ Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru of The National Review join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including President Trump’s insistence that foreign leaders should investigate the Biden family, how the White House is responding to the… Continue watching
Oct 04 Read former special envoy Volker’s full prepared testimony on Trump-Ukraine controversy By Yasmeen Alamiri, Nick Schifrin According to a copy of the testimony Volker gave to a closed-door meeting of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and members of the Intelligence and Oversight Committees, released to PBS NewsHour by someone who had seen it, Volker said… Continue reading
Oct 04 White House is preparing a formal objection to impeachment inquiry By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump acknowledged that Democrats in the House "have the votes" to begin a formal impeachment inquiry, even if they don't in the Senate. Continue reading
Oct 04 Ukraine to review case into company that employed Hunter Biden By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Prosecutors are auditing all the cases that were closed or dismissed by former prosecutors, including several related to Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the gas company Burisma that hired Hunter Biden in 2014,… Continue reading
Oct 04 Read U.S. diplomats’ text messages discussing Trump’s Ukraine request In the texts, Volker and two other diplomats discuss how to navigate Trump’s requests for Ukraine to investigate his political rival. Continue reading
Oct 04 Text messages show diplomats pushed Ukraine to investigate and dangled Trump visit By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The pages lay out the raw contours of a potential quid-pro-quo exchange — Trump gets his political investigation of a top Democratic rival in return for some price to be paid by the new Ukraine leader. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 10:40 Trump shocks again by encouraging China to investigate the Bidens President Donald Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry because he urged Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. But Thursday, Trump said he would welcome similar involvement from another foreign power: China. The admission comes as… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch 9:51 Trump is suggesting foreign leaders investigate the Bidens. Is that illegal? What are the legal and national security implications of President Donald Trump’s encouraging foreign powers to investigate a potential political rival? Judy Woodruff talks to Michael Mukasey, who was attorney general under former President George W. Bush, and Carrie Cordero,… Continue watching
Oct 03 Some in GOP want inquiry into Trump, but balk at impeachment talk By Sara Burnett, Associated Press Their comments represent thin cracks in what has been a solid foundation for Trump, a sign that some rank-and-file Republicans are unwilling to dismiss the inquiry as baseless. Continue reading