Author: Dustin Volz
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Witnesses testify on concerns about Trump-Zelensky call
WASHINGTON • Three current and former national security officials testified that they were concerned by a July 25 call in which President Donald Trump urged his Ukrainian counterpart to undertake investigations that could benefit him politically, in the third day of public impeachment hearings. A fourth witness, the former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine negotiations,…
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Whistleblower: White House tried to hide details of Trump call
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump sought to use the powers of his office to push Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden, and White House officials acted to conceal evidence of the president’s actions, a whistleblower complaint alleges. The whistleblower’s complaint, released Thursday, concerns a July call between Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.…
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Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam, sources say
An image distributed by Islamic State militants on social media on August 25, 2015, purports to show the destruction of a Roman-era temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Social Media © Handout . / Reuters An image distributed by Islamic State militants on social media on August 25, 2015, purports…