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

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 U.S. official.

White House attorneys directed sealing of phone transcript

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sparring line by line over a whistleblower's complaint, the White House on Friday confirmed a key detail from the unidentified CIA officer who has accused President Donald Trump of abusing the power of his office. At the same time, Trump insisted anew that his actions and words have been "perfect" and the complaint might well be the work of "a partisan operative."

Hillary Clinton calls Trump 'illegitimate president' and 'corrupt human tornado'

Clinton, who ran against Trump in 2016, added that she supports the House of Representatives' newly launched impeachment inquiry. "My view is that, given the latest revelation, which is such a blatant effort to use his presidential position to advance his personal and political interests, there should be an impeachment inquiry opened," Clinton told CBS News. "And I think, sadly, there are a number of grounds. But this one is incredibly troubling."

Pelosi says complaint shows Trump was engaged in a cover-up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that a whistleblower's complaint at the center of the House's impeachment inquiry shows that President Donald Trump was engaged in a cover-up.

Whistleblower: White House tried to 'lock down' call details

WASHINGTON (AP) — The whistleblower at the center of Congress' impeachment inquiry alleged that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country" in next year's U.S. election. The White House then tried to "lock down" the information to cover it up, the official's complaint says.

Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation

President Donald Trump pressed the leader of Ukraine to "look into" Joe Biden, Trump's potential 2020 reelection rival, as well as the president's lingering grievances from the 2016 election, according to

Full text of the memo of Trump's conversation with Zelenskiy

The White House released a memo of President Donald Trump's July 25 telephone conversation with Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Trump says transcript of Ukraine conversation to be released

President Donald Trump says he has directed the release on Wednesday of the "unredacted" transcript of his July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Trump takes on immigration, Iran, China in UN speech

President Trump addressed the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in a speech that tried to square his "America First" approach to foreign policy with his administration's hope for a multi-national response to Iran's escalating aggression.