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White House

Trumps call with the leader of Ukraine has prompted an impeachment inquiry as Democrats condemn what they call brazen efforts to extract political favors.
Finnish President Sauli Niinist has joined the long list of people who have witnessed a Trump meltdown firsthand.
The crime is narrowly defined as taking up arms against the United States or giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Not the whistleblower, his sources, or Schiff have done that.
The president's allies fanned out across the Sunday talk shows with myriad responses.
The senior White House adviser pushed a far-right conspiracy theory that the Ukraine whistleblower is a "deep state operative."
President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate his political rivals.
"Do us a favor, though," the president said, according to a call summary released by the White House.
The irony of the former White House press secretarys demand did not go unnoticed.
Democrats warned that Schultz's plan to launch an independent bid could have helped secure Trump's reelection.