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Impeachment Trial Would Create Unprecedented Issue For 6 U.S. Senators

8:04am November 04, 2019

by Scott Detrow

Several Democratic presidential candidates are also sitting senators. If there's a Trump impeachment trial early next year, it could impede their ability to campaign in Iowa before the caucuses.

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News Brief: Impeachment Probe, Whistleblower, New Delhi Pollution

6:05am November 04, 2019

Impeachment panels want to hear from the National Security Council's top lawyer. Whistleblower offers to field written questions about Ukraine call. Hazardous pollution levels recorded in New Delhi.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon arrival at the White House in Washington. He called on reporters to publicly reveal the name of the whistleblower who set off the impeachment inquiry.

Whistleblower Offers To Field Written Questions About Call Trump Says Was 'Perfecto'

9:31pm November 03, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

An offer has been made to the House Intelligence Committee to open a direct channel between the whistleblower and Republicans as long as the questions do not compromise the individual's identity.

National Security Council Lawyers To Testify In Trump Impeachment Inquiry

5:24pm November 03, 2019

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with national security law expert, Harold Koh, about the upcoming testimony of two lawyers from the National Security Council in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

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Revisiting The Whistleblower Complaint

12:01pm November 03, 2019

by Tamara Keith

President Trump says the whistleblower's account of his conversation with the Ukrainian president is "totally wrong." But testimony on Capitol Hill and call logs support the whistleblower's complaint.

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President Trump and Republican allies have decried the impeachment inquiry process, but Democrats say they are following precedent.

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FACT CHECK: Is The Trump Impeachment Process Different From Nixon And Clinton?

11:50am November 03, 2019

by Brian Naylor

Republicans say the process approved Thursday is a "sham" and "unconstitutional." But Democrats say it's very similar to what was in place during previous administrations.

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Sunday Politics

8:10am November 03, 2019

by Mara Liasson

We look at what to expect in the impeachment inquiry. Also, Sen. Elizabeth Warren finally released a plan for how to pay for Medicare for All.

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The Issues Surrounding Katie Hill's Resignation

8:10am November 03, 2019

After Rep. Katie Hill resigned, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Ashley Fairbanks, author of an article about how nonconsensual pornography curtails women's careers.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. He's expected to spend the weekend in New York and take in a UFC fight.

Trump To Kick It At UFC Fight In NYC, Days After Tweeting Residency Change To Florida

5:27pm November 02, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

This will be Trump's second sporting event in the span of a week. The president's connections to UFC go back to at least 2001.

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House Votes To Formalize Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump

5:13pm November 02, 2019

by Susan Davis

The impeachment inquiry into President Trump passed a big milestone with the first formal vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, shifting the impeachment process into a more public phase.