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Julián Castro On Impeachment And The Campaign

8:02am October 06, 2019

As part of NPR's "Off Script" series, Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro about how he's doing in the race and about the impeachment inquiry.

Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., won her House seat by a razor-thin margin in 2018. Her support for an impeachment inquiry risks alienating voters in a closely divided swing district.

In One Pennsylvania Swing District, It's Not All Impeachment All The Time

5:00am October 06, 2019

by Claudia Grisales

In the state's seventh congressional district, Rep. Susan Wild is delicately juggling her constituents' pocketbook issues with support for an impeachment inquiry against the president.

Impeachment Conversation Follows Congress Members Back Home

5:33pm October 05, 2019

by Don Gonyea

Members of Congress are talking about impeachment as they visit their home districts this weekend. Some are doing so voluntarily. Others can't avoid the topic.

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Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia 'Shocked' By Ukraine Text Messages

5:22pm October 05, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, about the text messages between American and Ukrainian officials that were released earlier this week.

Troll Watch: Impeachment Inquiry Unleashes U.S.-Driven Disinformation

5:16pm October 05, 2019

by Hannah Allam

Online disinformation campaigns thrive in big, polarizing moments for the country — and the impeachment inquiry is no exception.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks during a joint news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Saturday in Athens.

Pompeo Calls Ukraine Inquiry 'A Silly Gotcha Game' But Says He'll Be 'Responsive'

4:57pm October 05, 2019

by Dan Charles

Congressional investigators are demanding documents from the White House, Vice President Pence and the State Department. So far, they've had little success.

The White House this week released a declassified phone transcript of a conversation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy from July 25.

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Trump's Ukraine Call Might Violate Election Laws, But No One's Enforcing Them

4:54pm October 05, 2019

by Brian Naylor

Campaign finance lawyers believe the request to Ukraine's president that he investigate Joe Biden and his family broke the law. But the FEC lacks a quorum, and the Justice Department sees no crime.

President Trump talks to journalists on the South Lawn of the White House Friday. An NPR analysis finds Trump's use of heated phrases has jumped considerably beginning in March of this year.

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'Treason,' 'Spy,' 'Coup': As Impeachment Talk Intensifies, So Does Trump's Rhetoric

2:31pm October 05, 2019

by Tamara Keith

An NPR analysis finds the president's use of heated phrases such as coup, treason, enemy of the people and corrupt media jumped considerably beginning in March. October is on pace to set a record.

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Week In Politics

8:01am October 05, 2019

by Ron Elving

Accelerating revelations about the Trump administration's foreign interactions are making the House impeachment inquiry more complicated.

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Former Ambassador On Ukraine And Diplomacy

8:01am October 05, 2019

In his phone call with the president of Ukraine, President Trump disparaged the former U.S. ambassador in Kyiv. NPR's Scott Simon asks retired U.S. diplomat Nancy McEldowney about that.

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