We provide context for some of the statements made at the first day of the public impeachment hearings. The post Day One of the Public Impeachment Hearings appeared first on FactCheck.org. >>>

Republicans’ most fruitful line of attack during the first day of congressional impeachment hearings for Donald Trump has put even more pressure on a forthcoming witness who has flailed under it thus far: donor-turned ambassador Gordon Sondland. As... >>>

Gordon Sondland’s conversation with the president probably was picked up by Russian intelligence, former U.S. officials said.The call — in which Trump’s remarks were overheard by a U.S. Embassy staffer in Kyiv — was disclosed Wednesday by the acting >>>

In the summer of 2016, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, proclaimed Midwestern states like Michigan and Wisconsin to be critical to the campaign’s strategy. Behind the scenes, he was actively trying to execute that strategy —... >>>

Projecting unusual calm in the middle of a political firestorm, President Donald Trump pleaded ignorance Wednesday about the first public impeachment hearing, unexpectedly insisting that he really wasn't paying attention to sworn testimony in... >>>

Senate Republicans are telling President Trump's defense team to prepare for a full Senate trial, stating that any motion for an early dismissal of impeachment charges likely won't have the votes to pass.The warnings are a tacit... >>>

Given the chance to tell his side of the story, Stone chose not to take the witness stand. Given the opportunity to call witnesses, his attorneys opted instead to simply play portions of the congressional testimony in question. As a legal strategy,... >>>

The conversations remain fluid, but they could pose a serious challenge to the half-dozen Democratic senators running for president if a trial stretches into February.Some Republican senators and their advisers are privately discussing whether to... >>>

The D.C. Circuit let stand an earlier ruling against Trump, likely sending the case to the Supreme... >>>

Analysis: The first two witnesses Wednesday called testified to Trump's scheme, but lacked the pizzaz necessary to capture public attention.In the reserved manner of veteran diplomats with Harvard degrees, Bill Taylor and George Kent opened the... >>>

While the inspector general declined Sen. Durban's request to look at the delay of Ukraine military assistance, it did not rule out a future investigation.The department's lead inspector announced the decision in a letter sent to Sen. Dick... >>>

Republican Rep. Paul Gosar spelled out the phrase “Epstein didn’t kill himself” using the first letter of each tweet in a string of 23 tweets. © Provided by MediaDC: Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, Inc.The tweets spell out the phrase when... >>>

Democratic Rep. Peter Welch invited President Trump to testify before Congress, prompting laughter from the House Intelligence Committee hearing room. © (Susan Walsh/AP) Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., questions top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, >>>

The whistleblower who prompted an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump never met or spoke with congressman Adam Schiff, the Democrat leading impeachment hearings in Congress, a source familiar with the whistleblower's contacts... >>>

President Trump’s campaign called the testimony from William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a top State Department official, “third-hand opinions,” dismissing its value in the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Trump. ©... >>>