Intelligence committees review Ukraine whistleblower report in closed session

Select members of the congressional intelligence committees on Wednesday afternoon received the whistleblower complaint and related documents that has sparked an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, reviewing the materials in closed session.

Maryland Delegate wants to change hate crimes law after fair attack

Maryland Del. Dan Cox is proposing an addition to the hate crimes law after a deadly attack at the Great Frederick Fair.

Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation

President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine's leader to "look into" Democratic rival Joe Biden as well as his grievances from the 2016 election, according to a rough transcript of a summer phone call that is now at the center of Democrats' impeachment probe into Trump.

Washington plunges into Trump impeachment probe

Washington plunged into an impeachment crisis on Wednesday, as House Democrats opened an investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign season dealings with Ukraine. Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's president to look into Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript released by the White House.

Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims: Memo

President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's new leader to work with the U.S. attorney general and lawyer Rudy Giuliani to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript summarizing the call released Wednesday.

Pelosi orders impeachment probe: 'No one is above the law'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief.

Trump says administration will release transcript of Ukraine conversation

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 ordered Ukrainian aid frozen; more Democrats want impeachment

President Donald Trump ordered his staff to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days before a phone call in which he pressured the Eastern European nation's leader to investigate the family of political rival Joe Biden, a revelation that comes as more Democrats move toward impeachment proceedings.

‘How dare you’: Greta Thunberg lambastes UN world leaders, demands bold action on climate change

Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, delivered a powerful speech to the United Nations General Assembly Monday, warning world leaders to take climate change seriously or the population will suffer.

On The Hill, Episode 35: A chat with DC Vote Executive Director Bo Shuff about if DC should become the 51st state

Should DC become the 51st state? DC Vote Executive Director Bo Shuff joins FOX 5’s Tom Fitzgerald in this episode of the On The Hill podcast. We look at the Congressional hearing that was just held on H.R. 51 in Congress, the arguments for and against statehood, national public opinion against Statehood, and the political challenges the effort faces in both the House and the Senate.

United Kingdom says Iran responsible for attack on Saudi oil facilities

Britain has concluded that Iran was responsible for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday. He said the U.K. would consider taking part in a U.S.-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom's defenses, while Iran's president announced plans for a rival Iranian-led security coalition.

D.C. statehood advocates share their next steps

Congress just held its first hearing on D.C. statehood in a quarter century, but the District still has a long way to go before getting full representation on Capitol Hill.  

Trump's UN meeting with Ukraine president still on despite 'whistleblower' story: reports

President Trump remains scheduled to meet with his Ukraine counterpart at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week despite a media frenzy unleashed by Friday's report that a whistleblower complained about a “promise” the U.S. president allegedly made to the foreign leader in a July phone call.

US to deploy more troops to Saudi Arabia, UAE

The Pentagon says the U.S. will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to beef up security, as President Donald Trump has at least for now decided against any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces furor over blackface and brownface incidents

Confessing a "massive blind spot" in his thinking, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved to contain a growing furor Thursday after a photo surfaced of him in brownface at a 2001 "Arabian Nights" costume party and two other similar incidents came to light.

Justin Trudeau campaign hit with ‘brownface’ photo

Canadian leader Justin Trudeau's campaign for national elections was hit Wednesday by the publication of a yearbook photo showing him in brownface makeup at a costume party in 2001.

President Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators.

Democratic donor Ed Buck charged with running drug den in West Hollywood apartment

Ed Buck, the prominent Democratic donor swirled in controversy after two African-American men were found dead in his West Hollywood apartment from a drug overdose, was taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and charged with running a drug den.

Lewandowski, House Democrats clash at impeachment hearing

The first impeachment hearing held by House Democrats Tuesday quickly turned hostile as their sole witness, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, stonewalled many of their questions and declared they were "focusing on petty and personal politics."