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The questions surrounding what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo knew about the Ukraine affair reflect the outsized role he has assumed as one of the president's most influential advisers.

The House speaker made the announcement Thursday morning at the Capitol, a day after the first hearing by the panel that would draft those articles. Republicans said the move "weakened this nation."

The House Judiciary Committee is holding its first hearing in the impeachment inquiry, focused on constitutional grounds for impeachment. The Judiciary…

The former top Russia official on the National Security Council detailed how the U.S. ambassador to the European Union was assigned a "domestic political errand" to help President Trump's reelection.

A Pentagon official said Ukraine asked about the military aid on July 25, the day the nations' leaders spoke. It has been assumed that Kyiv wasn't aware the funding was put on hold until much later.

Lawmakers heard from two witnesses called by Republicans, former Ukraine peace envoy Kurt Volker and former National Security Council aide Tim Morrison.

Nine witnesses are scheduled over three days. Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, faces questions about his call with President Trump about pushing for investigations in Ukraine.

The State Department staffer who overheard a newly revealed phone call was then told the president cared more about looking into the Bidens than Ukraine policy, the House committee learned.

Democrats have called three career public servants to appear for the first public hearings this week in the Trump impeachment inquiry: William Taylor, George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch.

In a press conference ahead of the vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed back on Republican claims that the process is unfair to the president, saying the procedures are "very transparent and open."