The Trumpster Fire: Despite President Trump’s claims of executive privilege, presidential aides must comply with congressional subpoenas to testify and hand over information, according to the ruling by a federal judge in the case of former White House Counsel Don McGahn.  …

Under Water: Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was fired yesterday in a conflict with the defense secretary over a Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a corpse and pardoned by President Trump.   This mess is a direct result of Trump meddling with military …

Document Dump: A cache of documents released last night by the State Department reveals repeated contact last March between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The documents were released under court order.    Although Pompeo has dodged and remained …

Following Directions: Ambassador Gordon Sondland did some dodging, weaving, and covering, but confirmed to impeachment questioners that there was a so-called “quid pro quo” in President Trump’s effort to wrest a commitment from Ukraine to investigate Vice President Joe Biden and his …

Element of Shock: The impeachment inquiry reaches a critical phase today with the scheduled appearance of Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who might confirm that President Trump withheld military aide to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation of Vice …

Liar, Liar: Even as word comes that House investigators are asking whether President Trump lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller during the Russia investigation, the President said he will “strongly consider” testifying in writing as part of the impeachment inquiry.   He tweeted, …

Hong Kong: Threatening to use lethal force, police in Hong Kong have cornered pro-Democracy protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University after a fiery night in which demonstrators used Molotov cocktails and shot a cop with an arrow. Police used teargas and rubber bullets on …

By Presidential Order: An aide to Ukraine Ambassador William Taylor testified in closed testimony before the House yesterday that he heard President Trump on speakerphone asking whether the president of Ukraine would proceed with investigations of his political rivals.    It’s the …

High Crimes: Former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is expected to testify today in Congress about the smear campaign led by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani that led to her removal. Yovanovitch has previously said she was seen as a barrier to President …

Heard in Public: In newly-presented testimony, the top diplomat to Ukraine told Congressional investigators yesterday that President Trump was more concerned about Ukraine investigating Joe Biden and his son than he was for the security of Ukraine itself.   Ambassador William Taylor said …