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Sondland’s revealing testimony is a clear break with Trump over Giuliani — he said he was “disappointed” that Trump wouldn’t commit to a meeting sought by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky until they spoke with Giuliani, who was pursuing an investigation into Biden, a potential political rival in Trump’s reelection campaign. And the ambassador’s testimony showcases …

By the time it was clear in November 2016 that Donald Trump had become the 45th president of the United States, it was already morning in Ukraine. A stunned hush fell on America House in Kyiv, a cultural centre where the US embassy was throwing a breakfast election party. Trump was an unknown quantity to …

The scramble and fallout from the call, described by six people familiar with it, parallels and expands upon details described in the whistleblower complaint. The anxiety and internal concern reflect a phone conversation that deeply troubled national security professionals, even as Trump now insists there was nothing wrong with how he conducted himself. And it …

Former U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis told “America’s Newsroom” on Tuesday that the Trump administration is “drawing a line in the sand” by blocking the U.S. ambassador to the European Union from testifying in a House impeachment deposition on the Ukraine controversy. “They’re arguing to the American people that process matters; procedure matters,” Lewis said. Trump dismissed the deposition …

John Wagner National reporter leading The Post’s breaking political news team June 24 at 3:51 PM The White House will block counselor Kellyanne Conway from testifying before a House panel about allegations by a government watchdog that she violated the Hatch Act, increasing the likelihood of another subpoena battle between the two branches of government. …