USA Here's what Democrats accomplished in the first day of impeachment hearings First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 14/11/2019
USA Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announces presidential bid His late entry presents big hurdles, both in fundraising and in building a campaign organization. 14/11/2019
USA Far from the spotlight, how presidential candidates spent the impeachment hearing As a House committee heard testimony about the 45th president, 2020 contenders labored to get their messages out about why they should be the 46th. 14/11/2019
USA Appeals court rejects Trump effort to shield taxes The decision means that unless the president appeals to the Supreme Court and wins, his accountants must turn over years of records to House investigators. 14/11/2019
USA Former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick to announce presidential bid A late-entry into the Democratic primary would face fundraising and organization challenges. 14/11/2019
USA Democrats call for Stephen Miller to resign after leak of xenophobic emails The Southern Poverty Law Center released a cache of hundreds of emails Tuesday leaked by a former Breitbart writer who corresponded with Miller between 2015 and 2016. 14/11/2019
USA DOD watchdog will not investigate aid to Ukraine but could in future 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. 13/11/2019
USA 5 things we learned from US diplomats' impeachment testimony There were some big surprises during the U.S. diplomats' more than five hours before the House Intelligence Committee. 13/11/2019
USA The big show is here, but some Americans indifferent about impeachment 'Super Bowl' The three major broadcast networks and their counterparts on cable news aired wall-to-wall live coverage. But not all Americans were riveted. 13/11/2019
USA Justice Ginsburg taken ill, absent from Supreme Court The 86-year-old's health has been a concern since she was diagnosed and treated for lung cancer and a tumor on her pancreas. 13/11/2019
USA Read the opening statements from the public impeachment hearings Two U.S. diplomats appeared before the House Intelligence Committee for the first open hearing of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. 13/11/2019
USA The impeachment hearings could turn out to be more unpredictable than you think First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 13/11/2019
USA Ahead of Trump meeting, Erdogan threatens to buy Russian jets The Turkish president spoke to Russia's Vladimir Putin about the purchase at a recent meeting if the U.S. keeps its ban on selling U.S.-made fighters. 13/11/2019
USA Who is George Kent? Diplomat is testifying at Trump impeachment hearing The State Dept. official told investigators the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani was poisoning policy with "his campaign of lies." 13/11/2019
USA Who is Bill Taylor? Witness testifying at Trump impeachment hearing The diplomat returned to Kyiv after the ouster of former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. 13/11/2019
USA Punishment for Turkey for role in biggest modern sanctions-busting scheme in doubt under Trump A witness in U.S. custody is detailing a multi-billion-dollar sanction-busting scheme involving Iran and Turkey. But Trump keeps protecting Turkey. 13/11/2019
USA Democrats announce second week of impeachment public hearings The week will feature testimony from several key witnesses. 13/11/2019
USA It's Trump vs. the administrative state as public impeachment hearings begin Analysis: Bureaucrats will strike back as Democrats argue the president corruptly abused his foreign policy power to score political points. 13/11/2019
USA How to watch the Trump impeachment hearing: Schedule, witnesses and more It's the first one in Congress in over 20 years and will allow the American public to hear the evidence for themselves. 12/11/2019
USA Mark Sanford ends longshot Republican presidential campaign "Impeachment noise has moved what was hard to herculean," Sanford said. 12/11/2019