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President Trump greets supporters after arriving at Florida's Ocala International Airport on Thursday to give a speech on health care at The Villages retirement community. In his speech, Trump gave seniors a pep talk about what he wants to do for Medicare, contrasting it with plans of his Democratic rivals. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Then-U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during a news conference in Kyiv on July 27. Volker is being deposed on Thursday as part of the House impeachment inquiry. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Diplomat Kurt Volker Caught Up In Whirlwind Of Impeachment Inquiry
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., hold a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
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Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' campaign says he "is conversing and in good spirits. He will be resting up over the next few days." Preston Ehrler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Bernie Sanders Has Heart Procedure, Cancels Events Until Further Notice
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a news conference in Rome on Wednesday. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Confirms He Was On Trump's Call With Zelenskiy
President Trump at his Keep America Great rally last month in Rio Rancho, N.M. Cengiz Yar/Getty Images hide caption
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused committee staff of giving inadequate time for deposed individuals to prepare and retain proper legal counsel. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke spoke with NPR about the impeachment inquiry into President Trump for NPR's Off Script candidate series. Tsering Bista/NPR hide caption
Jeromy Brown, 46, poses for a photo with Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Brown, like many progressive voters, thinks 2020 presidential candidates should "not equivocate" in calling Trump a white supremacist. Asma Khalid/NPR hide caption
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani shook hands with supporters as he arrived at President Trump's campaign rally on Aug. 15 in Manchester, N.H. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Rudy Giuliani Subpoenaed By House Intel Committee In Impeachment Inquiry
Julián Castro spoke with NPR on Monday about the House impeachment inquiry and why he says President Trump should be removed from office. Tsering Bista/NPR hide caption
U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., is expected to change his plea to guilty in a federal case involving insider trading charges. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
President Trump returns to the White House last week as the Ukraine scandal was growing and with an impeachment inquiry launched by Democrats in the U.S. House. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
'The Campaign Is The Amplifier': How Trump Plans To Fight Impeachment Push
Former national security adviser John Bolton criticized the Trump administration's approach to North Korea during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Ousted National Security Adviser Bolton Slams Trump's Approach To North Korea
Democrats in Congress say their impeachment inquiry into President Trump will likely take weeks, not months, of work. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
President Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday aboard Air Force One. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has coffee with Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas at the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Sept. 20. Aram Roston/Reuters hide caption
The whistleblower complaint says notes from President Trump's call with the Ukrainian president, released this week, were loaded into an electronic system meant for classified information "of an especially sensitive nature." Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former Officials Say White House's Use Of Secret System Is Unusual, 'Disturbing'
President Trump arrives for a news conference at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre speaks at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis in April. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals
In this 2007 photo, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Wilson, the diplomat who disputed prewar intelligence on Iraq and endured retribution, died on Friday. He was 69. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption