WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: 2nd US embassy official overheard President Trump’s call with Sondland about need for Ukraine investigations. apnews.com/ef4ca38f1cf047…

MORE: The second US official who overheard the Trump-Sondland call was Suriya Jayanti, a foreign service officer based in Kyiv apnews.com/6d318542e50b45…

"But the rough transcript the White House released Friday is barely recognizable from the readout the White House released at the time." Readout said Trump expressed commitment to help Ukraine “root out corruption.” Corruption did not come up on the call" apnews.com/2f3c9910e0a14e…

House impeachment investigators are hearing from a White House budget official in closed-door testimony at the Capitol. Mark Sandy is the first official from the Office of Management and Budget to defy President Trump’s instructions not to testify. apne.ws/OYbY7pr

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Trump impeachment goes to full House after Judiciary panel approves charges of abuse of power, obstruction of Congress

Trump eyes 2 House Republicans for impeachment legal team (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/f183a10e625256…

NEW: The White House is considering expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year focus on immigration issues by President Donald Trump. apnews.com/753968e412fab0…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yes, it’s a trial — but the Senate’s impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump won’t resemble anything Americans have seen on Court TV. My look at how the Senate impeachment trial won’t resemble a criminal trial apnews.com/ce99a43572be21…

More here on this breaking story from ⁦Mike Balsamo⁩ and me: AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/ae1ad252bb1349…

NEW: Fauci, Redfield set to testify July 31 to House select committee on coronavirus. (by Alan Fram) apnews.com/0055ba65764d24…

.The Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw was arrested while covering demonstrations last month against the military coup in Myanmar. He remains jailed Thursday on his 33rd birthday. #FreeTheinZaw

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate OKs Dems' budget outlining $3.5T for social, climate efforts, as Biden domestic priorities advance in Congress

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.The Associated Press journalists spent months reviewing every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Trump. They found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election. apnews.com/article/voter-…

"I was right where I was supposed to be." J. Scott Applewhite was the last journalist - last person - in the House balcony during the Jan. 6 insurrection. His first person account & photos. apnews.com/article/electo…

As danger neared, and as the rioters were trying to break down the doors, they called their families. They scrambled for makeshift weapons and mentally prepared themselves to fight. Many thought they might die. “I had this realization that we were trapped,” said Jason Crow

The story you need to read, and the images that are hard to see, from our incredible The Associated Press team that has been on the ground in Mariupol apnews.com/article/708cb8…

Many of you have asked about our brave The Associated Press team in Mariupol. This is the story of how they covered a city under siege, and how they escaped. apnews.com/article/russia…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection that President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had been advised of intelligence reports showing the potential for violence that day. apnews.com/article/1c77ed…

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