Impeachment hearings: Trump overheard asking about `the investigations´
(WorldNews Politics)

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time a top diplomat testified Wednesday that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about `the investigations` that he wanted Ukraine to pursue that are central to the impeachment inquiry. William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, revealed the new information as the House Intelligence Committee opened extraordinary hearings on whether the 45th president of the United States should be removed from office. Taylor said his staff recently told him they overheard Trump speaking on the phone to another diplomat, Ambassador Gordon Sondland, at a restaurant the day after Trump´s July 25 phone call with the new...