The Week on the Hill

The impeachment inquiry digs deeper into issues involving Ukraine and the Trump administration's efforts to investigate Joe Biden. The former ambassador to Ukraine points to presidential pressure as the cause for her ouster. And following the arrests of two businessmen with ties to Rudy Giuliani, there are new questions surrounding the president’s personal attorney.

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An extraordinary week in Washington, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces formal impeachment proceedings against President Trump related to a whistleblower complaint, drawing sharp criticism from Republicans. And the impeachment inquiry quickly moves forward with a subpoena of the Secretary of State.

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A controversy related to a phone call involving President Trump is growing by the day, while Democrats are struggling to define and sustain their impeachment investigation of the president.

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Congress is back and has quickly jumped into the weighty matters of impeachment and gun legislation, while Democratic presidential candidates have taken on each other in the first debate since the field was effectively cut in half.

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Congress is returning to Capitol Hill after its summer recess, ready to take on a wide range of issues, including gun legislation following recent mass shootings. Congressional Democrats -- and some Republicans -- are also ready to try to reassert the "power of the purse," following President Trump's decision to divert military funds for the border wall.

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President Trump says FEMA and his administration will provide all the resources Florida needs to deal with Hurricane Dorian, but many congressional Democrats remain upset with the decision to redirect hundreds of millions of dollars, including FEMA funds, during the height of hurricane season.

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The White House is scrambling to deal with heightening concerns about the U.S. economy, while President Trump stays on the move, traveling to the G7 summit. With Congress still on break, the president feuded with freshmen lawmakers, while generating some confusion over his plans for tax cuts and gun legislation.

Congressional Democrats are trying to keep up the drumbeat for passing gun legislation following the latest mass shootings. And while dozens of lawmakers have traveled to Israel without controversy this summer, a trip planned by two freshmen congresswomen blew up into an international back-and-forth involving top the highest-ranking members of Congress and the longtime U.S. ally.

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President Donald Trump says he believes congressional leaders from both parties can come together on legislation that would expand background checks for gun purchases, in the wake of the deadly attacks in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. But there are plenty of political challenges ahead, and Congress has a history of backing down on broad gun control measures.

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