WASHINGTON - House Democrats on Tuesday took steps forward in their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, with the judiciary panel scheduling its first hearing and the budget panel releasing a report alleging the White House broke the law by withholding money from Ukraine.

WASHINGTON - Several days after President Donald Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns about the leaders' conversation with anyone outside the White House, according to three people familiar with the aide's testimony.