WASHINGTON—House Democratic leaders accuse President Donald Trump of abusing his power and obstructing Congress in two articles of impeachment. The introduction of the articles on Tuesday follows more than two months of investigations.

WASHINGTON—The inspector general for the Department of Justice concluded the FBI had an “authorized purpose” in launching an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A report released Monday by Michael Horowitz said political bias did not influence agents who decided to look into campaign aides of then-candidate Donald Trump.

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman whose hard-nosed monetary policy conquered out-of-control inflation, has died. He was 92.

WASHINGTON—Attorneys for Republican and Democratic lawmakers made their cases for and against impeaching President Donald Trump at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday. Over the weekend, Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said House Democrats plan to recommend impeachment soon. “I think the case we have, if presented to a jury, would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat,” Nadler told CNN.

WASHINGTON—While Democrats and Republicans are locked in a partisan impeachment battle in the nation’s capital, the country at the center of the debate, Ukraine, is locked in a decadeslong fight for its survival and its future. The politicization of U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine as a result of impeachment could make matters worse for an already struggling country.

After a day of witness testimony about constitutional law, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Thursday that Democratic lawmakers were ready to impeach President Donald Trump. “The president has engaged in abuse of power, undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections,” Pelosi said. Trump fired back on Twitter, saying the Democrats had “gone crazy,” but he was ready to move forward with a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate.

WASHINGTON—The House Judiciary Committee took the baton from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee in its first impeachment hearing Wednesday morning. Democrats called law professors from Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of North Carolina to testify about the constitutional threshold for impeaching a president. Republicans called George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley.