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Congress returns Tuesday to an impeachment inquiry moving into high gear and a rapidly unfolding foreign policy disaster in Syria that’s undermining President Donald Trump’s standing in his own party.

House investigators are scheduled to hear crucial testimony this week from several key witnesses in the Ukraine scandal, including Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a major GOP donor. Fiona Hill, formerly Trump’s top adviser on Russia and Ukraine, testified for more than seven hours on Oct. 14 before members and aides of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees.

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