Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz Said to Join Trump Team
President Donald Trump will be defended at his Senate trial by his impeached predecessor’s ex-prosecutor Kenneth Starr and professor Alan Dershowitz.
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Historic Trial of President Trump Begins in Senate
The pageantry of the impeachment process is a rare event but one the nation is reacquainting itself with as the Senate prepares to weigh whether President Donald J. Trump should be removed from office.
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Senate Approves New Trade Deal With Mexico and Canada
The Senate voted 89-10 on Thursday to send a new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada to President Donald Trump’s desk.
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History of Impeachment Forecasts Trump Senate Trial
A review of the past gives a look at what to expect Thursday after Chief Justice John Roberts swears in senators to serve as jurors in the third Senate impeachment trial in U.S. history.
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White House Expects Impeachment Trial to Last Two Weeks
With the Senate prepared to kick off President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the White House is not anticipating proceedings to last more than two weeks, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
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Litigator-Lawmakers Abound in Pelosi’s Impeachment Team
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose seven lawmakers from her Democratic caucus Wednesday to serve as impeachment managers in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump.
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Democrat Says Senate Has Votes to Limit Trump War Powers
A measure that would require Congress to approve future military action against Iran has enough support from Republicans to pass the Senate, the resolution’s Democratic sponsor said Tuesday.
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Impeachment Trial Will Start Next Week, McConnell Says
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he expects President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to start next week, as the House nears a vote to transmit the articles of impeachment it approved last month.
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Senate Not Likely to Dismiss Articles of Impeachment
Senate Republicans signaled they would reject the idea of simply voting to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump as the House prepares to send the charges to the chamber for the trial.
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Trump Says Senate Should Dismiss Impeachment Charges
President Trump says the Senate should simply dismiss the impeachment case against him, an extraordinary suggestion as the House prepares to transmit the charges to the upper chamber for the historic trial.
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McConnell Says GOP Has Votes for Contentious Rules on Trump Impeachment
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Tuesday that Republicans have enough votes to begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial before the issue of witnesses has been decided.
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Mike Pompeo Won’t Run for Senate in Kansas
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will not run for an open Senate seat from Kansas this fall, two people close to McConnell said Monday. Pompeo’s decision complicates Republicans’ chances of holding what should be a guaranteed seat in the deep red state as they battle to retain their slim Senate majority in November elections.
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Senate Republicans Push Rule Change to Dismiss Impeachment
Senate Republicans introduced a resolution Monday that would amend the rules to allow them to dismiss President Donald Trump’s articles of impeachment, without any debate, if the House of Representatives does not transfer them for trial before next week.
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Bolton Makes Offer to Testify at a Trump Impeachment Trial
After months of avoiding a House subpoena for testimony in President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Ambassador John Bolton said Monday he will stop fighting in court if the Republican-controlled Senate follows suit.
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Small Cracks Appear in GOP on Impeachment Trial
The Senate seems certain to keep President Trump in office due to the overwhelming Republican support expected in his impeachment trial. But how that trial will proceed — and when it will begin — remains to be seen.
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GOP Calls for Mid-Trial Motions When Impeachment Goes to Senate
When articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump finally reach the Senate, the trial on those charges should be conducted the same way as Bill Clinton’s impeachment proceedings, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday.
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Sen. Murkowski ‘Disturbed’ by McConnell’s Impeachment Trial Plan
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said she was disturbed to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say there would be “total coordination” between the White House and the Senate in the presidential impeachment trial.
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New Emails in Hand, Dems Aim to Breach Impeachment Stonewall
Demanding that the White House stop stonewalling the upcoming impeachment trial, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pointed Monday to new revelations about the government’s delay of military aid following President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Senate Passes $1.4T Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown
One day ahead of a deadline to avoid a government shutdown, the Senate on Thursday approved a $1.4 trillion spending deal that will fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year.
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Senators Confirm 12 New Judges Ahead of Holiday Break
On the heels of a House vote to impeach President Donald Trump, the Senate confirmed a dozen of his nominees for seats on federal courts across the country.
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