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Impeachment or the 14th Amendment: Can Trump be barred from future office?

Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 07:56 AM

Some U.S. lawmakers have said President Donald Trump should be disqualified from holding political office again following his impeachment on Wednesday for inciting a mob that stormed the Capitol as lawmakers were certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Read more »

Trump urges Americans to be 'united' but doesn't mention impeachment

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 14 09:15 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump urged Americans to be "united" and avoid violence in his first comments after being impeached Wednesday -- while avoiding any mention of impeachment at all. Read more »

Donald Trump impeached for second time

David Morgan and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 14 06:45 AM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday made Donald Trump the first U.S. president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection in a vote held a week after a violent mob of his supporters besieged the Capitol. Read more »

Democrats inch toward second Trump impeachment after Capitol siege

Richard Cowan and Joseph Ax, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 08 02:52 PM

Congressional Democrats were moving closer to a historic step on Friday as they weighed impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, 2 days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that breached the US Capitol. Read more »

Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 06 09:12 AM

(UPDATED) US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Read more »

Trump seen heading to acquittal in US Senate impeachment vote on Wednesday

Susan Cornwell and David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 07:50 PM

Trump's Senate trial, spanning 21 days, focused on whether he withheld US aid to Ukraine last summer as leverage to get Kiev to launch an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic contender in this year's US presidential election. Read more »

US Senate rejects witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, clearing way for acquittal

Susan Cornwell and David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 10:39 AM

The US Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump's almost certain acquittal next week. Read more »

Historic Trump impeachment trial begins in US Senate

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 05:48 AM

The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opened Thursday in the US Senate, as lawmakers took a solemn oath to be "impartial" in deciding whether to force the 45th US president from office. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 12:58 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Pelosi signs Trump impeachment articles

Brendan Smialowski, AFP
Updated as of Jan 16 08:21 PM

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gets up after signing the articles of impeachment of US President Donald Trump during an engrossment ceremony on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, in Washington, DC. Read more »

Trump impeachment articles heading for US Senate

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 10:57 PM

After a weeks-long standoff over rules and witnesses, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that what will be only the third presidential impeachment trial was now ready to move forward. Read more »

Trump trial looms as House to send charges to Senate on Wednesday

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 03:54 AM

The US House of Representatives will transmit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday, setting the stage for the US leader's trial for abuse of power, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced. Read more »

Democrats to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate next week

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 06:57 AM

The top Democrat's announcement virtually assures that a historic trial of Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress begins this month, as anticipated. Read more »

US Senate returns amid standoff over impeachment trial

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 07:11 AM

US lawmakers return to Washington Friday with President Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment trial looming over the first Senate session of 2020. Read more »

Trump impeachment sets stage for trial in Senate

Amanda Becker and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 11:03 PM

The impeachment of President Donald Trump in the US House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress sets the stage for a historic trial next month in the Republican-controlled Senate on whether he should be removed from office. Read more »

Putin says Trump impeachment based on 'made-up grounds'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 08:02 PM

Putin indicated he believed this was only a pretext used by the Democrats to impeach Trump after failing to corner him over claims that Moscow interfered in the presidential elections that brought him to power. Read more »

In historic moment, US House impeaches Donald Trump for abuse of power

Susan Cornwell, Richard Cowan and David Morgan, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 19 09:53 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump became the third US president to be impeached on Wednesday, as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power in a historic step that will inflame partisan tensions across a deeply divided America. Read more »

On Capitol Hill, protesters clamor for Trump impeachment

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 03:45 AM

Trump stands accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.  Read more »

Trump ramps up Facebook ads against impeachment

Jason Lange, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 07:19 AM

US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign is countering impeachment efforts against him with a new surge in Facebook ads, while his Democratic rivals are saying little on the subject on the social media site or the campaign trail.  Read more »

Donald Trump faces 2 impeachment charges

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 12:53 AM

Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment Tuesday against US President Donald Trump after weeks of arguing there is overwhelming evidence that the US leader abused his office and deserves to be removed. Read more »