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Giuliani associate says Trump 'knew exactly what was going on' in Ukraine

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 09:00 AM

NEW YORK - Just hours before Donald Trump's impeachment trial opened Thursday, an associate of his personal attorney said the US president was fully aware of efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. 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

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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: What happens next?

Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 08:32 AM

Democratic lawmakers, who represent the House majority, voted along party lines on Dec. 18 to impeach Trump over his dealings with Ukraine.   Read more »

Trump impeachment articles delivered to Senate

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 08:22 AM

Articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress were delivered to the Senate Wednesday, setting in motion a historic trial that threatens the US leader with removal from office.   Read more »

Democrats name prosecutors for Trump impeachment trial

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 02:34 AM

Adam Schiff, the Democratic lawmaker who led the House impeachment investigation into Donald Trump, was named Wednesday to lead the prosecution at the historic Senate trial of the 45th president. 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 »

Emerging from the shadows: the US chief justice who will preside over Trump's trial

Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 08:13 AM

US Chief Justice John Roberts is due to preside over a Senate impeachment trial, while the Supreme Court he leads will rule on a titanic clash over the president's attempts to keep his financial records secret. Read more »

Twitter system 'outage' briefly blocked Trump whistleblower tweet

Reuters
Posted at Dec 30 08:37 AM

A tweet from US President Donald Trump that identified an intelligence analyst as the alleged whistleblower who helped spark his impeachment was temporarily blocked at the weekend, with Twitter blaming an outage that affected a number of user accounts. Read more »

Rebuttal of Christianity Today's Trump editorial leads to a resignation

Karen Zraick, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 25 09:25 AM

A scathing anti-Trump editorial published by the prominent evangelical magazine Christianity Today continues to provoke fierce debate. A response in The Christian Post on Monday denounced the editorial, prompting an editor there to resign in protest. Read more »

US House speaker, Senate leader spar over Trump trial

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 24 07:00 AM

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred on Monday over the ground rules for President Donald Trump's trial in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.   Read more »

Trump slams House's impeachment delay as 'so unfair'

Alexandra Alper and Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 10:51 AM

Trump is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office by the upper chamber of Congress because it is controlled by his Republican Party.  Read more »

US evangelical magazine calls for removal of 'grossly immoral' Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 08:41 AM

WASHINGTON - Christianity Today, a leading US evangelical Christian publication, said Thursday that President Donald Trump is "morally lost and confused" and should be removed from office. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 19, 2019

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Posted at Dec 20 02:23 AM

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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 »