Trump’s impeachment trial starts with two sides clashing on rules, evidence
U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began in earnest in the Senate on Tuesday, with his chief legal defender attacking the case as baseless and a top Democratic lawmaker describing overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing.
Factbox: ‘They’re here to steal two elections:’ Trump’s attorneys push back on impeachment
Lawyers for President Donald Trump pushed back on Tuesday against the House of Representatives’ impeachment case as proceedings got under way in the U.S. Senate. Here are excerpts from their opening remarks.
‘Please do not touch me’: U.S. Senate on security alert for Trump impeachment trial
With the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump under way, U.S. senators have polished their talking points about upholding the Constitution. They also have another phrase at the ready: “Please do not touch me.”
Sanders drops Iowa campaign appearances as impeachment scrambles plans
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Tuesday scrapped three Iowa campaign appearances scheduled for this week, as he and the other U.S. senators running for president remained in Washington for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
Trump’s impeachment trial underway in Senate as battle lines form
U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began in earnest in the Senate on Tuesday in a rare use of the constitutional mechanism for ousting a president that has further polarized voters ahead of a November election.
White House rejects Democrats’ push for Trump lawyer’s information
The White House rejected a request from Democrats that President Donald Trump’s lawyer Pat Cipollone disclose any first-hand knowledge he had of the withholding of aid to Ukraine, which is at the crux of the Senate trial over whether Trump should be re…
Sanders drops Iowa campaign appearances as impeachment trial looms
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Tuesday scrapped three Iowa campaign appearances scheduled for this week, as he and the other U.S. senators running for president remained in Washington for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
McConnell vows to block any early votes on Trump trial witnesses
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he would move to set aside any efforts by Democrats to force an early vote on subpoenaing witnesses and documents during afternoon proceedings in President Donald Trump’s impeachment tria…
Senate Democrats will seek to subpoena White House documents in impeachment trial
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he will seek to amend the resolution coming later on Tuesday that outlines the procedure for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in order to obtain records of communications on U.S. aid to Ukraine…
‘Nobody likes him’: Hillary Clinton bashes Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton criticized the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective U.S. senator who accomplished little because “nobody liked him.”
