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Trump's historic 2nd trial opens with jarring video of Capitol siege

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial has opened in the Senate with graphic video of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress after the defeated former president whips up a rally crowd.

Election of new chair portends change at U.S. Postal Service

By David Sharp, Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Ron Bloom on Tuesday replaced a former Republican National Committee chair amid calls by critics for firing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and changing the board's makeup.

Your guide to the Trump impeachment trial of 2021

By Lisa Desjardins

We have a special place in history. Never have Americans been so experienced in presidential impeachment as we. Two impeachments in just more than a single year.

Harris' historic election celebrated in cracked glass portrait

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris' barrier-breaking career has been memorialized in a portrait that depicts her face emerging from the cracks in a massive sheet of glass.

WATCH: White House's Psaki holds news briefing

By Associated Press

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened in the Senate, with Democrats arguing that the former president should be convicted for inciting a violent mob of his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

WATCH: Senate Majority Leader Schumer says COVID-19 relief efforts to continue during impeachment trial

By Associated Press

The impeachment trial will force the Senate to decide whether to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

WATCH: OMB nominee Neera Tanden testifies before Senate committee

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, will testify Feb. 9 before the Senate committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs.

WATCH: Trump's second impeachment trial begins in Senate

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

House Democrats prosecuting the case told senators they were presenting “cold, hard facts” against Trump, who is charged with inciting the mob siege of the Capitol to overturn the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Congress irons out final details on the eve of Trump's historic impeachment trial

By PBS NewsHour

Congress and the American people are preparing for the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, which is set to begin on Tuesday. It's a historic first for the nation, as a president has never been impeached twice. Yamiche…

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U.S. plans to reengage with U.N. rights council, reversing Trump

By Matthew Lee, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

The Biden administration has announced plans to reengage with the much-maligned U.N. Human Rights Council that former President Donald Trump withdrew from almost three years ago.