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WATCH: Trump impeachment trial -- Feb. 3

On Monday, House impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team return to the Senate floor to make closing arguments in the trial.

WATCH: 2020 Iowa caucuses special coverage

By Associated Press

The caucuses will render the first verdict on who among dozens of candidates is best positioned to take on President Donald Trump, whom Democratic voters are desperate to beat this fall.

Will results from the Iowa caucuses yield a single winner?

By Jeff Greenfield

After a year and a half of speeches, town hall meetings, and tens of millions of dollars spent, the Iowa caucuses will finally produce a winner of the first in the nation contests. Or will they? With the Democrats revamping…

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What Venezuela's opposition leader may achieve in U.S. visit

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared Saturday at a Miami rally, telling supporters that democracy will return to Venezuela and he will replace socialist President Nicolas Maduro. The U.S. and many other countries backed Guaidó after last year's disputed election.

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In Iowa, anxiety and unpredictability clouds caucus finish

By Julie Pace, Sara Burnett, Associated Press

On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates hustled across the state Sunday trying to fire up voters and make one last appeal to those struggling to make a final decision about their choice in the crowded…

Trump bashes Bloomberg; Dem's campaign calls Trump a `liar'

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

While much of the political world is focused on Iowa and its caucuses Monday kicking o ff the election season, President Donald Trump has his mind on a Democratic candidate who's skipping the early-voting state.

The critical fight inside Democrats' establishment primary

By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Within the Democrats’ sprawling presidential contest is a smaller, yet critical competition among a handful of candidates jockeying to secure the backing of their party’s establishment wing.

Some Republicans 'eager to explain' vote to exclude witnesses

By PBS NewsHour

President Trump's likely acquittal following Friday's mostly party-line vote to exclude witnesses and new documents from the Senate impeachment trial has left questions over the limits of presidential powers. Senators will get the chance to explain their decisions next week.

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AP fact check: Trump on Democrats, impeachment and cows

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

A look at recent rhetoric by President Trump about impeachment, his newly signed trade deal, the economy and more.

Democrats focus on unity as tensions from 2016 linger

By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidates promised voters in Iowa on Saturday they would unify the party to take on President Donald Trump even as they kept up their criticism of each other and navigated the lingering divides from the 2016 campaign.