Jan 21 Watch 16:10 Senate amends impeachment trial rules, but defers on witnesses The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump got underway on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The first day of proceedings involved hours of debate over the trial rules Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had proposed; ultimately, some changes were accepted. Nick Schifrin… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 13:19 What we learned from the 1st day of Trump’s Senate impeachment trial What did we learn from the first day of substantive proceedings in President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial? Brookings Institution’s Margaret Taylor, John Hart of Mars Hill Strategies, former Democratic Secretary of the Senate Martin Paone of Prime Policy Group and… Continue watching
Jan 21 WATCH: Senate kills impeachment amendment to subpoena White House documents By Gretchen Frazee The measure was defeated 53 to 47 along party lines. Continue reading
Jan 21 Read McConnell’s proposed roadmap for the Trump impeachment trial By Associated Press The resolution would permit Trump's lawyers to move early on to acquit the president and sets up a vote next week on calling witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: Every day of Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate The historic, three-week trial proceeded largely along partisan lines. Watch the whole trial here. Continue reading
Jan 20 Who’s who on Trump’s impeachment trial legal team By Jill Colvin, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s legal advocates for his Senate impeachment trial will include a pair of well-known attorneys who have vigorously defended Trump on television. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 6:27 What to expect from Trump’s legal team and House managers during impeachment trial On Monday, President Trump’s legal team released its first official defense in advance of his Senate impeachment trial, which begins Tuesday. The president’s attorneys say Trump didn’t condition military aid to Ukraine on investigations into the Bidens. Meanwhile, the House… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 7:11 Former Defense Sec. William Cohen on partisanship and impeachment evidence Former Rep. William Cohen was among a handful of Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee in 1974 to vote for the impeachment of President Nixon. Cohen later served as secretary of defense under President Clinton, who was impeached during that… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 3:22 As Iowa approaches, 2020 Democrats highlight differences but push for unity By Amna Nawaz Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren appeared to put their recent clash behind them as they joined a South Carolina celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. But former Vice President Joe Biden questioned whether either of them would… Continue watching
Jan 20 McConnell proposes swift impeachment trial for Trump By Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed a condensed, two-day calendar for each side to give opening arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, ground rules that are raising objections from Democrats on the eve of the landmark proceedings. Continue reading