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Senate votes to proceed with Donald Trump's second impeachment trial

The 56-to-44 vote was the second indication in two weeks that Trump was all but certain to be acquitted

Senators to hear opening arguments as Donald Trump fumes over trial

Opening arguments will begin Wednesday in Donald Trump's impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Six Republican Senators also say Trump's impeachment trial constitutional

Six Republican Senators joined their Democratic colleagues in the United States Senate on Tuesday to vote that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional

Senate agrees to hear Trump impeachment case, rejecting GOP arguments

Trump is the first president to face impeachment charges after leaving office and the first to be twice impeached

US: Senate leaders reach deal on Donald Trump's impeachment trial

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also confirmed on the Senate floor that they have reached a deal, noting that it "preserves due process and the rights of both sides"

Senate backs Joe Biden's $1.9-trillion aid after Harris breaks the tie

Despite the amendments, the process left Biden's plan largely intact as Democrats moved forward

Donald Trump not to testify voluntarily for Senate impeachment trial

The House managers could still attempt to subpoena testimony from Trump during the trial, but doing so would require support from a majority of the Senate, said the NYT report

House Democrats ask Donald Trump to testify under oath in Senate trial

The request from House impeachment managers make clear their intent to present an aggressive case against the former president even though he has left the White House

US: Congressmen seek FBI inquiry into vandalism of Mahatma Gandhi statue

A bronze statue of Gandhi in the Central Park of the city of Davis in Northern California was vandalised, broken and ripped from the base by unknown miscreants last week

Buttigieg confirmed transportation secy, first openly LGBTQ Cabinet member

Buttigieg, a breakout star of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign before dropping out and endorsing Biden, was confirmed by a strong bipartisan vote of 86 to 13

US: Senate confirms Alejandro Mayorkas as Biden's homeland security chief

Mayorkas is a former federal prosecutor who previously served as a senior DHS official

US: Prez Biden meets Republicans as Democrats push on for coronavirus aid

The two sides are wide apart, with Republicans focused primarily on the health care crisis, tapping into bipartisan urgency to shore up the nation's vaccine distribution

Trump likely to be acquitted in impeachment as Democrats lack numbers

The Democrats need the support of at least 17 Republican Senators to reach the two-thirds majority mark

US: Trump impeachment trial underway, arguments to begin on February 9

House of Representatives delivered the article of impeachment against Trump, accusing him of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol building on January 6

US Senate confirms Biden aide Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state

Senators voted 78-22 to approve Blinken, a longtime Biden confidant, as the nation's 71st secretary of state, succeeding Mike Pompeo

House sending Donald Trump impeachment to Senate, GOP opposes trial

Now that Trump''s presidency is over, Republican senators who will serve as jurors in the trial are rallying to his legal defense, as they did during his first impeachment trial last year

'We can't wait:' Biden admin fights for $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan

Lawmakers from both parties said they had agreed that getting the Covid-19 vaccine to Americans should be a priority

US: Lawmakers threatened ahead of Donald Trump's impeachment trial

The threats, and concerns that armed protesters could return to sack the Capitol anew, have prompted the U.S. Capitol Police

Trump's Senate impeachment trial will start in February: Chuck Schumer

The process will start on Monday when the US House of Representatives formally delivers the impeachment charge to the chamber

US Senate confirms Gen Austin as country's first black defense secretary

Vice President Kamala Harris would administer the ceremonial oath to Austin next week