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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

Yellen wins unanimous US Senate vote despite Republican tax, debt concerns

Yellen's nomination was approved 26-0 in the evenly split committee, with concerns expressed by Republicans about President Joe Biden's ambitious plans

House Speaker to send impeachment article against Trump on Monday

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday

House committees to work on Covid-19 relief package next week: Pelosi

Pelosi's remarks came after Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, on Tuesday urged Congress to "act big" with a new Covid-19 relief package

US: Senate confirms Biden first Cabinet pick as Democrats control

The new Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged colleagues to turn the spirit of the new president's call for unity into action

US: Democrats gaining Senate control as three new members take oath

The three Democrats join a Senate narrowly split 50-50 between the parties, but giving Democrats the majority with Harris able to cast the tie-breaking vote

VP swears in 3 new senators, Ossoff youngest Democrat to serve since Biden

The swearing-in of the three new senators was groundbreaking as Warnock and Ossoff have become the first Black and first Jewish senators