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WASHINGTON — A divided Senate voted on Tuesday to proceed with Donald J. Trump’s second impeachment trial, narrowly rejecting constitutional objections after House prosecutors opened their case with a harrowing 13-minute video capturing the deadly Capitol riot he stands accused of inciting. 

Where have you gone? (Former) President Trump left office in due course, yet the Senate is set to take up his second impeachment trial this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern). The first item on the trial schedule is debate over the constitutionality of trial of a former president. Byron York reviewed the issue of constitutionality in his Daily Memo yesterday. The correct answer is “no.” After the arguments, the Senate will vote on whether it has the jurisdiction to try a former president. The...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are closing in on an agreement on a trial resolution for the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the talks. 

The request by David Schoen, one of former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers, could upend plans for a fast trial.

The office for Senator Chuck Schumer said it "respects" the request from the observant Jewish lawyer and will "accommodate it."

How Google could sue Australia for billions Share Google and Facebook could sue the government for billions of dollars over a proposed law to force the digital giants to pay publishers for displaying news content, by seizing on investment clauses in the Australia-Singapore trade agreement, international treaty experts and Senator Rex Patrick have warned. The government’s proposed media bargaining code could be vulnerable to a challenge in international arbitration by the Silicon Valley compan...

WASHINGTON — Democrats on Tuesday took the first step to push through President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan, using a budgetary maneuver that could eventually allow the measure to become law without Republican support. The move advanced the two-track strategy that Mr. Biden and Democratic leaders are employing to speed the aid package through Congress: show Republicans that they have the votes to pass an ambitious spending bill...

Sen. Patrick Leahy taken to hospital and released hours after being sworn in to preside over impeachment trial aharoun@businessinsider.com (Azmi Haroun) © Terry Ashe/The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Senator Patrick J. Leahy walking outside after the Senate briefing of the downing of Iranian Airbus A300 by USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf. Terry Ashe/The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy checked into a local hospital, his staff reported, after he ...

Mr. Leahy, whose position in the Senate puts him third in line for the presidency, oversaw the start of the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald J. Trump earlier on Tuesday.

The trial will be formally triggered once the House sends its single article of impeachment to the Senate