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By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a rift among his fellow Republicans that was on full display on Sunday.
At least one Republican, Senator Mitt Romney, said he believed the trial, which could lead to a vote banning Trump from future office, was a necessary response to the former president s inflammatory call to his supporters to fight his election defeat before the Jan. 6 attack.
Ten Republicans joined the House of Representatives in voting to impeach Trump on a charge of inciting insurrection, and the House is to present the charges to the Senate on Monday. Leaders of the narrowly divided Senate agreed to start the trial in two weeks, leaving time to confirm some of President Joe Biden s Cabinet nominees and possibly address his call for a fresh round of stimulus for a coronavirus-hammered n
The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a rift among his fellow Republicans that was on full display on Sunday.
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly .
For second time in four years, Senate confirms ex-general as US defense secretary
Retired General Lloyd Austin was sworn in Friday as the new US secretary of defense following an overwhelming 93-to-2 Senate confirmation vote.
Austin being sworn in as Secretary of Defense at The Pentagon on January 22, 2021 [Source: Wikimedia Commons]
The rise of Austin, the first African-American to occupy the top post at the Pentagon, has been hailed by the Democrats and the corporate media as a historic milestone and manifestation of social progress. Newspapers and news web sites carried headlines about the “First Black Defense Secretary.”
Typical was the statement of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer who stated on the Senate floor Friday that “Mr. Austin will be the first African-American to ever helm the Defense Department in its history a powerful symbol of the diversity and history of America’s Armed Forces.”