Print Republican senators appear to be divided as the House prepares to deliver an article of impeachment against former President Trump. TOP STORIES House Democrats are expected to deliver a single article of impeachment against former President Trump to the Senate about 4 p.m. Pacific time today, and senators will be sworn in Tuesday for a trial. But by mutual agreement of Senate leadership, the trial won’t start until the second week of February. That gives President Biden a short respite to attend to the most pressing legislative business as the U.S. faces a deepening COVID-19 pandemic crisis — and gives Trump, who is charged with inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, time to muster a legal defense.