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What to Watch for as Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial Begins Aishvarya Kavi and Zachary Montague, New York Times Feb. 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky arrives for a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.J. Scott Applewhite/AP The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins on Tuesday, about a month after he was ch...

Officer Brian Sicknick, fatally injured in the Capitol riot, to lie in honor in Rotunda Paul Duggan and Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - An urn with the remains of Brian Sicknick, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who suffered fatal injuries Jan. 6 when a riotous mob rampaged through the building, was borne up the steps of the Capitol's East Front in a frigid wind Tuesday night, past scores of mourners, and set atop a bier in the Rotunda, to lie in honor. A phalanx of police officers stood at attention on each side of plaza below the marble steps...

Our Education: Dr. Thomas expands SDM focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and well-being The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail Thomas EDWARDSVILLE — The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SDM) has appointed Dr. Cornell Thomas, DMD, as chief diversity officer and director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Thomas will maintain his role as assistant dean for Admissions and Student Services, but will place a more focused and sustained emphasis on diversity and equity issues. His dedication to “lower barriers not lower standards” has been woven in hi...

FacebookTwitterEmail A C-SPAN screengrab of the impeachment hearing Jan. 13, 2021. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., can be seen sneezing into his hand.C-SPAN/Screenshot Remember first grade, when a teacher probably told you to make like a vampire whenever you sneezed or coughed? (For kids born after the year 2010, the point of reference is probably to do the "dab" when you sneeze or cough.) Evidently, one Rhode Island Congressman never got the memo. Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., was caught on CNN and C-SPAN's broadcast of Wednesday's impeachment proceedings removing his mask, sneezi...

He buried his son a week ago. Now Jamie Raskin is leading the impeachment charge. Meagan Flynn and Erin Cox, The Washington Post Jan. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are shown at a news conference on Oct. 9, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Sarah Silbiger He returned home sometime after 4 a.m. on Thursday, after Congress finished certifying the election results in the shadow of a mob invasion, and tried to get some rest. "I haven't been sleeping a lot since we've been without Tommy," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., admitted. It...