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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell finds himself in the unique position of being something Donald Trump and Joe Biden can agree on, sort of. However, while the current president made it clear he was no fan of the Kentucky senator's stance that opposing Biden's Covid-19 relief plan will unite the GOP, the former Ce…

The outcome of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump never really was in much doubt, but that doesn't mean that the whole exercise was a waste of time. What the week's events showed is the need for much more investigating and scrutiny of the events of January 6, the kind of who knew what and when that the attack on…

FIFTH UPDATE: The Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on the impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol, bringing to an end a trial that lasted just five days. The Senate voted 57-43 to convict Trump, short of the 67 votes needed. Seven Republicans joined with 48 Democrats and two…

As Valentines Day approaches, "There's nothing to get you revved up for romance like a solid week of bloody insurrection videos," said Bill Maher Friday, as the former president's impeachment trial may wrap tomorrow. (As if Valentines Day in lockdown isn't already hard enough, said the host of HBO's Real Time With Bill…

SECOND UPDATE, 3:36 PM PT: The Q&A session of the trial has ended, but one of the most perplexing moments came when Donald Trump’s legal team was asked when the then-president was made aware that Vice President Mike Pence in danger. The question from Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) is one that has been on the minds of many at…

UPDATED with Day 4 details: The prosecution has rested in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, and now it’s the defense’s turn. The proceedings in the U.S. Senate are set to continue Friday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT. Day 4 of the trial featured the Democrats impeachment managers summarizing their…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sat at his desk, rarely if ever distracted from the case being laid out against Donald Trump by House impeachment managers this week. That was certainly not the case with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who at one point tapped a pencil on his desk, and at another fidgeted his…

SECOND UPDATE, 1:26 p.m. PT: Democrats wrapped up their arguments against Donald Trump with about five hours remaining in their allotted time, but lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) made clear why they didn’t go longer. “We need to exercise our common sense about what happened here,” Raskin said…

3rd UPDATE, 6:45 PM: The focus of the impeachment trial on Wednesday is rightfully on the footage of the Capitol siege. Some of it — like the security footage of senators racing to evacuate the chamber — had not been shown publicly before. Other clips took on new meaning as impeachment managers built a timeline of…

UPDATED, 3:40 PM PT: Fox News returned to coverage of the impeachment trial, carrying the proceedings as senators returned from a dinner break around 3:30 p.m. PT. PREVIOUSLY: As impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell was presenting chilling security and other video footage during the impeachment trial of Donald Trump…

An estimated 11.02 million viewers tuned into the opening day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump across five networks. That’s on par with the Day 1 of Trump’s first impeachment trial last year, which drew a total of 11 million viewers. But those figures were across six networks: ABC, CBS. NBC, CN…

The hearings for Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment began on Tuesday, but with the former president absent from the trial Jimmy Kimmel said the political event was far from exciting. “This trial is boring,” he said on Tuesday. “I want to see Donald Trump watching it. That's where the action is.” Like a number…