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Impeachment trial continues with day two of Q&A phase Dershowitz backtracks on public interest argument Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution LIVE Updated Senate Democrats discuss the impeachment trial in Washington DC on 29 January. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media 10.47am EST10:47 Trump calls Schiff ‘mentally deranged’ 10.19am EST10:19 […] More

Operation re-elect Trump Meet the social media master who could win Trump a second term Brad Parscale campaign manager for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign speaks during the California Republican fall convention on 7 September 2019, in Indian Wells, California. Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP Brad Parscale was the outsider who fashioned Trump’s digital campaign in 2016. Now […] More

Play Video 3:13 More than a dozen candidates are running to take on Donald Trump in the presidential election this year. But first they must win the Democratic nomination. Lauren Gambino explains the process How the impeachment trial is upending Democrats’ race for Iowa Who is running for president? The full list of 2020 candidates More

Wednesday is first of two days of question-and-answer sessions Trump allies seem confident they will be able to block witnesses White House sends letter saying John Bolton’s cannot be published Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution Updated Play Video Trump senate impeachment trial continues – watch live 3.39pm EST15:39 Roberts […] More

New Jersey Democrat who defected lives it up with Trump – but has he sold his soul? Less than two months since Jeff van Drew switched sides, he’s adapted to the strategy Trump adores: naked flattery Jeff Van Drew with Trump at the rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on Tuesday night. ‘Jeff had the guts […] More

Republican Collins: ‘There’s some gaps that need to be cleared up’ White House counsel to senators: reject articles of impeachment Schiff says Trump’s lawyers ‘cannot defend president on facts’ Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution Updated Susan Collins leaves the chamber with Richard Burr of North Carolina. Photograph: Erik […] More

Play Video 2:16 The US president launches his plan for peace in the Middle East, saying the 80-page proposal offers a ‘realistic two-state solution’ that has already been agreed to by Israel as the basis for negotiations. Despite the absence of a Palestinian presence at the launch, Trump says the US will support Palestine if […] More

Play Video 3:00 The president’s defence team avoided mention of a new book written by former security adviser John Bolton. The exception came in a monologue by Alan Dershowitz, who said: ‘Nothing in the Bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offence.’ Kenneth Starr, […] More