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It’s the first presidential impeachment trial in which witnesses weren’t called, and is on track to be the shortest in history Play Video 1:20 ‘A grand tragedy’: Senate votes against calling witnesses in Trump impeachment trial – video The tenth full day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the US Senate has concluded. Here are five […] More
Play Video 1:20 The US Senate has voted against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, clearing the way for a near-certain acquittal. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 51-49 to block the Democrats’ drive to hear testimony from witnesses including former national security advisor John Bolton. Only two Republicans, Mitt […] More
Trump defense team leader implicated in Ukraine scheme Democrats still appear to be short of four votes they require The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, enters the Capitol building on Friday. Democrats went into the impeachment proceedings short of the four Republican votes they needed. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA The US Senate voted against hearing witnesses […] More
Butter and Scotch bakery in New York sends special message to impeachment trial: ‘We don’t count calories. We count on you’ New York’s Butter and Scotch bakery called it a ‘fun new way to protest’. Photograph: Butter and Scotch bakery and bar They say food is the key to a man’s heart, which may have […] More
Sanders faces mounting attacks from anxious moderates as Iowa vote nears Centrists criticize Sanders as a ‘uniquely’ flawed candidate – but polls show him ahead in Iowa and tied with Biden nationally Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in Iowa in La Poste last week. The urgency of the warnings against Sanders reflects a realization […] More
The week began with a tragic patch of fog in California, continued with the smoke-and-mirrors diplomacy of Donald Trump and Jared Kushner in the Middle East, and is ending with Boris Johnson kicking off his nation’s great adventure into the mists of the future, the great unknown. What’s the forecast? Eleven months of unabated and […] More
Spokesperson confirms Republican ‘wants to hear from Bolton’ Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden tie in new national poll Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution LIVE Updated Mitt Romney arrives at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 29 January. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images 9.41am EST09:41 Romney spokesperson confirms he […] More
Bernie Sanders’ real obstacle is not Trump. It’s the Democratic establishment Hamilton Nolan The fact that Sanders can succeed without the party machine enrages those who sacrificed their idealism to play the game ‘The vast majority of the Democratic power structure has focused far more on deriding Medicare for All than it ever did on […] More
