New York Times

The House impeachment managers began presenting their oral arguments against President Trump in the Senate trial, arguing that his conduct warranted his removal.

The House impeachment managers began presenting their oral arguments against President Trump in the Senate trial, arguing that his conduct warranted his removal.

As House impeachment managers emphasizes the facts, President Trump’s defense team calls the process unfair.

As House impeachment managers emphasizes the facts, President Trump’s defense team calls the process unfair.

With three of his top rivals pinned down at the Senate impeachment trial, Mr. Buttigieg has seized the opportunity to camp out in the state, largely below the radar.

The first in-person presidential appearance at the annual event in its 47-year history is President Trump’s latest gesture of support for a cause dear to his evangelical base.

Several Democratic candidates and top contenders in the Feb. 3 caucuses are at the impeachment trial while Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg court hundreds of voters each day.

Several Democratic candidates and top contenders in the Feb. 3 caucuses are at the impeachment trial while Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg court hundreds of voters each day.

An architect of the C.I.A. interrogation program testified that to persuade his superiors to let him stop torturing a captive, he had them stand in the cell and watch.

Privately, some American officials acknowledge that the administration has gotten nowhere in negotiations, and that there is no sign the North will give up its nuclear weapons.

Mr. Sanders had mostly avoided going on the offensive in 2019, but with his standing in the polls rising, he saw an opening to criticize Mr. Biden on the Iraq war and Social Security — and he took it.

The Sanders-Warren spat looked as if it’d blow over. Instead it’s fueled the “electability” debate.

The deputy commander of the American-led operation in Iraq said the Pentagon was putting service members through medical examinations to see if they had traumatic brain injuries.

A moderate Republican congressman from Illinois, he forged a compromise on two articles of impeachment that passed the House Judiciary Committee in 1974.

Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, has made his mark during impeachment by stoking the anger of liberals while keeping the president happy.

Manufacturers and farmers struggled last year because of tariffs, and there are signs that damage is spreading to other sectors of the economy.

He’s gaining, and he has some considerable advantages he lacked in 2016.

Gatherings like the World Economic Forum give the president’s adviser and daughter a chance to meet the world’s power brokers, who have come to acknowledge her influence in the White House.

The communications about President Trump’s order to hold up military assistance to Ukraine were released under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

The president signaled a willingness to scale back Medicare, a shift from his 2016 platform of protecting entitlement programs.

The rules adopted by the Senate early Wednesday lay out a timeline for a trial that could be over in two weeks — or stretch much longer.

With an absent defendant and a tired chief justice, the Senate will begin formal arguments as House managers open their case that the president committed high crimes and misdemeanors.

The White House hoped the president’s trip to the World Economic Forum would shift attention away from impeachment, but an impromptu news conference often turned to the drama in Washington.

The chief justice intervened after Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, an impeachment manager, and Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel, traded insults in a particularly biting exchange.

The brazen Shabab assault at Manda Bay, Kenya, a sleepy seaside base near the Somali border, on Jan. 5 left three Americans dead, raising complex questions about the military’s mission in Africa.

Chosen by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the seven Democratic lawmakers reflect the geographic and demographic diversity of the party’s caucus.

Candy, stashed in the desk of Senator Patrick J. Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, is the only food allowed in the chamber.

Under the rules, the House managers and Mr. Trump’s lawyers will each have 24 hours over three days to argue their cases. Senators will have 16 hours to ask questions, submitted in writing.

The Senate will reopen as a court of impeachment Wednesday afternoon, when the House impeachment managers are expected to give opening arguments.

The request by Democrats would have offered more time to respond to any motions that might be made during the trial.