AP source: McConnell says he can’t yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense wrong about FBI investigation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's defense team falsely claimed the Justice Department was already investigating him even before the 2016 election ...
Trial highlights: Bolton takes center stage from afar
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton took center stage at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial even though he was nowhere n...
The Latest: Capitol fireplaces go cold for impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (all times local):
Trump defense counsel Ken Starr says impeachment is ‘hell’
WASHINGTON — Impeachment, he said, “is hell.” A measure of "last resort.” A bad habit to be kicked.
GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses
WASHINGTON — Pressure is increasing on senators to call John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial after the revelation that...
Why it Matters: Bolton revelations complicate Trump defense
WASHINGTON — Revelations from former national security adviser John Bolton’s upcoming book are adding some drama to the ongoing Senate impeachment tri...
In divided America, some voters tuning out impeachment trial
HAMBURG, Pa. — For all the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial, Americans don’t seem to be giving it much weight.
Defense resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defense team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote o...
Pompeo lashes out at journalist; NPR defends its reporter
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out in anger Saturday at an NPR reporter who accused him of shouting expletives at her after she as...
Trump lawyers argue Democrats just want to overturn election
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into their impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the ...
GOP senators upset by Schiff remark, Dems claim ‘diversion’
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans said lead impeachment prosecutor Adam Schiff insulted them during the trial by repeating an anonymously sourced report...
Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s impeachment defense and the facts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyers opened his Senate impeachment defense Saturday with the false assertion that Democrats tried to shut the...
Democrats speak to history with exhaustive impeachment case
WASHINGTON — At times it seemed like few senators in the chamber were really listening. But the House Democrats presenting the impeachment case agains...
GOP shows little desire for witnesses ahead of critical vote
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial despite persi...
House is given tape of Trump calling for ambassador’s ouster
NEW YORK — An associate of Rudy Giuliani has provided congressional investigators with a recording of President Donald Trump saying he wanted to get r...
Trial highlights: Dems cry cover-up, Trump hails activists
WASHINGTON — From the floor of the Senate, Democratic impeachment prosecutors said Friday that Trump tried to cover up his actions with Ukraine, anoth...
Pompeo heads to Ukraine next week to meet with president
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine next week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump'...
Schiff sets tone of impeachment case, says ‘right matters’
WASHINGTON — For a few gripping minutes, Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment prosecutor against President Donald Trump, had made the restless Senat...
Tweets urge calls to Supreme Court for fair Senate trial
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court doesn't have a public comment line for its own work, much less the Senate's.
Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case Thursday at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other presi...
Trial highlights: Conspiracy theories and fidget spinners
WASHINGTON — Democrats argued that President Donald Trump sought a phony investigation of a political rival and pursued a discredited conspiracy theor...
Trial highlights: Democrats roll out case as senators fidget
WASHINGTON — House prosecutors faced fidgeting senators as they rolled out their case against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the trial's previou...
AP-NORC poll: Public doubts Senate trial will be revealing
WASHINGTON — Americans are sharply divided along party lines about whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, and they doubt the Se...
Schiff takes conciliatory tone after Roberts’ admonishment
WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, took a conciliatory tone at President Donald Trump’s Senate trial on Wednesday after Chie...
Crime required for impeachment? Not so, say legal experts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's defense hinges largely on arguments made in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson more than 150 year...
Trump says he’s open to witnesses as trial rules are set
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening argume...
Awake? Senators struggle to stay focused on impeachment
WASHINGTON — Adam Schiff was still speaking — about witnesses, documents, future presidents and the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He'd said i...
Dispute over rules erupts on impeachment’s first full day
WASHINGTON — A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.