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The Senate found President Trump not guilty of the impeachment charges against him. "We went through hell, unfairly," he said in a statement at the White House.
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The Trump impeachment trial is adjourned, but lawmakers have time to make their own cases for and against removing the president. A final vote is expected on Wednesday afternoon.
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The State of the Union gets massive television ratings. This year, President Trump will deliver it a day before senators vote on whether to remove him from office.
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Both sides made their closing arguments in the president's impeachment trial in the Senate. On Wednesday, the Senate is widely expected to acquit the president.
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NPR is hosting live special coverage of the trial. On Friday, senators begin submitting questions for the defense and prosecution.
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Democrats had hoped to introduce witnesses but failed to get enough Republican support. The trial now moves to a final phase, which includes a vote on whether to acquit or convict the president.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell now likely has the votes to block witnesses.
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Senators' written submissions read by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts yielded an extensive back-and-forth but no certainty as to how much longer the trial might run.
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Trump's legal team argued that accepting election information from foreign sources does not violate federal laws. Democrats called the assertion shocking.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republicans during a closed-door meeting that he does not now have the votes to defeat Democrats' push for witnesses, but he is not declaring defeat.
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President Trump's defense lawyers tore into Democrats in their first full day of arguments but waited until the evening to directly reject John Bolton's reported revelations.
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President Trump's lawyers finished their presentation Monday night, dismissing the need for additional witnesses and saying former National Security Adviser John Bolton's testimony is not needed.