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After hearing a closing argument from Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, in which he implored the Senate to “put America first,” senators are now taking a 30-minute dinner break. When they return, the Democratic impeachment managers will conclude their opening arguments. President Trump on Friday at the White House.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York […]

The entrepreneur Andrew Yang was struggling in obscurity when, about a year ago, he went on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Almost immediately, the donations started pouring in. Senior members of Mr. Yang’s campaign have said his two-hour interview with Mr. Rogan was responsible for bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars and

Prosecutors from the House are focusing on the obstruction of Congress charge. House impeachment managers were using most of their final seven hours and 53 minutes of oral arguments to make their case that President Trump obstructed Congress. Discussion of Mr. Trump’s alleged cover-up had focused primarily on Mr. Trump’s defiance of subpoenas for testimony

Vice President Mike Pence shaking hands with Giuseppe Conte, the prime minister of Italy, in Rome on Friday.Credit…Filippo Monteforte/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence, who is on a trip abroad but has been in close contact with the president to compare notes over the impeachment trial, told reporters on Friday in Rome

Marie L. Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, preparing to testify before Congress last November.Credit…Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times A recording of President Trump saying “take her out,” in an apparent reference to the American ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch, has emerged, ABC News reported on Friday. According to ABC News, the recording dates

The Trump administration threatened on Friday to withhold federal money from California if the state does not drop its requirement that private insurers cover abortions. In an announcement on the morning of the March for Life, the high-profile annual demonstration against anti-abortion rights, the Department of Health and Human Services said it would give California

Representative Val B. Demings of Florida and the other House impeachment managers will conclude their oral arguments on Friday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times The House managers prosecuting the case against President Trump will wrap up their arguments on Friday with a focus on the second article of impeachment: the accusation that the president obstructed Congress

Democrats want to call Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, as a witness.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times Friday is the moment of truth for House managers in the Senate impeachment trial as they seek to convince a handful of Republican lawmakers to support their demand for additional witnesses and documentary

Senator Mitt Romeny, Republican of Utah, on his way out of the Capitol on Thursday night via its subway.Credit…Calla Kessler/The New York Times Republican moderates are in the spotlight on Friday as House managers conclude their oral arguments and senators turn to the question of whether to call witnesses and seek new documents in the

The lack of consensus among Democratic voters, 10 days before the presidential nominating primary begins with Iowa caucuses, has led some party leaders to make unusually fervent and early pleas for unity. On Monday alone, a pair of influential Democratic congressmen issued strikingly similar warnings to very different audiences in very different states. “We get