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Credit…Art Lien for The New York Times Sketches on Thursday by the courtroom artist Art Lien capture several restless senators during the presentations by House managers. But Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — two moderate Republicans who have signaled they may be open to calling witnesses — appeared to be […]

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has conceded to a secretive intelligence court that the available evidence about Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser wiretapped by the F.B.I. during the Russia investigation, was legally insufficient to justify the last several months of his continued surveillance in 2017. The department has also promised to sequester phone

Entering their final day of formal arguments, House impeachment managers are poised to bring to a close the case against President Trump that they have been methodically assembling since Wednesday. There have been conspicuous signs that fatigue is growing among the senators, who have already heard nearly 16 hours of presentations. Some have looked restless,

“The thing that is beautiful about being an interpreter is that you’re not going to omit, you’re not going to add, you’re not going to give advice, you’re going to literally let that person express in their own voice,” she said. “That’s what I am hoping everyone does here.” But even more than that, Ms.

Ms. Harris was trying to loosen Mr. Biden’s grip on African-American primary voters, and her searing reference to her own childhood experience with integration might have been the high point of her campaign. But it came at the expense of an older, white candidate who was already fending off questions about his record on matters

Senator Chris Van Hollen released documents on Thursday showing that the White House ultimately declined to respond to a watchdog’s request for details.Credit…Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times When a federal watchdog pressed the administration for details on the decision to withhold security aid to Ukraine, the White House ultimately declined to respond, according to documents

Over a dozen cars at the Capitol idled waiting to take senators away from the trial.Credit…Calla Kessler/The New York Times Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, wanted a change of perspective. So as the third day of President Trump’s impeachment trial stretched into yet another late night, he climbed a flight of stairs and

This is the Impeachment Briefing, The Times’s newsletter about the impeachment investigation. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weeknight. What happened today Democratic managers continued making opening arguments in the trial, concentrating on the first impeachment article accusing President Trump of abuse of power. The lawmakers incorporated constitutional references, reams of

Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the lead impeachment manager, stepped back to the Senate lectern around 10 p.m. Eastern to deliver one final argument for the day. It turned out to be a stemwinder, jolting the sleepy Senate to attention as Mr. Schiff argued more explicitly than ever before for President Trump’s removal from

For Day 2 of their opening arguments, the House impeachment managers focused on the abuse of power charge against Trump. The seven House impeachment managers, led by Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, resumed oral arguments on Thursday, with 16 hours and 42 minutes remaining, and started to build out their legal case that