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WASHINGTON — The Senate formally opened the impeachment trial of President Trump on Thursday, bracing for a grave and deeply divisive debate over his fate as senators swore to deliver “impartial justice” and installed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to preside over a proceeding with little precedent. In a somber ceremony that initiated only […]

WASHINGTON — Shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa administered the oath to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in the well of the Senate, asking him to swear “that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States,”

SEOUL, South Korea — At a time of growing unease in the alliance between the United States and South Korea, a hairy diplomatic issue has surfaced: the American ambassador’s mustache, which has become an object of ridicule and resentment among many South Koreans. On Thursday, the envoy, Harry B. Harris Jr. — a retired Navy

Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, revealed in a video released on Thursday that she has a condition called alopecia and is now bald. “This is about acceptance,” Ms. Pressley said of her decision to publicly discuss her baldness. “I hope this starts a conversation about the personal struggles we navigate, and I hope that

Trump says he ‘just got impeached’ and wants a short trial. President Trump speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times President Trump waited until after Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in and senators signed an oath book before he shared his thoughts on becoming the third

McConnell drafts rules for the trial. Out of public view, Mr. McConnell and his aides were working to complete a resolution that would set the parameters for the first phase of the trial and be put up for a vote on Tuesday. Democrats plan to oppose it en masse because it does not guarantee that

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have declined to file charges after a House staff member said she was sexually assaulted at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Washington, setting up a highly unusual public confrontation among a cabinet secretary, a congressional committee chairman and an inspector general. In September, Andrea Goldstein, a Navy veteran and

In Iowa and Florida, cheers for Trump. As the ceremonial and solemn affair of President Trump’s impeachment trial began in Washington, several high-profile campaign and administration officials hit the road to promote red-meat issues as counterprogramming. In Iowa, a women for Trump bus tour featuring the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, was underway, and in Florida

Silence in the Senate as managers present the articles. At five minutes past noon on Thursday, something rare happened in the Senate: All senators were seated, and the chamber came to a hush as the wooden doors swung open and a team of seven House Democrats, escorted by the Senate sergeant-at-arms, marched into the chamber.

Delivery of the articles set the stage for the Senate to start the trial. House impeachment managers delivering the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Wednesday.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times The delivery of the articles of impeachment on Wednesday evening by the House managers to the Senate set the stage for the formal opening