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Thursday will be the beginning of a new phase in the impeachment process, as the Senate lays the procedural groundwork for the trial of President Trump, only the third such proceeding in American history. The House voted on Wednesday to send the two articles of impeachment to the Senate, naming seven impeachment managers, who marched […]

WASHINGTON — When Representative Jerrold Nadler campaigned two years ago to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, he billed himself as the “strongest member to lead a potential impeachment.” Mr. Nadler got the job, and last December, he led the Judiciary Committee as it drafted and approved two articles of impeachment against

During the interview with The Times, as well as in a taped interview Mr. Parnas gave on Wednesday to the MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Mr. Parnas emphasized that he was always acting on behalf of Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani. When asked by The Times how he knew that Mr. Trump was aware of the

Health secretary Matt Hancock has told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast that he thinks connecting flights around the UK are “incredibly important” and we shouldn’t be flying less despite air travel’s contributions to carbon emissions. The government has stepped in to help save Flybe – the UK’s biggest regional airline outside London. More than eight

DES MOINES — The nonaggression pact between the Democratic presidential campaign’s two leading liberals blew up on the debate stage Tuesday night, with Senator Elizabeth Warren accusing Senator Bernie Sanders after the event of calling her “a liar on national TV.” The tense remarks, which became public only a day later, represent a startling break

Jeremy Corbyn asked Boris Johnson why people were waiting for longer for healthcare after 10 years of Conservative government. The Labour leader told Prime Minister’s Questions the NHS was “understaffed and underfunded”. But the prime minister insisted “record sums” were going into the NHS and a new law was being passed guaranteeing funding. Mr Johnson

Members of the House hand-delivered impeachment articles to the Senate and plan to return Thursday to read them aloud. Just after 5:30 p.m., the seven House Democrats named as impeachment managers solemnly walked across the Capitol, from the House chamber to the Senate, to deliver two articles of impeachment against President Trump. The formal fanfare

Lord Dubs is trying to restore a protection, that’s been removed in the EU Withdrawal Bill, to allow unaccompanied child migrants in the EU to come to the UK and be reunited with their families after Brexit. The family reunification measure was originally known as the “Dubs amendment” after the Labour peer, Lord Dubs, who’s

Trump officials predicted the trial would last less than two weeks. Senior administration officials on Wednesday said the House vote to approve the impeachment managers was long overdue and that it would be “extraordinarily unlikely” for the ensuing Senate trial, which they painted as an opportunity to “vindicate the president,” would take longer than two

Ian Blackford has accused Boris Johnson of being a “democracy denier” after the PM refused to grant a fresh referendum on Scottish independence. The SNP’s Westminster leader accused him of showing “utter contempt for Scottish democracy, for the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people”. But Mr Johnson said the SNP had insisted the 2014 vote