Report: Bolton book says Trump tied Ukraine aid to Biden probe
The report immediately added impetus to the push by Democrats to get the former national security adviser to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial.
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The report immediately added impetus to the push by Democrats to get the former national security adviser to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial.
The trial could end as early as this week, or stretch into next month, depending on a range of factors.
The president's lawyers will continue their arguments on Monday.
Congressman Adam Schiff pleaded: "Give America a fair trial. She deserves it."
Sanders spoke to "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell about impeachment, the campaign and his health plan.
Several Republican senators were spotted playing with the toys while Democrats presented their opening statements.
The Democratic House managers focused on the constitutional basis for removing the president from office for abusing his power.
The House managers presented their case against the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The first day of President Trump's trial was peppered with contentious exchanges over hearing from new witnesses.
Norah O'Donnell sat down with four impeachment managers for an exclusive interview as the Senate trial gets underway.
27 sitting senators are on record about where they stood the last time a president faced impeachment.
The president's legal team laid out its arguments against impeachment, and the Senate Republican leadership released the rules governing the trial.
"The diluted standard asserted here would permanently weaken the presidency," the document says.
Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, the first disabled woman elected to Congress, called it "outrageous" for Amtrak to ask passengers to pay $25,000 for a one-way ticket from Chicago to Bloomington, Illinois.
The president's legal team argues the articles of impeachment themselves are "constitutionally invalid on their face."
The White House defense team and House managers will argue the resolution laying down the rules for the trial, not senators.
"President Trump has done nothing wrong and is confident that this team will defend him, the voters, and our democracy from this baseless, illegitimate impeachment," the White House said.
The impeachment trial is set to begin in the Senate on Tuesday, overseen by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court and senators swore an oath to administer "impartial justice" in the upcoming trial.
Scattered conversations marked the silence as senators signed an oath to be impartial impeachment jurors
The deal, which replaces NAFTA, now goes to President Trump's desk for a signature.
Michigan State Senator Pete Lucido facing sexual harassment probe after allegedly suggesting she could have "a lot of fun" with group of high school boys.
House impeachment managers marched across the Capitol to hand off the Trump impeachment case to the Senate.
During the Senate trial, House members selected as impeachment managers will argue the case for removing President Trump.
Senior White House officials say they increasingly believe that at least four Republicans, and likely more, will vote to call witnesses.