Impeachment déjà vu: Ken Starr added to Trump's defense team
Alan Dershowitz, a longtime Democrat who often defends the president on television, is also joining the team.
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
Alan Dershowitz, a longtime Democrat who often defends the president on television, is also joining the team.
The secretary of state said he had been previously unaware of any surveillance on the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court and senators swore an oath to administer "impartial justice" in the upcoming trial.
After name-checking members of Congress and business leaders and riffing on his favorite topics, the president signed the long-awaited trade agreement.
It's the first debate of 2020 and the final debate before the Iowa caucuses.
The removal comes as the U.S. is set to sign a "Phase One" trade deal with China on Wednesday.
Trump says he might have to invoke executive privilege to keep former national security adviser John Bolton from testifying in his Senate impeachment trial.
The administration has insisted Qassem Soleimani was planning "imminent" attacks on the U.S.
"We did it because they were looking to blow up our embassy," the president said, although he did not elaborate on his claims.
The California congressman announced his resignation in December after pleading guilty to campaign finance crimes.
"I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify," Bolton said.
Inflamed tensions with Iran have renewed questions and concerns about the president's war powers as they relate to Congress.
"We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war," President Trump said of Qasem Soleimani's death.
President Trump said Qassem Soleimani was "planning a very major attack, and we got him."
Members of Congress are divided over the U.S. airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Quds military force.