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Budget fallout leads to Alaska Senate committee shakeup

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. It’s the story of a president who either had a “perfect phone call” with Ukraine or abused his power and should be removed from office. What to watch as presidential impeachment arguments get underway in the Senate for only the third time in American history. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Buckle up: What to watch as impeachment trial takes off

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Longtime Democratic state senator won’t seek re-election

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, file image from video, presiding officer Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Reporters at the Capitol want more cameras in the Senate to cover the impeachment trial and fewer restrictions to talk to senators when they are not sitting in judgment of the president. (Senate Television via AP, File)

Challenges for public following impeachment, Weinstein cases

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks before the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump begins in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Mitch McConnell changes resolution at the start of Trump impeachment trial after pushback

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Impeachment manager Adam B. Schiff condemned the Senate on Tuesday for not issuing subpoenas he and his House colleagues refused to issue and lectured senators for not calling witnesses he himself had refused to call. (Associated Press)

Adam Schiff lectures Senate on Donald Trump impeachment

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Nancy Pelosi, House Democrats ripped for ‘sham’ impeachment in NRSC video: ‘A fair trial starts now’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this image from video, the Senate votes on the amendment offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

CBS’ early exit shows decisions networks face on impeachment

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, as the House is set to vote to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a landmark trial on whether the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are grounds for his removal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Impeachment trial may bolster Democrats efforts in Senate ahead of 2020 election

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this image from video, House impeachment manager House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks as the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump begins in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

White House brief argues Adam Schiff is ‘fact witness,’ more mentions than Hunter Biden

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the Senate floor with Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho, left, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

House Democrats bash impeachment trial process: ‘Complete miscarriage of justice’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talk to reporters about the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Schumer navigates rocky terrain as impeachment trial unfolds

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Donald Trump’s legal team says in legal brief he did ‘nothing wrong’

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., steps out from the Senate chamber on his way to his office, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mitch McConnell Impeachment trial rules delay witnesses, vote

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, from a campaign trip to Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Legislature sees records requests spike since court ruling

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

Hunter Biden testimony questions loom over Senate impeachment trial

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Huey Long-era time capsule extracted at Louisiana Capitol

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Maryland Senator’s portrait becomes a 1st for state chamber

By ERIN COX - Associated Press

Dems elect Harmon to serve as president of Illinois Senate

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