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The entrance to the Senate cloakroom at 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)

Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage

By by ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, bottom, delivers his State of the Commonwealth address as House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Farifax, top center, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, top left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, right, listen during a joint session of the Virginia Assembly at the Virginia state Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia legislature votes to ratify Equal Rights Amendment to U.S. Constitution

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., leaves a lengthy closed-door meeting with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Speaker Pelosi is expected to appoint House impeachment managers and transmit the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — by the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House leaders march Trump impeachment articles to the Senate

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, meets with reporters as the House prepares to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Nancy Pelosi took the nation down ‘dangerous’ road with ‘partisan outcome’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River in Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) ** FILE **

Democrats promise attempt to block new border wall money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson, left, and House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving pass through Statuary Hall at the Capitol to deliver the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Following are impeachment managers, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and other managers Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate impeachment trial casts cloud over State of the Union

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the impeachment managers resolution at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (House Television via AP)

House officially votes 228-193 to transmit impeachment articles to the Senate

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., signs the resolution to transmit the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for trial on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. The two articles of impeachment against Trump are for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Nancy Pelosi signs, delivers impeachment articles

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Sparks High School in Sparks, Nev., on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)

Kevin McCarthy: Joe Biden should halt campaign during Senate impeachment trial

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Florida Senate remodeling includes this artwork on the fifth floor gallery photographed at the start of session on Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020, in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida Senate on Tuesday unveiled a gleaming new piece of art at one of its most-visited corridors in the state Capitol, after removing an old mural that included the Confederate flag. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

‘Unifying’ art replaces mural that featured Confederate flag

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press

Filmmaker Zach Meiners speaks at a rally on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky., in support of legislation aimed at effectively banning the practice of conversion therapy in Kentucky. Conversion therapy attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Bills seek to end ‘conversion therapy’ in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden: ‘No choice’ but for Nancy Pelosi, Democrats to move on impeachment

By Seth McLaughlin and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Delaware legislative session includes many holdover issues

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves a lengthy closed-door meeting with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Speaker Pelosi is expected to appoint House impeachment managers and transmit the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — by the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats try impeachment as election issue as Trump acquittal looms

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Pelosi hasn't relayed the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial three weeks since President Donald Trump was impeached on charges of abuse and obstruction. Last night, she led the Democrat-controlled House in passing a measure limiting Trump's ability to take military action against Iran after he ordered the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate

By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and MARY CLARE JALONICK and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Impasse continues over state budget, pay after brief session

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

In this Dec. 2, 2019, file photo, Lev Parnas arrives at court in New York. Parnas, a close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has provided a trove of text messages and photos to the House committee leading the impeachment inquiry. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ** FILE **

Democrats unveil new documents in impeachment case

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Resolution to transmit Trump articles of impeachment slated for Wednesday vote

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

GOP leader says he doubts tolls can pass Legislature

Associated Press

Retired Rep. Michaux joining North Carolina Senate briefly

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