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How Mitch McConnell went from Trump ally to enemy
The battle between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell is emblematic of a war for the soul of the Republican Party.
- by Matthew Knott
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‘Unsmiling political hack’: Trump lashes McConnell, deepening GOP civil war
Trump’s vicious statement will exacerbate the rapidly deepening divisions within the Republican Party over whether to embrace or reject the former president.
- by Matthew Knott
‘We’re going to Disney World!’ Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal
Feeling emboldened by the trial’s outcome, Trump is expected to reemerge from a self-imposed hibernation at his club in Palm Beach, Florida, and is eyeing ways to reassert his power.
- by Jill Colvin
How the congresswoman who raised her voice against Trump faces blow-back at home
The 42-year-old Jaime Herrera Beutler challenged members of a Republican Party that largely supports Trump, or keeps their discontent bottled up inside, to speak up about Donald Trump.
- by Joseph O'Sullivan
Analysis
Analysis
Trump acquittal a predictable end to a faulty impeachment process
As both a fact-finding exercise and a means of delivering accountability, the impeachment process proved deeply defective.
- by Matthew Knott
The seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in impeachment trial
While the majority of Republican senators sided with Trump and backed his acquittal, seven Republican senators joined the Democrats and voted to convict the Republican former president on the single charge.
- by Makini Brice
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US Senate acquits Donald Trump in impeachment trial
Donald Trump will be able to run for the White House again after being acquitted by the US Senate in his impeachment trial.
- by Matthew Knott
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‘Complete farce’: Witness plot twist upends Trump impeachment trial
Democrats have abandoned their push to call witnesses to testify at Trump’s Senate trial after throwing the process into disarray for several hours.
- by Matthew Knott
Mitch McConnell signals he will vote to acquit Trump on impeachment charge
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signalled he will vote to acquit former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.
- by John Wagner
‘Spare us the hypocrisy’: Trump’s lawyers launch impeachment defence
The former president’s legal team said that the impeachment trial represented a form of “constitutional cancel culture” by his political adversaries.
- by Matthew Knott
Analysis
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Trump’s lawyers had three hurdles to leap. They cleared them all
Despite taking only three out of 16 allocated hours to make their case, and relying on “whataboutism” and false equivalence, Donald Trump’s lawyers have done enough.
- by Matthew Knott