Friday was expected to mark the last day in the drawn-out bitterly partisan proceedings, but both House impeachment managers and White House counsel now want more time to make their closing arguments, Politico reported.

With Republicans growing increasingly confident they have the numbers to block a vote on Friday on subpoenaing witnesses like John Bolton, Democrats are pinning their hopes on risk-averse Roberts, 65, who is presiding over the trial.

Republican senators were unmoved by former national security adviser John Bolton’s leaked book manuscript on Monday — telling reporters it would not jolt them into voting for impeachment witnesses. Bolton claims in his upcoming memoir that President Trump in August told him he wanted to freeze $391 million in security assistance until officials in Ukraine...

WASHINGTON — They may be banned from talking in the Senate chamber — but that hasn’t stopped the Trump defense team from getting their point across. White House aides and House Republicans enlisted as spin doctors for President Trump’s defense team have shown up to meet reporters ahead of the impeachment trial for the past...