A crucial group of Republican senators got the first question as the Senate dove into a mammoth question-and-answer session in the impeachment trial of President Trump.Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) met with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Wednesday as he tries to lock down the votes to block new witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial.Murkowski largely declined to discuss her current...
Senators are preparing to take the reins of the impeachment trial on Wednesday after largely being relegated to the sidelines of the floor proceedings in the first week.After six days of opening statements from House managers and President Trump's...
Republicans are scrambling to prevent a protracted, messy fight as they try to dismiss renewed talk of calling witnesses during President Trump's impeachment trial.Opening the door to witnesses would set up a two-phased headache for GOP leadership:...
Senate Republicans emerged from a closed-door caucus meeting on Tuesday voicing renewed confidence that they will bypass a nasty witness fight in the impeachment trial.“The consensus is that we’ve heard enough and it’s time to go to a final...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is planning to use his questions during President Trump’s impeachment trial to ask about a slew of top GOP targets and Trump opponents.Hawley, who released his questions on Tuesday, will ask about House Intelligence...
Senators are preparing to come off the sidelines of the impeachment trial as the proceeding moves to its next phase. After days of being spotted furiously scribbling notes from their desks on the Senate floor, senators will soon get to start...
Republican senators discussed the idea of an impeachment witness swap, where they could call a witness for House managers in return for the same number for President Trump, during a closed-door caucus meeting on Monday. The...
Former national security adviser John Bolton is adding fresh uncertainty to President Trump’s impeachment trial. Bolton’s accusation, made in a forthcoming memoir, that Trump tied $391 million in aid to Ukraine to the country helping with...
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) on Monday lashed out at fellow GOP Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) over his apparent openness to call witnesses as part of President Trump's impeachment trial.Loeffler — who was just sworn into the Senate earlier this...