The U.S. Senate on Friday voted against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump's likely acquittal in the coming days.

Another pivotal Republican announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's U.S. Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal.

Priorities USA, a liberal political group, raised $28 million in January, an uptick in donations as the impeachment trial of Republican President Donald Trump continues, bolstering the cash the group will spend opposing his reelection.

Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski will vote against a motion allowing witnesses to testify in the Senate's impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, according to CNN and other media reports on Friday as proceedings resumed.

Democrats sounded resigned to defeat on Friday in their bid to call witnesses at U.S. President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial, predicting his fellow Republicans would move swiftly to acquit him and leave him in office.

Barring a dramatic development, President Donald Trump appears almost certain to be acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial. Here is a look at the road to his impeachment and trial.

Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn said the Senate may not make a decision in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial until next week, CNN reported on Friday as senators were due to vote on whether to allow witnesses.

Stuck in Washington as a juror in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial while rivals for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination crisscross Iowa, Senator Elizabeth Warren has tapped a stand-in with undeniable voter appeal: her dog Bailey.

President Donald Trump's impeachment trial faces a climactic vote on Friday, when senators are due to decide whether to call witnesses and prolong the historic proceedings or instead bring them to the swift conclusion and acquittal that Trump wants.

Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney on Friday will vote in favor of allowing witnesses to testify in the Senate's impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, his spokeswoman said.