U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Sunday a Senate agenda plan for the next three weeks, which he said concerns former president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, advancing the COVID-19 relief bill and Biden administration cabinet nominations.

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Republicans condemned Trump. Now they're seeking his help.

Just two weeks ago, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy declared Donald Trump culpable in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. By Thursday, he was seeking his political support.

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In fight over GOP, state parties stand as firewall for Trump

Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it's not clear why he needs one.

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Trump team hires 2 ex-prosecutors with ethics experience

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Donald Trump has added two more former federal prosecutors from South Carolina to his impeachment legal team, according to one of the lawyers.

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Palm Beach considers options as Trump remains at Mar-a-Lago

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Former President Donald Trump has been living at his Mar-a-Lago club since leaving office more than a week ago — a possible violation of a 1993 agreement he made with the Town of Palm Beach that limits stays to seven consecutive days.

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Schumer says GOP vote to dismiss impeachment ‘deeply irresponsible,’ vows trial will go forward

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that the vote by 45 Republican Senators Tuesday to call impeaching a former president unconstitutional was “deeply irresponsible.” Schumer insisted that “there will be a trial and the evidence against the former president will be presented in living color for the nation and everyone of us to see once again.”

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At 80, Vermont's Sen. Leahy ready to run impeachment trial

WASHINGTON – He's known for prowling the Capitol with his camera or friends like the rock icon Bono. He's played leading roles in fights over Supreme Court nominations, government surveillance of Americans and protecting his state's dairy farms.

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Democrat floats Trump censure as conviction grows unlikely

WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Wednesday that he’s discussing with colleagues whether a censure resolution to condemn former President Donald Trump for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could be an alternative to impeachment, even as the Senate proceeds with a trial.

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Republican National Committee will stay neutral if Trump runs again: AP report

NEW YORK – The head of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday declined to encourage former President Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2024, saying the GOP would stay “neutral” in its next presidential primary.

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U.S. Senate sworn in ahead of Trump impeachment trial

U.S. senators were sworn in on Tuesday to serve as jurors in the upcoming impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. Senate president pro tempore Sen. Patrick Leahy will preside over the trial.

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All but 5 Republicans vote to dismiss Trump impeachment trial on constitutional grounds

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, making clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement of insurrection” after the deadly Capitol siege on Jan. 6 is unlikely.While the Republicans did not succeed in ending the trial before it began, the test vote made clear that Trump still has enormous sway over his party as he becomes the first former president to be tried for impeachment.

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GOP signals unwillingness to part with Trump after riot

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Donald Trump has lost his social media megaphone, the power of government and the unequivocal support of his party's elected leaders. But a week after leaving the White House in disgrace, a large-scale Republican defection that would ultimately purge him from the party appears unlikely.

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Kellyanne Conway accused of tweeting topless photo of teen daughter Claudia

Former Donald Trump counsellor Kellyanne Conway allegedly posted a topless photo of her daughter Claudia, 16, on Twitter Monday, in the latest round of a family feud that has frequently spilled over onto social media.Kellyanne Conway allegedly shared an image of her topless daughter in a Fleet — a relatively new form of Twitter post that auto-deletes after 24 hours. The Fleet was removed shortly after it went up, but not before it was captured via screenshot by several other Twitter users.

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Schumer: Democrats must pass virus aid with or without GOP

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that Democrats are preparing to push ahead quickly on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package even if it means using procedural tools to pass the legislation on their own, leaving Republicans behind.

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Biden to outline US racial equity plan and sign executive actions

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Tuesday will outline his agenda for racial equity in the U.S. and sign executive actions at the White House. The planned executive actions will cap off Biden’s first week in office, in which he has signed several executive orders related to the country’s COVID-19 response and undid many of former President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration and environmental deregulation."America has never lived up to its founding promise of equality for all, but we’ve never stopped trying," Biden said Tuesday in a tweet.

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Democrats may move forward on coronavirus aid without Republicans: Schumer

Washington: Democrats in the U.S. Senate will act alone to approve a fresh round of coronavirus stimulus if Republicans do not support the measure, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, the morning after securing a deal to exert his newly won leadership."We want to work with our Republican colleagues to advance this legislation in a bipartisan way.

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McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer

WASHINGTON – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the procedural tool known as the filibuster, easing a standoff with new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as the two negotiated a power-sharing agreement in the closely divided chamber.

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Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP

WASHINGTON – House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.

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Lawyer group: Trump adds ex-prosecutor to impeachment team

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Donald Trump is adding another South Carolina attorney to his impeachment legal team, according to a trial lawyer group in the state.

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Trump creates 'Office of the Former President' in Florida

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Former President Donald Trump on Monday established an official post-presidency office in Palm Beach County, Florida to oversee his affairs, Fox News has learned.A statement from Trump’s office said the "Office of the Former President" will be responsible for his "correspondence, public statements, appearances, and official activities.The Office will also "advance the interests of the United States and … carry on the agenda of the Trump Administration through advocacy, organizing, and public activism."The announcement comes as Democrats marched the impeachment case against Trump to the Senate Monday night for the start of his historic trial.

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House managers present articles to Senate, 2nd impeachment of Donald Trump to begin Feb. 8

WASHINGTON - Democrats marched the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate Monday night for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.It's an early sign of Trump's enduring sway over the party.The House prosecutors delivered the sole impeachment charge of "incitement of insurrection," making the ceremonial walk across the Capitol to the Senate.

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Leahy expected to preside over Trump impeachment trial instead of Chief Justice Roberts

WASHINGTON - Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy "is expected to preside" over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, a Senate source told Fox News on Monday, signaling that Chief Justice John Roberts will not be forced to oversee the politically charged arguments now that Trump is out of office.The source said Leahy, the president pro tempore of the Senate, would preside instead of the chief justice because senators usually fill that role when the impeached individual is not the current president of the United States.

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Southern Hills to replace Trump National for '22 PGA

The PGA Championship is headed back to Southern Hills next year, the Oklahoma course that gets its eighth major championship earlier than expected after the PGA of America cut ties with former President Donald Trump.

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Supreme Court ends lawsuits over whether Trump illegally profited off presidency

Outgoing President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2021.

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Birx says Trump used ‘parallel’ COVID-19 graphs that she ‘never made’

Donald Trump had a “parallel” source of COVID-19 information outside of his top task-force doctors, according to Dr. Deborah Birx, who was on the White House’s coronavirus team.“I saw the president presenting graphs that I never made,” Birx told CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday.

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House to send Trump impeachment charge to Senate Monday, GOP opposes trial

WASHINGTON - As the House prepares to bring the impeachment charge against Donald Trump to the Senate for trial, a growing number of Republican senators say they are opposed to the proceeding, dimming the chances that the former president will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol.House Democrats will carry the sole impeachment charge of "incitement of insurrection" across the Capitol late Monday evening, a rare and ceremonial walk to the Senate by the prosecutors who will argue their case.

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‘It’s counterproductive’: Growing list of GOP senators oppose Trump impeachment trial

Donald Trump will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol.House Democrats, who will walk the impeachment charge of “incitement of insurrection” to the Senate on Monday evening, are hoping that strong Republican denunciations of Trump after the Jan.

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House sending Trump impeachment to Senate, GOP opposes trial

WASHINGTON – As the House prepares to bring the impeachment charge against Donald Trump to the Senate for trial, a growing number of Republican senators say they are opposed to the proceeding, dimming the chances that former president will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol.

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AP source: Biden to drop Trump's military transgender ban

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office, a person briefed on the decision tells The Associated Press.Biden has been widely expected to overturn the Trump policy in his early days in office. The White House could announce the move as early as Monday, according to the person briefed on the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the order.The move to reverse the policy has the support of Biden's newly confirmed defense secretary, retired Army Gen.

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AP source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial

WASHINGTON – Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the U.S. Capitol, a U.S.

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After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden

PARIS – After increasingly strained U.S.-France relations under Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Sunday to work closely together to fight the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.Their first conversation since Biden’s inauguration aimed at mending frayed ties between the historic allies. Biden “stressed his commitment to bolstering the transatlantic relationship” via NATO and the EU.

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Coronavirus: Birx says only 2 people ‘regularly’ wore masks in White House

Dr. Deborah Birx, special advisor to the Center for Global Health, spoke with CBS’ Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation on Sunday about former President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis in October.

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Some in the White House believed coronavirus was ‘a hoax,’ former Trump advisor says

Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, she had to grapple with COVID-19 deniers in the White House and that someone gave the president “parallel” streams of data that conflicted with hers.Defending her tenure, Birx told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that she was at times censored by the Trump administration but denied ever withholding information.

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Growing number of GOP senators oppose impeachment trial

WASHINGTON – A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial, a sign of the dimming chances that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol.

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Coronavirus: Birx claims Trump was being fed ‘parallel set of data’ on COVID-19

Speaking to Margaret Brennan on CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday, Dr. Deborah Birx claimed former president Donald Trump was being fed a “parallel set of data” about the impact of COVID-19 in the U.S.

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Germany buys same antibody treatments used to treat Trump

Germany will become the first European Union country to start using the same experimental antibodies treatment credited with helping Donald Trump recover from Covid-19, health minister Jens Spahn said today.

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Germany first EU nation to use Covid-19 medicines used to treat Donald Trump

European Union country to start using the same experimental antibodies treatment credited with helping Donald Trump recover from Covid-19, health minister Jens Spahn said Sunday."The government has bought 200,000 doses for 400 million euros ($486 million)," Spahn told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, working out at 2,000 euros per dose.Patients will receive them free of charge, a health ministry spokeswoman told AFP.Two different kinds of so-called monoclonal antibody therapies will be made available to university hospitals from the coming week, with Spahn saying Germany was "the first country in the EU" to deploy them in the fight against the pandemic.Both treatments have been approved for emergency use in the United States but have yet to

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MyPillow guy eyes Minnesota Governor run, says he has Trump's support

US President Donald Trump listens as Michael J. Lindell, CEO of MyPillow Inc., speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 30, 2020.

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Schumer outlines Trump impeachment trial timeline, says it will begin February

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday outlined the timeline for the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, stating that it’s expected the trial would begin the week of Feb. 8.

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‘He asked us to’: Trump supporters’ words could be his downfall at impeachment trial

Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection.At least five supporters facing federal charges have suggested they were taking orders from the then-president when they marched on Capitol Hill on Jan.

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2nd impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump to begin week of Feb. 8, Schumer says

WASHINGTON - Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb.

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Trump shuns 'ex-presidents club' — and the feeling is mutual

WASHINGTON – It's a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former commanders in chief who revere the presidency enough to put aside often bitter political differences and even join together in common cause.Members of the ex-presidents club pose together for pictures. They smile and pat each other on the back while milling around historic events, or sit somberly side by side at VIP funerals.

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Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8

WASHINGTON – Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office.

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Biden revokes Trump ban on diversity training that explores systemic racism, privilege

The U.S. Department of Labor building is pictured in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

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Biden removes Trump’s Diet Coke button as part of Oval Office overhaul

Joe Biden immediately made some changes after moving into the Oval Office on Wednesday, including removing one of ex-president Donald Trump‘s unique creature comforts: the Diet Coke button.The wood-encased, brick-sized button sat on the Resolute desk throughout Trump’s presidency, and would immediately summon a butler with a cold can of Diet Coke at a moment’s notice. Donald Trump reportedly floated notion of his own ‘Patriot Party’ The button was emblematic of the former president’s well-documented love for fast food.

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Georgia congresswoman files Articles of Impeachment against Biden

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Newly-elected Georgia Rep.

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Former U.S. president Donald Trump arrives in Florida after departing the White House

Former U.S. president Donald Trump arrived in West Palm Beach, Fla. Wednesday afternoon after he left the White House. Trump arrived to cheers from supporters as his motorcade arrived at his estate at Mar-a-Lago.

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Trump returns to family business empire hit hard by pandemic

Donald Trump is returning to a family business ravaged by pandemic shutdowns and restrictions, with revenue plunging more than 40 per cent at his Doral golf property, his Washington hotel and both his Scottish resorts over the past year.Trump’s 2020 financial disclosure released as he left office this week was just the latest bad news for his financial empire after banks, real estate brokerages and golf organizations announced they were cutting ties with his company following the storming of the Capitol this month by his political supporters.

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Full on Fauci: Doctor says Biden administration is ‘liberating’

Anthony Fauci is back.In truth, the nation’s leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former U.S.

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Schumer outlines Senate agenda, says Trump impeachment trial will be fair but move quickly

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