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Today in History: February 5, Senate acquits Donald Trump in first impeachment

Jan. 27, 2025 00:02 AM EST

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2025. There are 329 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history. Though a majority of...

Alaska Sen. Murkowski has faced Trump's wrath. She was willing to defy him after his return to power

Jan. 25, 2025 09:08 AM EST

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In the early days of President Donald Trump's second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times — stunning for a congressional Republican who has faced his wrath before and yet remains unbowed by pressure to embrace his...

Then and now: What has changed as Trump returns to the White House

Jan. 19, 2025 07:32 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump arrived in Washington in 2017 just before his first inauguration, he was a stranger to most in town. As the only president in history without prior experience in public office or the military, it was unclear how he would govern. Not this time. ...

Trump appoints longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as special missions envoy

Dec. 14, 2024 21:07 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he's picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions, tasking him with helping the incoming administration deal with some of the toughest foreign policy challenges. ...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Dec. 13, 2024 19:03 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C, and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in...

Mitt Romney's Senate exit may create a vacuum of vocal, conservative Trump critics

Dec. 13, 2024 16:39 PM EST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With Mitt Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Donald Trump when the president retakes the White House in the new year. At a final news conference Friday in Salt Lake City, the retiring...