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Donald Trump impeachment: What happens next?

Democrats and some Republicans could vote to impeach the U.S. president this week, with just days left before Joe Biden takes office.

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Watch: House votes to impeach Donald Trump for second time

Ten Republican lawmakers broke ranks making Trump the first president to have been impeached twice and charged the US president with inciting violence against the government.

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Democrats step up Trump impeachment plan as FBI warns of more protests

As the House of Representatives forges ahead with plans to oust the president from office, the FBI has warned that Trump loyalists are planning more armed protests.

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Democrats introduce bill to impeach Trump over Washington DC violence

After failing to push Vice President Mike Pence and Republicans to back removing Donald Trump with the 25th Amendment, Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment.

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Remove Donald Trump from office, leading Democrat Nancy Pelosi says

House of Representatives speaker says Congress may be 'compelled' to impeach the US president if the 25th amendment is not invoked to remove him

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Euroviews. The White House's never-Trumper problem is much bigger than Mitt Romney ǀ View

Few observers are surprised by Trump's fury at those who participated in the effort to oust him from office. Most, however, have failed to notice one of the biggest ironies of the Trump administration: It has repeatedly endorsed, hired and elevated critics and opponents.

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Euroviews. How and why impeachment is helping Trump politically ǀ View

Trump now can rile his base by portraying himself as a victim. Democrats, meanwhile, wasted a lot of time on a process that got them little.

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Euroviews. Trump's purges show he didn't learn anything from being impeached ǀ View

Though many Republicans said that the president might now behave more cautiously, the reality is that he just feels empowered to abuse his office again.

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Donald Trump fires a second senior official who testified against him

Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, was ousted hours after Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman who'd worked as a Ukraine expert at the White House.

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Euroviews. Trump's Senate acquittal is a reminder that impeachment was always about 2020 ǀ View

American democracy is flawed and wounded, but it has still been a check on Trump. And on Election Day, it can be again.

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'Dishonest and corrupt': Trump rails against enemies after acquittal

The Senate found the president not guilty on abuse of power and obstruction of justice on Wednesday.

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Euroviews. Nancy Pelosi tearing up Trump's speech is the tipping point Democrats need ǀ View

Why was Pelosi so angry? Maybe it was the fact that Trump is totally getting away with undermining the election. Or maybe it was all the lying.

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Donald Trump acquitted in Senate impeachment trial

The vote in the US Senate fell largely along partisan lines between Democrats and Republicans.

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Trump declines to shake Pelosi's hand

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to rip up a copy of Donald Trump's State of the Union speech as she stood behind him.

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Trump impeachment trial to wind down after Senate blocks witnesses

The decision to block witnesses was a blow for Democrats who believe National Security Advisor John Bolton has incriminating evidence against Donald Trump.

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Euroviews. Trump is a threat to peace. It is time for the UN to act on uniting Korea instead ǀ View

It’s an historic mistake - potentially catastrophic - to leave the fate of the Koreas, as well as of Iran and the Middle East - indeed international peace itself - in the hands of an individual who has demonstrated seriously erratic political and psychological behaviour.

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Trump impeachment: Democrats dealt major blow in witness battle

Democrats needed four Republican senators to side with them in a vote to call more witnesses in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump.

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Euroviews. Securing John Bolton's impeachment testimony is only half the battle for Democrats ǀ View

The Senate majority leader is likely to insist on Clinton-era rules limiting Democrats to a one-day deposition. Here's why no one should let that happen.

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Trump slams Bolton: 'If I listened to him, we'd be in World War Six!'

'If I listened to him, we'd be in WW6!': Trump slams ex-top aide John Bolton amid book revelations

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Euroviews. Bolton's bombshell throws a wrench in Trump's impeachment defense strategy ǀ View

Trump still appears to have the votes for an acquittal in the Senate. But sometimes a prevent defense ends up being an ill-fated strategy.