Trump acquitted despite new evidence about his failure to protect Pence
CNN
The US Senate voted Saturday to acquit former President Donald Trump on a single article of impeachment charging that he incited the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, showing his power over the Republican Party despite clear concern among members of his party that he stood by and did not send help at a time when his vice president, members of Congress and police were in danger.
Seven Republican senators joined the 50 Democratic senators voting to convict the former President, falling far short of the two-thirds threshold required to convict. Though Democrats did not find the votes they needed, several Republicans who had not shown their hand as they weighed the evidence, including Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Richard Burr of North Carolina, voted guilty. They were joined by GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
The Biden administration said Friday that it has finalized tariff hikes on certain Chinese-made products that the president first announced in May.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot.
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A super PAC with Republican ties is running digital ads in Michigan promoting the Jewish faith of Kamala Harris’s husband and touting the vice president’s support for Israel in an apparent play to undercut Harris with the battleground state’s large Arab American population amid ongoing political fallout over the war in Gaza.
Thousands of tips have poured in from several states. But the man accused of raining bullets onto Interstate 75 in Kentucky keeps evading capture – prompting more school closures and a plea for nearby residents to avoid the wilderness.
Becoming a foster mom gave Elisia Manuel the family she always wanted. After experiencing serious gaps in resources, she started a nonprofit that is helping hundreds of other families like hers.
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President Joe Biden is signaling new openness in allowing Ukraine to fire missiles provided by the West on targets deep inside Russia, and plans to discuss the matter with his new British counterpart at the White House on Friday.
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