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Chuck Schumer

US lawmakers are shown gathering in the Senate with rounded wooden desks encircling a marble dais.

Watch live: Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial begins

Trump impeachment

The historic second impeachment trial for Donald Trump begins on Tuesday with the former president charged with inciting the violent mob attack on the US Capitol to overturn the election. Watch the trial stream live here on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 with coverage starting at 12 p.m. ET.

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the US Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.

‘I fear for our democracy,’ says Rep. Mondaire Jones in calling for Trump’s removal

US President Donald Trump is shown standing at a podium with a seal for the US president on it.

Watch live: Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump

Trump impeachment
Mitch McConnell

Impeachment comes to the Senate — 5 questions answered

Trump impeachment
Mothers wearing red T-shirts march on the White House

Trump: ‘Hate has no place in America’

Extremism
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A slatted metal prototypes of a border wall is shown, photographed through the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico.

Trump signed an order for the wall 2 years ago. The US just ended the longest shutdown ever over it.

Immigration

Despite signing an executive order for the wall on Jan. 25, 2017, there’s been no construction or funding on the project. What has happened in the last two years?

US President Donald Trump is shown seated at a desk with the US flag behind him as he delivers a televised address.

In an Oval Office speech, Trump demands a wall but does not declare emergency

Global Politics

President Donald Trump urged Congress in a televised speech on Tuesday to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the US border with Mexico but stopped short of declaring a national emergency to pay for the barrier with military funds.

The top of the US Capitol building is show in the background with a 'Do not enter' sign shown in the nearground.

Trump to press US border ‘crisis’ in televised address

US President Donald Trump will make his case to the American public on Tuesday that a “crisis” at the US border with Mexico requires a wall in a prime-time television address.

A bike lies in a bicycle lane following a truck attack on the West Side Highway in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 1, 2017.

Trump bashes immigration and justice system after New York City vehicle attack

Conflict

Donald Trump has lashed out in many directions after Tuesday’s deadly attack in New York City. He even called the US judicial process an international “laughing stock.”

bipartisanship

Is bipartisanship dead? Not in Alaska.

Conflict

Bipartisan cooperation has historically been a rarity in US politics, but Alaska is showing how it can be done.

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