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President Donald Trump can breathe a big sigh of relief: The Senate officially voted to acquit him, ending a months-long impeachment trial filled with bitter political back-and-forths and bombshell moments. What comes next? It's 2020; anything could happen. |
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President Donald Trump: Not guilty |
The historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is over, and he proved once again that he's quite possibly the most resilient politician in modern American history. The Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday to acquit Trump on two articles of impeachment that charged he abused power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival, then obstructed Congress in an effort to cover it up. The vote handed Trump a huge victory that will enable him to finish his first term as president and energize his reelection campaign as he asks voters to give him another four years (or more … ?). In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, the president celebrated his acquittal by taunting Democrats via Twitter. |
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| The Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. | USA TODAY | |
The State of the Union? Literally torn in two |
Jaws across the nation collectively fell to the floor when Trump appeared to snub House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attempt to shake his hand before the president's State of the Union address Tuesday night. In an apparent – and shocking – clap back that had us falling off our chairs completely, Pelosi dramatically ripped a copy of his speech into pieces when he was done. Pelosi said she tore up the document because it was a "manifesto of untruths." Republicans are furious. Vice President Mike Pence called Pelosi's rending of the speech "a new low" and said he "wasn't sure if she was ripping up the speech or ripping up the Constitution." |
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| Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rips up the speech after President Donald J. Trump concludes delivering the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington. | Jarrad Henderson, USA TODAY | |
| President Donald Trump passes the written address to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, but does not shake her hand before delivering the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington. | Jack Gruber, USA TODAY | |
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Waiting for Iowa caucuses results like: 💀 |
Believe it or not, we still don't know which presidential hopeful won the Iowa Democratic caucuses after Monday's massive technological meltdown. Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg held a narrow lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders after the release Wednesday of an additional small amount of information from the caucuses (based on 86% of results). Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren remained in third place, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. |
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| Former South Bend Mayor and democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg speaks to supporters at his Iowa Caucus Watch Party event inside Drake University on Monday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. | Robert Franklin, South Bend Tribune | |
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An infant tested positive for coronavirus 30 hours after birth, reports say |
Reports of infants infected with the new coronavirus is a troubling element confronting the medical community combating the outbreak, experts say. Chinese media reported that two infants tested positive for the virus that has killed almost 500 people across the country. One of the children, just 30 hours old, is the youngest known case of the virus. China's state-operated CCTV quoted hospital officials as saying the child may have been infected in the womb. The World Health Organization said it heard the report of "vertical transmission" but could not confirm it. |
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| We're not sure how effective this is against the coronavirus, but a dog wears a paper cup over its mouth in Beijing. | GREG BAKER, AFP via Getty Images | |
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