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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Newton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Joe Biden opposed witnesses in 1999 impeachment memo

Then-Sen. Joseph R. Biden wrote in 1999 that the Senate could refuse to hear witnesses in an impeachment trial, according to a memo the president's legal team read on the Senate floor Thursday.

January 30, 2020
House Democratic impeachment managers Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., left, walk to the Senate chamber for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

2020 election dominates impeachment trial

The impeachment trial veered deeply into politics Thursday as Democrats said President Trump can't be trusted to be on the ballot this year. Republicans accused them of trying to remove the president by force because they know voters would return him to the White House.

January 30, 2020
In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Impeachment math: Will the Senate call witnesses?

Republicans are closer to the 51 votes they need to head off witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial than it seemed earlier this week, with senators saying there are perhaps four who are still in play.

January 30, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Bernie Sanders leads Joe Biden in Iowa, New Hampshire

You can call it the "Bernie bump" or the "socialist surge," but you can no longer deny that Sen. Bernard Sanders is quickly taking over the front-runner's position in the Democratic presidential primary.

January 29, 2020
Democratic impeachment managers, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., left, arrive as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial shifts to questions from senators, a pivotal juncture as Republicans lack the votes to block witnesses and face a potential setback in their hope of ending the trial with a quick acquittal, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff withholds Ukraine whistleblower details

Rep. Adam Schiff refused under direct questioning Wednesday to divulge any details about the whistleblower who spurred the impeachment of President Trump, irking Republicans who demanded he reveal what he knew.

January 29, 2020

Feds bust longest border drug tunnel ever

Federal agents on Wednesday revealed the longest cross-border tunnel ever discovered on the U.S.-Mexico line, saying it ran more than three-quarters of a mile into San Diego and was used to traffic drugs.

January 29, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, to announce the Trump administration's much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Federal deficit to hit $1 trillion this year

The federal deficit will reach $1 trillion this year and remain above that level for the rest of the decade, the government's official scorekeeper said Tuesday, highlighting an ever worsening fiscal picture.

January 28, 2020