The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump enters a new phase Saturday with the White House legal team launching their defense after three long days of House Democratic managers laying out arguments that the president abused his power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstructed Congress. The president’s defense said they are “going to rebut and refute, and we’re going to...

To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates. Waterbury police shot and killed a man during a call for a welfare check on Monday afternoon. Officers arrived at the home on Craigie Avenue and the person at...

Lead House prosecutor Adam Schiff had Republicans paying close attention to his carefully crafted remarks in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial

Democratic House managers concluded their opening arguments for impeachment at the Senate trial of President Donald Trump on Friday. Here are some of the top moments you may have missed.

Democratic House prosecutors are warning as they make their final arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that he will persist in abusing his power unless Congress intervenes to remove him from office. Rep. Adam Schiff told Republican senators on Friday that they know the president. He said of Trump: “He is who he is.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo berated and cursed at an NPR reporter following a contentious exchange over Ukraine, the reporter said Friday. Correspondent Mary Louise Kelly said she was interviewing Pompeo when he cut it short after she repeatedly pressed him on why he hasn’t defended former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, NBC News reports. Yovanovitch was removed as the ambassador by President...

President Donald Trump’s Space Force logo has boldly gone where “Star Trek” has gone before. The commander-in-chief on Friday revealed the logo for the new service branch in a tweet. And it looked a lot like the logo for the fictional Starfleet at the center of the iconic science fiction television and film franchise. “After consultation with our Great Military...

During Friday’s impeachment trial, Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., played clips of President Donald Trump from throughout his campaign and presidency, including an interview in which Trump calls himself “the chosen one.”

Lead Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told Senators during Friday’s session of the impeachment trial that he believes President Donald Trump will continue to solicit foreign assistance in investigating his political rivals unless he is removed from office.

Two of the lawyers on President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team have shared another client. Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr both helped the late hedge fund manager and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein win a lenient sentence for abusing underaged girls.

Lead Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., warned of the harm he believes President Donald Trump is doing to the nation’s relationship with allies around the world.

A voice that appears to be that of President Donald Trump ordered aides to “get rid” of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch after two now-indicted Rudy Giuliani associates told him she had been badmouthing him, according to an audiotape reviewed by ABC News. The network said the tape appeared to include a discussion between Trump and Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and...

The Trump administration pledged Friday to step up efforts against the vast amounts of counterfeit clothing, medicine and other goods that have flooded into the U.S. in increasing waves with the rise in e-commerce. Customs and Border Patrol would subject online retailers, including the growing number of third-party sales that have proliferated on major online platforms, and warehouse operators...

Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, D – N.Y., addressed the Senate during Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Friday. Hear his speech on America’s history of overcoming adversity in times of crisis.

The Pentagon says 34 U.S. troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month’s Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base. Half of the troops have returned to their duties, while the others are still under observation. The 34 total is more than previously reported.

Democrats wrapped up their case Friday for removing President Donald Trump from office in the Senate impeachment trial. House managers focused on Trump’s obstruction of congress, the second of two charges against him. They argued to Trump “is who he is” and needed to be removed from office because he would continue to abuse his office. “Give America a...

Rep. Adam Schiff made an forceful case for President Donald Trump’s removal from office at the close of the second day of Democrats’ opening arguments at the Senate impeachment trial.

President Donald Trump became the first president on Friday to speak at the annual March for Life event.

Democratic House prosecutors are arguing at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that he was swept up by a “completely bogus” theory about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election, leading Trump to withhold crucial military aid as leverage while demanding Ukraine investigate. The Democrats scoffed at Trump’s claims that he had good reasons for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political foes,...

The U.S. government has declined a request to extradite a U.S. diplomat’s wife who killed a 19-year-old motorcyclist while driving on the wrong side of the road in England, a State Department official said. Anne Sacoolas, 42, returned to the United States three weeks after the August crash near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire that killed motorcyclist Harry Dunn. The U.S. State...