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Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey occupies a desk of honor.

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial quickly burst into a partisan fight Tuesday as proceedings began unfolding at the Capitol.

Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol to protest plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.

President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong," urging the Senate to swiftly reject an impeachment case that it called “flimsy."

The pricetag for President Trump's border wall has topped $11 billion — or nearly $20 million a mile — to become the most expensive wall of its kind anywhere in the world.

There are no restaurants in Toksook Bay, Alaska. No motels or movie theater, either. There also aren't any factories. Or roads.

The White House's legal team has called the House impeachment process "highly partisan and reckless," in a forceful response to the summons issued by Mitch McConnell.

Sen. Pat Toomey has not said how he will vote on the two articles of impeachment sent over by the House.

Elizabeth Warren is standing behind her charge that Bernie Sanders said a woman could not defeat Donald Trump.

The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut still want to make recreational pot legal, and they and Gov. Tom Wolf have been comparing notes on how to do it.

Delaware Senator Chris Coons talks with Mary about a range of topics, including the impeachment proceedings and the crises in Iran and Iraq.

Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on college campuses, county fairgrounds and in high school gyms.

About a dozen Saudi nationals receiving military training in the U.S. are expected to be expelled in the wake of a Pentagon review of a Saudi officer who opened fire.

Job growth slowed last month as U.S. employers added just 145,000 jobs. But there was an interesting milestone in Friday's report from the Labor Department.

The most powerful way to get people to save for retirement in recent decades has been through benefits offered at their job.