Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel, R – Ky., angrily warned Democrats to quit stalling on “political games” and strike a deal. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., fired back at McConnell over the bill’s failure to put restraints on a proposed $500 billion “slush fund” for corporations.

Jimmy Fallon pens thank you notes to Mitch McConnell’s smile at the State of the Union Address, Altoids tins and other things.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spoke to reporters on Wednesday minutes after the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump of both articles of impeachment, calling the impeachment process a “political loser” for Democrats and a “colossal political mistake.”

The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday’s virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or three undecided members even considering breaking with their party.

A day before the Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., lashed out at House Democrats for presenting a “constitutionally incoherent” case for impeachment. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also weighed in, accusing the Republican leader and his GOP colleagues of sweeping Trump’s misconduct under the rug.

Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska will oppose calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, all but dashing Democratic efforts to hear more testimony and boosting odds the Senate will vote to acquit Trump as early as Friday.

Senators faced mounting pressure Monday to summon John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial even as Trump’s lawyers mostly brushed past extraordinary new allegations from the former national security adviser and focused instead on corruption in Ukraine and historical arguments for acquittal.

President Donald Trump’s legal defense team continued presenting opening arguments at the Senate impeachment trial on Monday. Here are some of the top moments you may have missed.

The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two late-night sessions and Democrats arguing for more witnesses to expose Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses.

The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began in the Senate on Tuesday. Here are some key moments.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, discuss their views about if and when witnesses can be called to testify during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will allot each side a total of 24 hours to present their arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, but the time must be confined to two working days, according to the text of his organizing resolution, which NBC News obtained Monday.

Advocates for and against President Donald Trump are giving no ground in the shadow of his Senate impeachment trial. The president’s defenders are arguing that his pressure on Ukraine broke no U.S., law, so it wasn’t impeachable in the first place. The House Democrats who are prosecuting the abuse and obstruction charges say there need be no crime and that...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has the votes to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as soon as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi releases the documents, winning support from GOP senators to postpone a decision on calling witnesses.

The standoff over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial deepened Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there will be “no haggling” with Democrats as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demands for more details and witnesses. McConnell’s Senate majority has the leverage Republicans need to launch Trump’s trial toward swift acquittal of the charges, but Pelosi’s reluctance to transmit the articles of...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says senators will “pay a price” if they block new witnesses from testifying in President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial. She says Americans expect a “fair trial”. The House expects to transmit the articles of impeachment against Trump this week. The Republican leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, wants a speedy trial without new witnesses. Trump...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday he has enough Republican votes to start the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump without the support of Democrats.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday that he would not be seeking a Senate seat, according to two people familiar with the conversation.

Congress is opening Friday for the new year with President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial set to consume the Senate agenda. But the trial is in flux amid the Middle East crisis. Trump’s Senate trial cannot begin until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers the articles of impeachment, which she is refusing to do until the Republican leader provides details on whether...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke on Friday about the looming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The Senate’s trial is on hold until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) formally delivers the articles of impeachment, which she has pledged to withhold until a fair trial can be assured.