Growing number of GOP senators oppose Trump impeachment trial

A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial
Analysis: Tests of Biden's leadership come quickly

The opening days of President Joe Biden's administration produced a stack of executive actions and a $1.9 trillion legislative proposal focused on the coronavirus pandemic and the weakened economy. With those initiatives come two early tests. Can...
Trump jumps into divisive battle over GOP - with threat to start 'MAGA Party'

Former President Donald Trump threw himself back into politics this weekend by publicly endorsing a devoted and divisive acolyte in Arizona who has embraced his false election conspiracy theories and entertained the creation of a new "MAGA Party."
At 78 and the oldest president, Biden sees a world changed

When Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president, he became not only the oldest newly inaugurated U.S. chief executive in history but also the oldest sitting president ever
Organizers of Trump rally had been on campaign’s payroll
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign paid more than $2.7 million over two years to individuals and companies that organized the Jan. 6 rally that led to rioters storming the U.S. Capitol, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Senate agrees to start Trump's impeachment trial on Feb. 9

The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump will begin Feb. 9 under a deal reached Friday by top Senate leaders - delaying by two weeks the high-stakes proceedings over whether Trump incited the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Schumer: House to send Trump impeachment article Monday

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday
Guard troops head home after helping secure Biden inaugural

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Fauci unleashed: Doc takes 'liberating' turn at center stage

After surviving nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former President Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci is back
McConnell seeks to push impeachment trial to February

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by a week or more to give the former president time to review the case
White House: Biden confident in FBI head, will retain him

The White House press secretary says President Joe Biden has confidence in FBI Director Chris Wray and plans to keep him in the job
Democrats ask ethics panel to investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley

Seven Democratic senators have asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley “to fully understand their role” in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President...
Biden inauguration: The day in photos

WASHINGTON — Photos from Wednesday's inauguration by Washington Post photographers.
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Ledyard man on parole for robbery charged with giving narcotics to girl who overdosed
Police charged a 27-year-old local man Friday with giving prescription narcotics to a 17-year-old girl who overdosed and required CPR and Narcan to restore her breathing.
Police seek suspect in Waterford bank robbery

Police are investigating a Friday morning robbery at People’s Bank, at the corner of Broad Street and Jefferson Avenue.
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A local man who survived Eastern equine encephalitis and then COVID-19, has returned home after more than a year in rehabilitation centers, where he alleges he was neglected, abused and forced to attempt suicide.
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The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission is discussing the possibility of expanding license renewal for nuclear reactors to 100 years, potentially opening the door for Millstone Nuclear Power Station reactors to remain licensed until 2075 and 2085,...
Pawcatuck fifth-grader named to Connecticut Kid Governor's Cabinet
Claire Li, a fifth-grader student at West Vine School, was sworn in Friday as a member of the Connecticut Kid Governor’s Cabinet on Friday. Claire Li
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Stacey Piwcio, her sister Kristy Piwcio and friend Aiden Graves-Harrisin record themselves dancing for a tiktok video while visiting Ocean Beach Park in New London on Sunday.