A Dishonorable Senate  —  Republican legislators abdicated their duty by refusing to seek the truth.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.

How Republicans Scotched the Idea of Witnesses in Trump's Impeachment Trial  —  White House, Senate GOP leaders swung into a good-cop, bad-cop routine to keep lawmakers in the fold after Bolton book leak  —  WASHINGTON—At the White House on Sunday evening, as the phones started ringing nonstop …

Trump's former chief of staff says Senate impeachment trial without witnesses is ‘a job only half done’  —  WASHINGTON — A Senate vote to end President Donald Trump's impeachment proceedings without calling witnesses should be considered “half a trial,” the president's former chief of staff John Kelly said Friday.

Alexander Says Convicting Trump Would ‘Pour Gasoline on Cultural Fires’  —  Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, explained why he would cast a pivotal vote against having witnesses at President Trump's impeachment trial, ensuring a quick acquittal.

The cringing abdication of Senate Republicans  —  REPUBLICAN SENATORS who voted Friday to suppress known but unexamined evidence of President Trump's wrongdoing at his Senate trial must have calculated that the wrath of a vindictive president is more dangerous than the sensible judgment …

DNC overhauls debate requirements, opening door for Bloomberg  —  The Democratic National Committee is drastically revising its criteria to participate in primary debates after New Hampshire, doubling the polling threshold and eliminating the individual donor requirement …

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Key Figure In Impeachment Trial, Retires  —  The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, who accused the Trump administration of a “smear” campaign against her, has retired from the foreign service, NPR has learned.