Tamara Keith

The White House expects a quick Senate impeachment trial, arguing that the case against President Trump is thin.

"We're ready for it," a White House counselor said. "We have a defense team in place. And our defense team will go on offense also."

President Trump is adding one of his personal attorneys to the team of White House lawyers defending him in the impeachment trial. Here's why.

In a letter to House Democrats, the speaker also said she plans to appoint impeachment managers to present the House's case. On the other side, a Trump adviser says his team is ready to go on offense.

When it comes to Iran, President Trump has toggled between dueling instincts to be the toughest guy in the room — and a peacemaker.

There is both policy and politics behind President Trump's unusual applause lines about about his frustrations with the way low-flow toilets flush.

President Trump has recently railed against efficient toilets and dishwashers. His administration even moved to make it easier for consumers to buy inefficient incandescent lightbulbs.

President Trump's impeachment and the Mueller investigation were the top news stories in 2019. We go over other stories from 2019 that deserve a second look.

President Trump was impeached by the House, and he's not changing his tone. If anything, he's going all in on Trumpism, one tweet at a time.

Impeachment is the ultimate form of censure, but President Trump says he doesn't feel any different. So far, the only effect on Trump is that he's doing more of the same — much more of the same.

We recap the week in politics.

Biden ended his first presidential campaign during a break in the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden sunk the nomination.

Joe Biden's first campaign for president ended in 1987 in the midst of high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearings he chaired. It was a turning point for Biden and the Supreme Court.

Democrats are celebrating a sweeping policy change tucked inside a defense bill that provides 12 weeks of paid parental leave to 2.1 million federal employees — and so is President Trump.

A Republican president is helping advance what has long been a Democratic priority as part of a defense bill. Not all Republicans are thrilled about it.

President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got into a dust-up at NATO after Trudeau was caught on a hot mic gossiping about Trump. Trump then called him "two-faced."

President Trump surprised many observers by coming to the defense of NATO at its London summit, but he still clashed with French President Emmanuel Macron over policy in Syria.

President Trump is in London, where he sparred with French President Macron about NATO. But even though he was overseas, he couldn't escape the news about impeachment back home.

When he was running for president, Trump said NATO was "obsolete." But now, with the French president accusing the alliance of experiencing "brain death," Trump is pushing back.

For 70 years U.S. leadership has been at the core of NATO. But President Trump has questioned the value of the alliance. And so many people are wondering what he'll say on this trip.