Republican and Democratic leaders in the US Senate have clashed over the rules of President Trump's impeachment trial.

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Republican Donald Trump is likely this week to become the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden.

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 Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democrats’ attempts to impeach him, on Wednesday disrupted the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry and prevented a Pentagon official from testifying.

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Trump last week threatened to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods on June 10 if Mexico doesn’t do more to stop the growing flow of migrants crossing its northern border into the U.S. The tariffs would rise gradually every month until they reached 25%, where they would stay until Mexico acted, Trump said. His remarks prompted alarm among officials on both sides of the border. Mexican officials hope to avert U.S. tariffs in last-ditch talks

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Law bans abortion except if there is a ‘serious health risk’ to the mother, with no exceptions for rape and incest.
These 25 white men – all Republicans – just voted to ban abortion in Alabama

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Actor provokes storm with call to regain ‘bodily autonomy’

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USA

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Woman