Trump Impeached on Two Counts by House, Setting Up Senate Trial
- Republicans stay united behind president in historic vote
- Democrats say Trump’s actions left them no choice but to act
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The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress, the culmination of an effort by Democrats that further inflamed partisan tensions in Washington and deepened the nation’s ideological divide.
The historic votes on Wednesday evening, which won the support of almost all Democrats in the House but not a single Republican, make Trump only the third president in U.S. history to be impeached -- and likely the only impeached president to win his party’s nomination for re-election.