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In 2016, the first comprehensive restoration of the Capitol Dome in more than half a century was completed. (Photo credit: Architect of the Capitol via Flickr: Creative Commons. www.aoc.gov)
Daily dispatches from the impeachment trial
Littwin: The Trump acquittal (and a few words on the State of the Union)
On the night before the momentous Senate vote on whether to remove Donald Trump from office, Trump smugly — and I think that’s a fair description — delivered his State of the Union speech....
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trail, Day 11
As Democrats waited in vain Monday night to get results from the Iowa caucuses, the Trump impeachment trial — which is now in its final stages — was, of course, over before the day...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day 10
The best argument against removing Donald Trump from office has always been that everyone knew what they were getting when they elected him.
Some of you may be too young to know this, but when...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Nine
(Update January 31, 11:20 a.m. Lisa Murkowski announces she will vote against witnesses.)
In what may be his last significant vote in a long political career, Lamar Alexander, who is retiring after this term, showed...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Eight
Facing perhaps the most difficult decision of his political life, Cory Gardner did exactly what Mitch McConnell asked/told him to do — reveal how he was going to vote on witnesses in the Trump...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Seven
(Update Jan. 29, 12:40 p.m. Cory Gardner has announced he will vote against further witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, he tells Colorado Politics in a statement. “I do not believe we need to hear...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Six
We watched. We waited. We wondered when/if Donald Trump’s defense team would finally mention He Who Must Not Be Named.
The Trump defense covered a lot of ground, but it seemed like they’d never try...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Five
Day Five of the Trump impeachment trial began early and lasted only two hours — to the relief of nearly all involved. I’m sure everyone needed either a break or, in the case of...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Four
As I watched Day Four of the Trump impeachment hearings unfurl, I finally understood — it hit me with the force of an Adam Schiff cross-examination — why the Democrats would never find four...
Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Three
On Day Three of the Trump impeachment trial, the House managers decided to shake things up by introducing two surprise guest stars — Joe Biden and Rudy Giuliani.
They may be the oddest of odd...