Thursday's Headlines: Trump impeachment case heads to Senate

Eyeing swift trial, Trump's legal team aims to block witnesses and cast doubt on charges; Parnas used access to Trump's world to help push shadow Ukraine effort, documents show; 4 takeaways from the Lev Parnas TV interview and revelations; Warren accused Sanders of calling her 'a liar on national TV' in a tense confrontation after Tuesday's debate; Warren-Sanders rift fuels a Democratic split and worries party leaders; U.S. officials have routinely lied to the public about Afghanistan, inspector general tells Congress; How Megxit put Queen Elizabeth II in the role of crisis manager once again; There's still time to hear out Deval Patrick; Impeachment descends into darkness; Debating in the shadow of impeachment; Iran's protesters reflect the Middle East's abiding anger against injustice; It's up to John Roberts to make sure senators stay true to their oath; Bernie Sanders's agenda makes him the definition of unelectable; Trump threatened tariffs if Europeans didn't warn Iran on nuclear deal violations; Murdoch family discord plays out publicly amid Australian wildfires; Dangling disaster relief funds, White House to require Puerto Rico to implement reforms; The chief justice wanted to know: Is 'OK boomer' ageist? (He may have been asking for a friend.); The eight most striking details from the Aaron Hernandez series on Netflix; Ken Jennings on 'feud' with James Holzhauer, Brad Rutter's losses and that brutal Bloomberg tweet ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     (Melina Mara/The Post) Trump impeachment case heads to Senate The procession set in motion the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history and came as Senate Republicans rallied behind the idea of parity between the two parties in possibly calling witnesses. By Elise Viebeck, Rachael Bade and Seung Min Kim ●  Read more »   Eyeing swift trial, Trump's legal team aims to block witnesses and cast doubt on charges The White House has accepted the idea that senators should make quick work of acquitting President Trump. By Toluse Olorunnipa and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   Parnas used access to Trump's world to help push shadow Ukraine effort, documents show The new materials show how Lev Parnas, the former associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani, used the extensive entree he had to President Trump's world to help put in motion Giuliani's shadow Ukraine campaign. By Colby Itkowitz, Paul Sonne and Tom Hamburger ●  Read more »   4 takeaways from the Lev Parnas TV interview and revelations What we learned from the latest document dump and Parnas's TV interview as the impeachment trial officially begins. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   Warren accused Sanders of calling her 'a liar on national TV' in a tense confrontation after Tuesday's debate The two have been feuding for days over what was said during a private December 2018 dinner at Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Washington apartment. Campaign 2020 ●  By Annie Linskey ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Warren-Sanders rift fuels a Democratic split and worries party leaders A dispute between Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders prompted hostility by their supporters, sparking Democratic fears that the internal warfare of 2016 could recur. By Annie Linskey, Sean Sullivan and Isaac Stanley-Becker ●  Read more »   U.S. officials have routinely lied to the public about Afghanistan, inspector general tells Congress "We have created an incentive to almost require people to lie," John F. Sopko said as he testified that officials exaggerated progress reports and inflated statistics to create a false appearance of success. By Craig Whitlock ●  Read more »   How Megxit put Queen Elizabeth II in the role of crisis manager once again At 93, an age when many matriarchs would be among the dearly or nearly departed, or elbowed aside to allow an ambitious younger generation to run the show, the queen remains firmly in charge — of both a sprawling, often problematic family and the monarchy. By William Booth ●  Read more »     Opinions There's still time to hear out Deval Patrick The Post's View ●  By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Impeachment descends into darkness Impeachment Diary ●  By Dana Milbank ●  Read more »   Debating in the shadow of impeachment By E.J. Dionne ●  Read more »   Iran's protesters reflect the Middle East's abiding anger against injustice By David Ignatius ●  Read more »   It's up to John Roberts to make sure senators stay true to their oath By Caroline Fredrickson ●  Read more »   Bernie Sanders's agenda makes him the definition of unelectable By Jon Cowan and Jon Cowan ●  Read more »     More News Trump threatened tariffs if Europeans didn't warn Iran on nuclear deal violations Europeans called the threat of a 25 percent tariff on autos "extortion." By John Hudson and Souad Mekhennet ●  Read more »   Murdoch family discord plays out publicly amid Australian wildfires James Murdoch and his wife, Kathryn, voiced their frustration this week with what they see as the role the Murdoch family's media empire plays in climate change denial. By Sarah Ellison ●  Read more »   Dangling disaster relief funds, White House to require Puerto Rico to implement reforms The Trump administration will tell Puerto Rico to stop paying contractors on disaster projects $15 an hour, even after it was hit by recurring earthquakes this month, officials said. By Arelis Hernández and Jeff Stein ●  Read more »   The chief justice wanted to know: Is 'OK boomer' ageist? (He may have been asking for a friend.) It was the first time the meme was uttered in the hallowed chambers of the nation's highest court. By Reis Thebault ●  Read more »   The eight most striking details from the Aaron Hernandez series on Netflix "Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez" detailed factors that led the former Patriots tight end to commit suicide while in prison on a murder conviction. By Desmond Bieler ●  Read more »   Ken Jennings on 'feud' with James Holzhauer, Brad Rutter's losses and that brutal Bloomberg tweet The "Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time" champion said he almost turned down the opportunity to participate in the tournament. By Emily Yahr ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Trailer for news and insight on political campaigns around the country, from David Weigel. 435 districts. 50 states. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. Sign up »

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