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  1. Photo“This is not something I requested,” Senator Patrick J. Leahy said in an interview. “I want to make sure I do the best job possible, when people look back at it.”
    CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

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    Trifecta of Roles for Leahy: Witness, Juror and Judge in Trump’s Trial

    With the chief justice and vice president standing aside for the first-ever impeachment trial of a former president, it has fallen to Patrick Leahy, the 80-year-old Vermont Democrat and longest-serving senator, to preside.

    By Emily Cochrane

  1. K.K.K. Member Who Drove Into Protesters Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison

    When Harry H. Roger drove his pickup truck through protesters near Richmond, Va., his girlfriend’s 14-year-old son was in the vehicle with him, prosecutors said.

    By Azi Paybarah

  2. Aunt Jemima Has a New Name After 131 Years: The Pearl Milling Company

    Quaker Oats announced it would drop the name Aunt Jemima last summer after the killing of George Floyd and the widespread protests over racial inequality.

    By Neil Vigdor

  3. Lie After Lie: Listen to How Trump Built His Alternate Reality

    Donald J. Trump’s lies and calls to action were embraced by his supporters, then amplified by rioters at the Capitol.

    By Larry Buchanan, Karen Yourish, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Jon Huang and Blacki Migliozzi

  4. ‘Dad, I Don’t Want to Come Back to the Capitol’: Raskin Speaks of the Horror of Jan. 6

    Representative Jamie Raskin, the Maryland Democrat who is the lead prosecutor in the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump, choked back tears in his presentation on Tuesday.

    By Mark Leibovich and Nicholas Fandos

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    The First Trial Seemed Abstract. This One Is a Visceral Reckoning Over Trump.

    At issue will be many aspects that defined Donald Trump’s presidency: his relentless assaults on truth, his fomenting of divisions, his shattering of norms and his undermining of an election.

    By Peter Baker

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    New York City’s First Lady Gets Vaccinated

    Chirlane McCray received a Covid-19 vaccine at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn as health officials tried to address the racial disparity in the vaccine rollout.

    By Office Of The New York City Mayor

  7. Senate Agrees Trial Is Constitutional, as Trump Consolidates Votes for an Acquittal

    After a day that featured a harrowing video of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, only six Republicans joined Democrats in agreeing to allow the trial to proceed, signaling there was not enough support for a conviction.

    By Nicholas Fandos

  8. Meandering Performance by Defense Lawyers Enrages Trump

    The former president was particularly angry at Bruce L. Castor Jr., one of his lawyers, for acknowledging the effectiveness of the House Democrats’ presentation.

    By Maggie Haberman

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    Trump’s Lawyers Were ‘Disorganized,’ Senator Cassidy Says

    Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, said that “the House managers made a compelling, cogent case and the president’s team did not” on the issue of whether the impeachment trial was constitutional.

    By The Associated Press

  10. Impeachment Briefing: A Video and a Vote

    Senators heard four hours of arguments and then voted to continue the trial.