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Is Trump’s Senate Trial Constitutional? There Is Precedent, From 145 Years Ago  NPR How McConnell derailed Trump’s impeachment trial before it started | TheHill  The Hill McCarthy Seeks Thaw With Trump as G.O.P. Rallies Behind Former President  The New York Times Opinion |

Some Republicans are arguing that former President Donald Trump should not face a Senate impeachment trial because he’s a private citizen. That was argued before — and rejected narrowly — in 1876. (Image credit: Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Hostility between congressional Republicans and Democrats reaches new lows amid growing fears of violence  The Washington Post ‘Betrayed’: Republicans urge Biden to change course on stimulus  POLITICO Pelosi signals support for reconciliation bill to pass coronavirus relief without Republicans  Yahoo News Trump Impeachment:

Chief federal judge in DC scorches Capitol riot suspects and keeps man who was in Pelosi’s office in jail  CNN Richard Barnett ordered to stay in jail  4029tv ‘Brazen, entitled, dangerous’: D.C. judge jails man photographed in Pelosi’s office  The Washington Post Federal

DeSantis fires back at Psaki over ‘completely disingenuous’ vaccine critique, says Florida needs more doses  Fox News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Proposes Record $96.6 Billion Budget  CBS Miami COVID-19 vaccines: DeSantis says he prioritizes seniors; Wasserman Schultz says ‘that’s baloney’  WPLG Local 10

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Friday to hold the Olympics as a symbol of unity and hope, despite growing doubts over the virus-postponed event’s fate. “Japan will hold the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer,” Suga said at the

An Austrian man who fled the Nazis with his family during World War II has bequeathed a large part of his fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years. Eric Schwam, who died aged 90

Uber’s plan to acquire Autocab, a maker of SaaS for booking and dispatch software for the taxi and private hire vehicle industry which also operates a global trip marketplace for taxis and PHVs (iGo), is being looked at by the

On Christmas Day, 1831, the Baptist deacon Samuel Sharpe organized a strike on the Jamaica sugar plantation where he was enslaved. When the strikers’ demands for pay went unmet, their work stoppage escalated into a full-on uprising that spread across

Sirenum, a platform for remotely managing a shift-based workforce across industries such as railway, aviation, construction, and the gig economy, has raised a $2.7 million Series A funding round from new investors including former Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy, Intrinsic