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White House, GOP at odds over Senate impeachment trial

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses outside the chamber to speak to reporters when asked about the race for Kentucky governor, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. The race for governor in deeply Republican Kentucky was too close to call despite a last-minute boost from President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Impeachment is hurtling toward a Senate trial, but the White House and Senate Republicans are not on the same page about how to handle the proceedings, The Washington Times has learned.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures during her address at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

‘Harvard polls horribly’: Warren omits Ivy League, GOP past from campaign narrative

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson leaves Conservative Party headquarters with his partner Carrie Symonds and their dog Dilyn, in London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party appeared on course Friday to win a solid majority of seats in Britain's Parliament a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Boris Johnson, Conservatives secure smashing win in British election

By Benjamin Plackett and Jabeen Bhatti - Special to The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2009, photo, Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis looks on during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

Ex-NFL players charged with scheme to defraud league’s health care benefit plan

By Matthew Paras and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A woman who is in the country illegally plays with her 2-year-old daughter who was born in the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Brad Parscale campaign manager for Trump's 2020 reelection campaign speaks during the California GOP fall convention on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures during her address at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during the Teamsters Presidential Candidate Forum at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette via AP) ** FILE **

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In this Dec. 6, 2019, photo, Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Iowa Farmers Union Presidential Forum in Grinnell, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden responds to a question during town hall meeting at the Culinary Union, Local 226, headquarters in Las Vegas Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

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Impeachment vote delayed until Friday in Judiciary committee

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses outside the chamber to speak to reporters when asked about the race for Kentucky governor, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. The race for governor in deeply Republican Kentucky was too close to call despite a last-minute boost from President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House, GOP at odds over Senate impeachment trial

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold "Jerry" Nadler (D-NY) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) speak to one another during a public impeachment inquiry hearing with the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 9th, 2019. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

House Dems fail to break partisan battle lines as impeachment process advances

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during the White House Summit on Child Care and Paid Leave in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone in June 30, 2019. (AP file Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin during an arrival ceremony for the Russian president on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sept. 27, 1994. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

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President Donald Trump smiles before addressing members of the military during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

ACLU calls for reforms of surveillance laws, citing errors in IG FISA report

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Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, second left, who was arrested for alleged spying in Moscow at the end of 2018, speaks to a journalist as he escorted by Federal Security Service officers to a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ** FILE **

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Washington Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon throws out Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story in the first inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

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Washington Nationals' Anthony Rendon watches his two-run home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Manny Banuelos during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

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