Robert Moore

The trial will properly get underway on Tuesday, following the US House of Representatives' vote to send impeachment charges to the Senate.

The House of Representative is to vote on sending the Senate impeachment charges against President Trump, allowing the trial to begin.

America is facing the possibility of being dragged into a cauldron of conflict with a powerful country it has long viewed with suspicion.

A furious debate about the wisdom and morality of assassinating Qassem Suleimani has broken out in Washington.

The move transforms a contest often conducted in the shadows using cyber-warfare and CIA ops, into a direct conflict.

Whatever you think of America’s 45th President, this vote is a stain on his legacy that cannot be erased.

Later on Wednesday President Donald Trump will become only the third American leader to endure the ultimate political censure: impeachment.

The Democrats looked glum for a reason - both real and political. They are portraying this as a solemn constitutional duty, nothing more.

We are expecting there will be two charges against the President: abuse of power and obstruction of justice.

America's founding fathers came up with a way to remove a president who had gone rogue - now President Trump faces that measure.