Senate sets impeachment trial rules that postpone vote on witnesses

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The Senate passed rules governing President Trump’s impeachment trial that exclude immediate consideration of new witnesses or evidence.

Republicans early Wednesday voted without any defections to provide a majority needed to pass the resolution. It followed a daylong debate over the rules of a trial that could last for weeks.

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