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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic night, the Senate voted quickly Friday to block Democratic calls for new witnesses and documents at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The 51-49 vote all but ensures Trump's acquittal when senators answer the final roll call on impeachment sometime next week. While the vote was decisive, the result was expected after retiring GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said Thursday night he would oppose a call for new witnesses. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the lone holdout, announced her “no” vote Friday as senators convened. A final vote on acquittal is expected Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has declared a public health emergency and announced significant entry restrictions because of a new virus that hit China and has spread to other nations. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar also announced that President Donald Trump will temporarily bar entry to the U.S. of foreign nationals who have traveled to China within the last 14 days. This does not apply to immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The new restrictions begin Sunday afternoon. Americans returning from Hubei province, the center of the outbreak, will be required to undergo 14 days of quarantine. Others returning from elsewhere in China will be allowed to self-monitor their condition for a similar period.
RIVERSIDE, California (AP) — One of the nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the new virus says the group was relieved to be quarantined at a military base in Southern California. Theme park designer Matthew McCoy says the group wants to stay for two weeks to be tested for the virus that has sickened thousands in China. The evacuees were initially asked to stay for three days but were placed under quarantine on Friday. It's the first time in 50 years that the government has taken such a step. The 195 evacuees returned this week from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is curbing immigration for six countries as part of an election-year push. But the move isn't a full travel ban like President Donald Trump's initial order in 2017. Department of Homeland Security officials say the six countries didn't meet security screening requirements for identification and information-sharing. The new effort restricts certain kinds of visas and the countries affected are Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. Seven other countries are subject to a more strict ban. The current restrictions are the third version of Trump’s travel ban, and those new restrictions comes as Trump tries to show progress on his immigration priorities. The restrictions go into effect Feb. 21.
UNDATED (AP) — Hillary Clinton is not done talking about Bernie Sanders. The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said in an interview airing Friday that Sanders didn't try to unify the party after losing the primary four years ago and that he and his supporters contributed to her loss to Donald Trump in the general election. Asked on the podcast “Your Primary Playlist" what Sanders could do this time to unite the party against Trump, Clinton replied, “Well, he can do it, for one.” Clinton's comments come days before Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. It's at least the second time in two weeks that she has publicly criticized Sanders.
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