Last Week in the News

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Monday, Feb. 3

  • Kansas City Chiefs celebrate first Super Bowl win in 50 years.
  • Rush Limbaugh announces he has advanced lung cancer. 
  • Iowa caucuses results delayed due to voting app failure. 

Tuesday, Feb. 4

  • Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) delivers his closing remarks in Senate impeachment trial. 
  • Greta Thunberg nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 
  • President Trump gives State of the Union address.

Wednesday, Feb. 5

  • Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) announces he will vote to convict the president on the first charge of impeachment, abuse of power. 
  • Senate votes to acquit Trump in impeachment trial. 
  • Iowa caucuses end in a near-tie.

Thursday, Feb. 6

  • Kirk Douglas dies at 103.
  • Nancy Pelosi “pre-ripped” pages of Trump’s SOTU, video shows. 
  • Li Wenliang, Chinese doctor who warned the world of coronavirus, dies.

Friday, Feb. 7

  • Antarctica registered its hottest temperature on record, reaching 65 degrees fahrenheit.
  • Trump fires impeachment witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman.
  • Joe Walsh withdraws from challenging President Trump in Republican primary. 
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