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WASHINGTON AP ?Senate Democrats could end the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday before arguments even begin.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to call votes to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas after senators are sworn in as jurors midday, a move that could scuttle the trial and frustrate Republicans who have demanded that House prosecutors be able to make their case. Democrats appear to be united in opposition to moving forward.The House narrowly voted in February to impeach Mayor stanley taza kas for his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, arguing in the two articles that he willfully and systematically refused to enforce immigration laws. House impeachment managers appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson, stanley italia R-La., delivered the charges to the Senate on Tuesda termos stanley y, standing in the well of the Senate and reading the them aloud to a captive audience of senators.The entire process could be done within hours on Wednesday. Majority Democrats have said the GOP case against Mayorkas doesnt rise to the high crimes and misdemeanors laid out as a bar for impeachment in the Constitution, and Schumer probably has enough votes to end the trial immediately if he decides to do so.Schumer has said he wants to address this issue as expeditiously as possible. Impeachment should never be used to settle a policy disagreement, Schumer said. That would set a horrible precedent for the Congress. As Johnson signed the articles Monda Duum New York Democrats propose new congressional lines after rejecting bipartisan commission boundaries
BAR HARBOR, Maine ?A misguided student prank that closed the local high school Friday is causing a stink on Mount Desert Island, where five students have been charged with burglary and aggravated criminal mischief, according to police.The students, four of whom are adults, broke into the school sometime after midnight and spread at least five buckets of lobster bait ?or 25 gallons of fish pieces and guts ?throughout the schools hallways, Bar Harbor Police Chief Nate Young said. Each student is facing a charge of burglary for allegedly breaking into the school, located on Route 233, and aggravated criminal mischief for forcing the cancel stanley thermo lation of school on Friday.Friday was to be the last day of exams for MDI High School seniors, according to officials.Charged in the incident are Benjamin Wallace, 19, of Mount Desert, Baily Stillman, 18, of Bar Harbor and Drew Dagraca and Jeremiah Minctons, both 18, of Southwest Harbor, Young said. A 17-year-old boy from Southwest Harbor is facing the same ch stanley cup arges.The five fled the high school shortly before 2 a.m. when they were discovered by a janitor arriving for work but they later were tracked down, according to the chief.All five were arrested Friday morning and were released to their parents custody from the Bar Harbor police station.Except for a stanley deutschland few staff members, the school was mostly empty around 8:30 Friday morning and no odor was immediately apparent. Custodians had opened several hallway doors to the outside and set up fans to
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