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tions that undergirded thecharges, that he sought to pres-sure Ukraine to smear his politicalrivals.

But in a sign of the wideningpartisan divide testing the coun-try and its institutions, the verdictdid not promise finality, whichmembers of both parties con-ceded would come only after theNovember election.

The president himself did notdirectly address his acquittal, butshortly afterward, he announcedon Twitter that he would make apublic statement on Thursday atthe White House about what hecalled “our Country’s VICTORYon the Impeachment Hoax.” Hethen tweeted an attack ad against

WASHINGTON — After fivemonths of hearings, investiga-tions and revelations about Presi-dent Trump’s dealings withUkraine, a divided United StatesSenate acquitted him on Wednes-day of charges that he abused hispower and obstructed Congress toaid his own re-election, bringingan acrimonious impeachmenttrial to its expected end.

In a pair of votes whose out-come was never in doubt, the Sen-ate fell well short of the two-thirdsmargin that would have beenneeded to remove the 45th presi-dent. The verdicts came down —after three weeks of debate — al-most entirely along party lines,with every Democrat voting“guilty” on both charges and Re-publicans uniformly voting “notguilty” on the obstruction of Con-gress charge.

Only one Republican, SenatorMitt Romney of Utah, broke withhis party to judge Mr. Trumpguilty of abuse of power.

It was the third impeachmenttrial of a president and the thirdacquittal in American history, andit ended the way it began: with Re-publicans and Democrats at odds.They disagreed over Mr. Trump’sconduct and his fitness for office,even as some members of his ownparty conceded the basic allega-

SPLIT SENATE CLEARS TRUMP ON EACH COUNTIN FINALE OF A BITTER IMPEACHMENT BATTLE

‘Country’s Victory,’ President Says —Democrats Call Trial a Cover-Up

By NICHOLAS FANDOS

President Trump was acquitted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in nearly party-line votes on Wednesday.DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Article I: Abuse of PowerIf all 100 senators are present, 67 votes are needed to convict.

Article II: Obstruction of Congress

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DES MOINES — Maybe it wasthe threat of bad weather. Maybeit was a seating assignment deba-cle. Maybe it was a strugglingcampaign organization that stillhadn’t found its footing.

But as Joseph R. Biden Jr. spokeat a major Iowa Democratic Partydinner in November, one thingwas clear: His support appearedtepid compared with the vocalcheering sections of his biggest ri-vals. The reception angered Mr.Biden and his top aides — and itleft little doubt about his standing,three months before the nominat-ing process in the Democraticpresidential race would begin:The former vice president was indeep trouble in Iowa.

Two days after the dinner, Mr.Biden ripped into his campaignchairman, Steve Ricchetti, ac-cording to a person familiar with

the conversation. And at the Bi-den headquarters in Philadelphia,senior officials sternly told staffmembers they needed to step uptheir performance.

The dinner’s damaging opticsmarked the beginning of a flurryof changes: Trusted aides were

deployed to Iowa sooner than an-ticipated. Mr. Biden rescheduledtime with donors to make spacefor a bus tour in Iowa. FormerGov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa and hiswife, Christie Vilsack, major play-ers in Iowa Democratic politics,

Late Start and Missteps Hobbled Biden in IowaThis article is by Katie Glueck,

Jonathan Martin and Thomas Kap-lan.

“We took a gut punch in Iowa,” Joseph R. Biden Jr. said.JORDAN GALE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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WASHINGTON — Senator MittRomney of Utah never becamepresident, but he earned a newdistinction on Wednesday: He willbe remembered as the first sena-tor in American history to vote toremove a president of his ownparty from office.

Mr. Romney, the 2012 Republi-can nominee for president, said heexpected swift and extreme re-crimination from his party for hissolitary act of defiance. He wasnot incorrect.

Donald Trump Jr., the presi-dent’s oldest son, tweeted that Mr.Romney “is forever bitter” aboutlosing the presidency and calledfor him to be “expelled” from theRepublican Party. Ronna McDan-iel, Mr. Romney’s niece and thechairwoman of the RepublicanNational Committee, said that the

president had done nothingwrong, the party was “moreunited than ever behind him” —and that this was not the first timeshe had disagreed with “Mitt.”And President Trump himselftweeted a video attacking Mr.Romney as a “Democrat secret as-set.”

Shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednes-day, Mr. Romney voted to convictMr. Trump of abuse of power forhis pressure campaign on Ukraineto investigate his political rivals,including former Vice PresidentJoseph R. Biden Jr.

“Attempting to corrupt an elec-tion to maintain power is about asegregious an assault on the Con-stitution as can be made,” Mr.Romney said in an interview in hisSenate office on Wednesday

An Act of Defiance by RomneyAgainst a Party He’d Personified

By MARK LEIBOVICH

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Kirk Douglas, one of the lastsurviving movie stars from Holly-wood’s golden age, whose ruggedgood looks and muscular intensitymade him a commanding pres-ence in celebrated films like “Lustfor Life,” “Spartacus” and “Pathsof Glory,” died on Wednesday athis home in Beverly Hills, Calif.He was 103.

The actor Michael Douglas, oneof his sons, announced the deathin a statement on his Facebookpage.

Mr. Douglas had made a longand difficult recovery from the ef-fects of a severe stroke he sufferedin 1996. In 2011, cane in hand, hecame onstage at the AcademyAwards ceremony, good-na-turedly flirted with the co-host

Anne Hathaway and jokinglystretched out his presentation ofthe Oscar for best supporting ac-tress.

By then, and even more so as heapproached 100 and largelydropped out of sight, he was one ofthe last flickering stars in a Holly-wood firmament that few in Holly-wood’s Kodak Theater on that Os-cars evening could have knownexcept through viewings of oldmovies now called classics. A vastnumber filling the hall had noteven been born when he was at hisscreen-star peak, the 1950s and’60s.

But in those years Kirk Douglaswas as big a star as there was — amember of a pantheon of leadingmen, among them Burt Lancaster,

Gregory Peck, Steve McQueenand Paul Newman, who rose tofame in the postwar years.

And like the others he was in-stantly recognizable: the juttingjaw, the dimpled chin, the piercinggaze and the breaking voice, the

From Spartacus to van Gogh,Leading Man of a Golden Age

By ROBERT BERKVIST

KIRK DOUGLAS, 1916-2020

Kirk Douglas in 1974.JACK MANNING/THE NEW YORK TIMES

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WASHINGTON, Pa. — In thewinter of 2018, Cindy Callaghanknocked on doors. Lots and lots ofdoors. A new soldier in the sprawl-ing ranks of the anti-Trump resist-ance, she spent her weekends inthe small towns of southwesternPennsylvania, telling strangersabout Conor Lamb, the Democratwho was running for Congress in adistrict that President Trump car-ried by nearly 20 percentagepoints.

When Mr. Lamb won his specialelection in a narrow but stunningupset, it seemed that there was an

opportunity, if enough people putin enough work, to change mindsand thus change the country’spolitics. “I felt like there was,” Ms.Callaghan said.

Now, as she watches the Repub-licans’ swift rebuff of impeach-ment charges, the meltdown of theIowa caucuses and the infightingamong the supporters of variousDemocratic presidential candi-dates, she feels that less and less.“It doesn’t matter — find any kindof totally corrupt thing that Trumpdid and it doesn’t matter,” she said.“Republicans are just unified.They’re a damn steel curtain.”

“I’m taking a break until thissummer,” she said.

Three years ago, when hun-dreds of thousands of people tookto the streets in protest of Mr.Trump, the resistance seemed im-mense. Two years ago, when le-gions of canvassers and postcardwriters helped flip dozens of con-gressional seats nationwide, itproved effective. Now with the2020 election approaching, the

Democratic Party seems as dis-jointed as ever, while the Trumpadministration appears not onlyundismayed but emboldened.

And veterans of the four-year-old resistance, particularly inplaces where they remain out-numbered, are facing up to an un-welcome truth: This is going to beeven harder than it once looked.

Meetings are packed, pro-testers still gather on freezingsidewalks and the big picture is re-peated like a mantra: The goal isbuilding a solid political infra-structure that will pay off in thelong run. But in the back of

Once Hopeful in G.O.P. Districts, Resisters Become the ResistedBy CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

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Trying to Dent Support of Trump, They Find

a ‘Steel Curtain’

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