President Trump became the first president to be impeached twice, after the House approved a single charge citing his role in whipping up a mob that stormed the Capitol. He faces a Senate trial that could disqualify him from future office. The impeachment of President Trump for a second time — in a Capitol ringed by troops — seemed like the almost inevitable culmination of four years that left the nation fractured, angry and losing its sense of self. A joint intelligence bulletin warned that the deadly breach at the Capitol will be a “significant driver of violence” ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Democratic lawmakers also demanded answers about visitors to the Capitol a day before the riot. As the House voted to formally charge President Trump with inciting violence against the government of the United States, 10 Republicans cast their votes in favor. The president-elect has long tried to keep from being sucked into President Trump’s dramas. He may find that posture hard to maintain when he takes office and the Senate puts Mr. Trump on trial. With only a week left in his term, the House impeached President Trump, but he will leave office before he stands trial in the Senate. Here’s how the process works. One week after the siege of the Capitol, lawmakers impeached President Trump a second time under heavily armed guard. A lengthening list of blue-chip giants of corporate America are pledging to cut off funds to Republicans who opposed certifying the election, and Democrats are planning ad campaigns against them. Rep. Lauren Boebert represents an increasingly clamorous faction of the party that carries Mr. Trump’s anti-establishment message and is ready to break all norms in doing so. The encrypted messaging services have become the world’s hottest apps over the last week, driven by growing anxiety over the power of the biggest tech companies and privacy concerns. Clear majorities of Americans believe the president is responsible for the riot at the Capitol last week, but support for impeaching and removing him is not as widespread, polls suggest. Rick Snyder, the former governor, faces two misdemeanor counts in the crisis, which left thousands of Flint residents drinking tainted water. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Social media platforms have raced to bar organizers of the attack on the Capitol. Will that make a repeat less likely, or just harder to prevent? Talk about a bankrupt presidency. Some argue that impeachment is divisive. That’s fine with me. We must clear an ecosystem of mass delusion spread by Fox News and many Republicans. It was a showdown between reality and dark digital fantasy. Fantasy didn’t lose. More Republicans need to be honest that the election wasn’t stolen. Law enforcement needs to be transparent about the threats facing the nation. 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