UPDATE: Early caucus returns from the Iowa Democratic Party showed former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg leading the delegate race with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont a close second. Buttigieg garnered 26.9 percent of the vote, while Sanders got 25.1 percent with 62 percent of precincts reporting. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota rounded out the field with 18.3, 15.6, and 12.6 percent, respectively.

About 200,000 Democrats are expected to gather Monday evening across Iowa to begin the process of picking their party’s challenger to President Donald Trump. The meetings at about 1,600 sites will determine how the state divides its delegates to the Democratic National Convention this summer. Democrats have 41 delegates to dole out, while Trump is expected to win all 40 of the state’s Republican delegates.

WASHINGTON—The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump resumed on Monday morning. The prosecution and defense teams have two hours to present closing arguments before the trial recesses until a final vote on Wednesday.

UPDATE: The U.S. Senate voted Friday afternoon not to call any further witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah, sided with Democrats in asking for further testimony, but the remaining GOP senators prevailed 51-49. The final vote on impeachment, which is expected to result in the president’s acquittal, likely will happen next week.

WASHINGTON—The White House unveiled its Middle East peace plan this week, and the proposal is redefining more boundaries than simply those between Palestine and Israel. In a rare display of bipartisanship, pro-Israel politicians from both parties expressed optimism about the plan. And even more surprising, according to experts, Arab countries are showing signs of support for a U.S.-brokered peace plan that protects Israel.

WASHINGTON—Chief Justice John Roberts read senators’ questions for the prosecution and defense teams in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday. The teams had five minutes to answer each question during the marathon 10-hour session.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax broke a tie in the state Senate to repeal abortion laws in the state on Wednesday. Gov. Ralph Northam, a fellow Democrat who stirred up controversy last year for comments about letting infants die after failed late-term abortions, is expected to sign the legislation into law.