House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., will lead a seven-member team of House Democrats who will prosecute the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced on Wednesday. The other managers are Reps. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Sylvia Garcia of Texas, Val Demings of Florida, Jason Crow of Colorado, and Zoe Lofgren of California.

President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He met at the White House to sign the first phase of a trade deal on Wednesday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Tuesday repeated an official promise not to devalue the yuan as a weapon in trade disputes, and the United States announced it would drop China from a list of currency manipulators.

With the Iowa caucuses less than three weeks away, six Democratic presidential contenders squared off Tuesday night for the first debate of 2020. CNN hosted former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, billionaire Tom Steyer, and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Democrats in the state will caucus Feb. 3 to divide up their delegates among the candidates at this summer’s Democratic National Convention.

Facebook said on Thursday it would continue its laissez-faire approach to political advertisements despite increasing pressure to either fact-check or ban them outright. The policy sets the company apart from other social media giants: Twitter has banned all political advertising, while Google has limited targeted political ads.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a nonbinding measure calling on President Donald Trump to stop further military action against Iran without the expressed authorization of Congress. The administration condemned the vote for sending the wrong message to Iran.

WASHINGTON—The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has focused on whether the president pressured Ukraine to investigate the family of his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. But the impeachment fury has overshadowed a logical follow-up question: Did the Bidens do something that merits investigating?

WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on a resolution to limit what military action President Donald Trump can take against Iran. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced she would move forward with the war powers resolution after Trump administration officials briefed Congress on Wednesday on Trump’s decision to order the drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani last week.