President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in three days.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump last Wednesday on an article for "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol -- making him the only president to be impeached twice.
Here is how the scene is unfolding. All times Eastern.
Jan 14, 2021, 4:24 PM EST
Republican leader not supportive of effort to remove Rep. Liz Cheney
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., does not support efforts to remove Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, as House GOP conference chair and a member of House GOP leadership, a McCarthy spokesman told ABC News. This comes after some conservative House Republicans called on her to step down following her announcement that she supported impeaching Trump.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during the impeachment debate on the House floor, Jan. 13, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol.
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Rep. Liz Cheney speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 17, 2019.
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The Wyoming Republican and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney is the highest-ranking woman in Republican leadership and was reelected to by GOP members at the start of this Congress.
"We ought to have a second vote," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told reporters Wednesday about the leadership position. "The conference ought to vote on that."
"She should not be serving this conference," Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, said Tuesday.
On Wednesday night she joined nine other House Republicans in breaking from the party and voting to impeach Trump for his role in last week's riot at the Capitol.
-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel
Jan 14, 2021, 4:05 PM EST
Republican senator says House responded 'appropriately' by impeaching Trump
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in a statement Thursday she believes that the House responded to Trump's actions "appropriately" by impeaching him but does not say how she will vote.
"On the day of the riots, President Trump’s words incited violence, which led to the injury and deaths of Americans – including a Capitol Police officer – the desecration of the Capitol, and briefly interfered with the government’s ability to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. Such unlawful actions cannot go without consequence and the House has responded swiftly, and I believe, appropriately, with impeachment," she said in a statement.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski asks questions during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, June 30, 2020.
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Murkowski said she intends to hear arguments in the Senate before deciding whether she will vote to convict.
"I will follow the oath I made when sworn as a U.S. Senator. I will listen carefully and consider the arguments of both sides, and will then announce how I will vote," Murkowski said.
It's also unclear how Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will vote in the Senate trial, telling Republican colleagues in a memo Wednesday he hasn't "made a final decision" on whether to vote to convict Trump.
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin
Jan 14, 2021, 3:02 PM EST
1st confirmation hearing for Biden Cabinet pick Friday
Five key Senate panels have now confirmed that they will hold confirmation hearings for Biden's top national security officials before Inauguration Day -- although it remains unlikely most of his picks will be confirmed by day one.
Avril Haines will have her hearing Friday to be Director of National Intelligence, while four others will have theirs on Tuesday -- Tony Blinken for secretary of state, Janet Yellen for Treasury secretary, Lloyd Austin for Defense secretary, and Alejandro Mayorkas for Homeland Security secretary.
Avril Haines, former deputy national security advisor and former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jan. 14, 2020, in Washington.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hasn't scheduled a hearing yet for Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Biden's pick for U.N. ambassador and a member of his Cabinet, despite her being announced in November. Bill Burns, Biden's pick to be CIA director, also doesn't have a hearing scheduled yet, but Biden only announced his intention to nominate Burns Monday.
It's unclear how long after a confirmation hearing any of these Cabinet picks can be confirmed, especially with an impeachment trial -- but they'll require a committee vote and then a full Senate vote. It's likely most won't be confirmed and in position on Inauguration Day.
Biden's team has escalated pressure this week to confirm his national security Cabinet as soon as possible.
President-elect Joe Biden speaks as he announces his Justice Department nominees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Jan. 7, 2021.
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In contrast, on Trump's Inauguration Day, the Senate confirmed both John Kelly as Department of Homeland Security secretary and Jim Mattis as Department of Defense secretary, and 11 more Trump nominees already had their confirmation hearings. President Barack Obama had seven Cabinet chiefs confirmed on Inauguration Day, while six more had confirmation hearings by then and his Defense Secretary Bob Gates stayed on from the Bush administration, according to the U.S. Senate website.
-ABC News' Conor Finnegan and Molly Nagle
Jan 14, 2021, 2:23 PM EST
Trump issues short statement about how he's worked to 'rebuild our military'
The White House press office has issued a statement from the president touting his military accomplishments as his time as commander-in-chief is set to expire in six days.
"United States military troops in Afghanistan are at a 19-year low. Likewise, Iraq and Syria are also at the lowest point in many years. I will always be committed to stopping the endless wars. It has been a great honor to rebuild our military and support our brave men and women in uniform. $2.5 trillion invested, including in beautiful new equipment—all made in the U.S.A.," the statement read.