Here is how events are unfolding. All times Eastern.
Jan 25, 2021, 9:04 PM EST
Trump opens 'Office of the Former President'
Former President Donald Trump Monday opened an "Office of the Former President," according to a statement from the office.
First lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump arrive at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 20, 2021.
Carlos Barria/Reuters
"The Office will be responsible for managing President Trump's correspondence, public statements, appearances, and official activities to advance the interests of the United States and to carry on the agenda of the Trump Administration through advocacy, organizing, and public activism," the statement read.
The announcement comes the same day that House Democrats delivered an article of impeachment to the Senate, setting in motion the second impeachment trial against Trump in the chamber.
-ABC News' Ben Gittleson
Jan 25, 2021, 8:41 PM EST
Biden, Merkel agree to revitalize alliance between countries
Biden continued with his calls to world leaders Monday, this time speaking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and agreeing to revitalize the two countries alliance.
They agreed that cooperation was important to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. They also said the U.S. and Germany would work together on foreign policy issues regarding Afghanistan, Iran, China, Russia, Ukraine and the Western Balkans.
Biden started making calls to foreign leaders on Friday, first reaching out to the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the U.K. on Friday and the French president on Sunday. COVID-19 was also a main point of conversation on those calls.
-ABC News' Justin Gomez
Jan 25, 2021, 7:22 PM EST
Rep. Raskin reads article of impeachment before Senate
The lead House impeachment manager, Rep. Jaime Raskin, D-Md., read aloud an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate.
"President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of government. He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperiled a coordinate branch of government. He thereby betrayed his trust as president, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States," Raskin said, reading from the article that the House passed on Jan. 13.
Democratic House impeachment managers file into the U.S. Senate chamber to deliver the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2021.
Senate Television via ABC News
"Wherefore President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. President Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States," he concluded.
Speaking after Raskin, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore, announced that the Senate was now "ready to proceed with the (impeachment) trial."
The official trial in Senate is not expected to begin until the week of Feb. 8.
Jan 25, 2021, 7:11 PM EST
House managers deliver Trump impeachment article to Senate
House impeachment managers were delivering an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate Monday, queuing up a record-setting second trial for him in the chamber.
Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson along with acting House Sergeant-at-Arms Tim Blodgett, lead the nine Democratic House impeachment managers as they walk through Statuary Hall in the Capitol, to deliver to the Senate the article of impeachment alleging incitement of insurrection against former President Donald Trump, Jan. 25, 2021.
Susan Walsh/AP
The managers, led by Rep. Jaime Raskin, D-Md., and appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, silently walked the article across the Capitol -- from the House to the Senate -- where senators awaited their arrival.
The House voted to impeach the former president on Jan. 13, a week after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the 2020 electoral college votes.
Despite the presentation of the article to the Senate today, the official trial is not expected to begin until the week of Feb. 8.
