#BREAKING: US President Donald Trump has been impeached for a second time, making him the first in US history to face the most serious of political charges twice.

The US House of Representatives voted impeach the president on a charge of "incitement of insurrection".
The charge now goes to the US Senate. That chamber will vote to convict or acquit him of the charge which relates to last week's mob siege on the Capitol.

If that succeeds by a two-thirds majority, it would take another vote to ban him from ever holding office again.
The president was last impeached in December 2019, over allegations he urged Ukrainian investigations in Joe Biden and his son, but was acquitted by the Senate.
10 Republicans have voted to impeach the president.

Final tally:

In favour: 232

Against: 197
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