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"The weight of our power to advise and consent has never been lost on me," said McConnell, who had himself thwarted many a Democratic president's agenda in the legislative branch.

There is, he said, a circular nature to his legal battle with Trump and his work to thwart the wayward president’s unprecedented power grab.

Their stated aim is to thwart a constitutional crisis many believe is already underway.

Moscow's attempts to seize the capital Kyiv were thwarted, but Russian forces have since slowly expanded their territorial control, mostly in the east.

Moscow's attempts to take control of the capital Kyiv were thwarted, but Russian forces have taken around one-fifth of Ukraine's territory in the east and south, and have carried out air strikes across the country.