Trump acquittal now likely Wednesday; Senate nixes witnesses

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for FIFA World Cup President Donald Trump_s impeachment trial late Friday, all but ensuring Trump's acquittal in just the third trial to threaten a president's removal in U.S. history. But senators pushed off final voting on his fate to next Wednesday.

The delay in timing showed the weight of a historic vote bearing down on senators, FIFA World Cup despite prodding by the president eager to have it all behind him in an election year and ahead of his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke by phone to lock in the schedule during a tense night at the Capitol as rushed negotiations proceeded on and off the Senate floor.

The trial came to a standstill for about an hour.