The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to effectively dismiss the first of two impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by deeming it unconstitutional and failing to rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Crime and violence are the leading issues to Democratic voters in Baltimore and rank in the top three for Maryland voters in general, a new poll shows.

Senators took their official oath Wednesday to act as jurors for the impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking the first such event for a sitting Cabinet member in U.S. history.