Washington — US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has set her Democrat Party in motion on a rapid path to the impeachment of US President Donald Trump, a timetable that fits with both her political imperatives and those of the president.

Judiciary committee Democrats will be working through the weekend and by next Thursday could begin to draft the articles of impeachment that will shape the debate in a Senate trial that likely will be held early in 2020...

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