Next year will be a year of intense political drama in the United States.
Donald Trump hopes to make history by becoming the first impeached President ever to win re-election.
Americans go to the polls in November, and Democrats will spend the early part of next year tussling with one another in the race to become the party's standard bearer in the election.
This year was dominated by investigations in Washington - first Robert Mueller's inquiry into ties between the Trump campaign and the Russians and then the Democrats' impeachment inquiry.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks looks forward by looking back.
