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January 21, 2021

McConnell, Schumer spar over power-sharing as disagreement over filibuster hamstrings talks

Talks between Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer are stalled over a power-sharing agreement on how the Senate will run with 50 senators in each caucus but Vice President Harris giving Democrats a slight edge. 

January 21, 2021

Democrats split on impeachment trial timing, as White House says Senate should ‘multitask’

Democrats are divided about the timing of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, worried it could hamstring President Biden's ability to implement his agenda in the early days of his administration. 

January 20, 2021

Democrats take control of the Senate as Warnock, Ossoff, Padilla sworn in

The Democrats on Wednesday regained control of the Senate for the first time in six years.

January 20, 2021

Biden's inauguration: Everything you need to know

The United States on Wednesday will once again transfer power from one president to another, as it has done since 1797 when George Washington left office to be replaced by the second American president, John Adams. 

January 19, 2021

Hannity blasts McConnell, 'spineless Republicans' joining Democrats' repudiation of Trump

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's days in leadership will be numbered if he allows Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. a free hand to litigate President Trump's impeachment, Sean Hannity said Tuesday. 

January 19, 2021

Schumer looking for 'power-sharing' agreement with Republicans after meeting with McConnell

Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who will soon swap jobs, agreed in a meeting Tuesday to adopt the 2001 power-sharing agreement

January 19, 2021

McConnell says Trump 'provoked' the Capitol riot as Senate weighs another impeachment trial

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., placed blame on President Trump for the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 that left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer.

January 19, 2021

Democrats to take control of the Senate on Wednesday as Warnock, Ossoff set to be sworn in

The Democrats will regain control of the Senate on Wednesday afternoon.

January 19, 2021

Senate considering Biden nominees Tuesday, with no announcement yet on handling impeachment, other business

The Senate is back in town Tuesday for a slate of confirmation hearings on Biden Cabinet nominees, even as there are not yet clear agreements on how the body will handle the impending Trump impeachment trial or its new 50-50 party split. 

January 18, 2021

Michael Goodwin: Pelosi and Schumer's America – welcome to the new abnormal

Trump ran as a disrupter, but was a piker compared to those who hated him and were willing to smash every social, political and legal norm to drive him from office.