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UPDATE, 1 PM PT: President Joe Biden hailed the Senate passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, a key priority that he predicted would create a “historic recovery” and “long-term boom’ for the economy. “After years and years of infrastructure week, we’re on the cusp of an infrastructure decade,” Biden…

A new Senate report concludes that the intelligence community failed to failed to “properly analyze, assess and disseminate information” to law enforcement about the potential for violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. But the report also largely leaves out the role of then-President Donald Trump, who was impeached…

UPDATE, 9:38 AM PT: The Senate passed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill after an all-night marathon session. The legislation now heads to the House before it can go to President Joe Biden. The massive spending package would be his first major legislative achievement. The billed passed along party lines, in a vote…

The Senate voted to advance a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, which includes direct payments to families and extends enhanced unemployment benefits, but it could be a long slog before there is a final vote. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris voting in favor to break a tie. The Senate, though, is…

SECOND UPDATE, 3:36 PM PT: The Q&A session of the trial has ended, but one of the most perplexing moments came when Donald Trump’s legal team was asked when the then-president was made aware that Vice President Mike Pence in danger. The question from Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) is one that has been on the minds of many at…

SECOND UPDATE, 1:26 p.m. PT: Democrats wrapped up their arguments against Donald Trump with about five hours remaining in their allotted time, but lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) made clear why they didn’t go longer. “We need to exercise our common sense about what happened here,” Raskin said…

3rd UPDATE, 6:45 PM: The focus of the impeachment trial on Wednesday is rightfully on the footage of the Capitol siege. Some of it — like the security footage of senators racing to evacuate the chamber — had not been shown publicly before. Other clips took on new meaning as impeachment managers built a timeline of…

The Senate rejected an effort to sideline the pending impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but in an early gauge of support for convicting the former president, just five Republicans joined with Democrats to move forward. In a 55-45 vote, the Senate tabled a procedural motion by Sen. Rand Paul to declare a trial…

A delegation of House members delivered an article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate tonight, a ceremony that triggers a process for a trial on charges that the former president incited the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. News networks and some of the broadcasters carried the walk to the Senate…

Democrats took control of the Senate for the first time since 2015, as Vice President Kamala Harris swore in her appointed successor, Alex Padilla, as well as Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who won their races in Georgia this month. “I need to catch my breath, so much is happening,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)…

As the nation’s attention was fixated on the chaos at the Capitol, several networks called the remaining Senate race in Georgia for Jon Ossoff, giving Democrats control of the chamber. NBC News, CBS News and ABC News made the projection just as Joe Biden was addressing the unrest at the Capitol, in which supporters of…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he is appointing Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris’ Senate seat. Padilla, who has been California’s secretary of state, will be the first Latino senator to represent the Golden State. "Through his tenacity, integrity, smarts and grit, California is gaining a tested fighter in…