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Vice President Kamala Harris reads the results as House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listens during a joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Donald Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence

January 6, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

Congress convened Monday under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s election, the legacy of Jan. 6 leaving an extraordinary fact: The candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time...

FILE – Violent rioters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power

January 4, 2025 at 1:46 p.m.

Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find. In some ways, it’s like the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, that shook the foundations of American democracy,...

The mahogany boxes that will hold the electoral votes are on display on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)

How Congress will certify Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6

January 4, 2025 at 12:28 p.m.

The congressional joint session to count electoral votes on Monday is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago that was interrupted by a violent mob...

Sen.-elect Adam Schiff, D-Calif., arrives to meet with fellow Democrats for caucus leadership elections, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Donald Trump antagonist

December 9, 2024 at 8:38 a.m.

Democrat Adam Schiff stood on the Senate floor almost five years ago as a House impeachment manager and made a passionate case that Donald Trump should be removed from office...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary, is joined by his wife Jennifer Rauchet, left, as they arrive to meet with Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate

December 3, 2024 at 8:14 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent a second day Tuesday on Capitol Hill, meeting privately with Republican senators amid rising questions about his ability to effectively...

Senators, from left, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., gather after Senate Democratic leadership elections for the next session of Congress on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Democrats stick with Schumer as leader. Their strategy for countering Trump is far less certain

December 3, 2024 at 4:39 p.m.

Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus on a strategy as President-elect Donald Trump...

President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Lawmakers are concerned about background checks of Trump’s Cabinet picks as red flags surface

November 20, 2024 at 2:23 p.m.

As senators prepare to consider President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet, they will likely be doing so without a well-established staple of the confirmation process: an FBI background check.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, welcomes incoming Republican senators in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. From left are, Sen.-elect Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., Sen.-elect Jim Banks, R-Ind., Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen.-elect John Curtis, R-Utah, Sen.-elect David McCormick, R-Pa., and Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

November 13, 2024 at 11:37 a.m.

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump sits with Susie Wiles as he attends the New York Jets football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Donald Trump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away

November 10, 2024 at 6:13 p.m.

Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote.

Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves after speaking at the Palm Beach County Convention Center during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump’s agenda

November 6, 2024 at 6:15 p.m.

The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to...

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