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NJ state Senate majority leader to retire when term ends

By MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Rockingham speaks after being sworn in during the opening session of the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

NC legislature opens session subdued amid virus, DC unrest

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Arkansas Senate panel advances ‘Stand Your Ground’ bill

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

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House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., right, leads a partially-virtual hearing to consider a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to activate the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is calling for swift congressional action to rein in President Donald Trump after inciting last week's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JONATHAN LEMIRE and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee takes the oath of office for his third term as Governor, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, during a ceremony at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Inslee: Washington state must work toward a ‘new normal’

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Mitch McConnell says he’s undecided on Trump impeachment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Maryland Sen. Cheryl Kagan, right, D-Montgomery County, and Sen. Brian Feldman, D-Montgomery County, are separated by plexiglass barriers while talking before the start of the state's 2021 legislative session, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Maryland lawmakers begin session transformed by COVID-19

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., walks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Capital Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Washington, as the House of Representatives is pursuing an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Capitol last week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House votes to impeach Donald Trump for second time in presidency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 9, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Defense Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Biden transition team in push to get national security team in place

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Recent Missouri editorials

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Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., speaks at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in New Orleans, where he announced he's leaving Congress to work as an adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) ** FILE **

Cedric Richmond: ‘Irresponsible’ for Senate not to move forward on national security picks

The Washington Times

South Carolina Senate President Harvey Peeler presides over the Senate after being reelected to his leadership position at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. This is the first year of a two-year session. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Fist bumps replace hugs as new 2021 SC Legislature opens

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

2 foes of Georgia Senate GOP leaders lose committee posts

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

FILE — In this April 23, 2018 file photo, Luis Sepulveda campaigns in the Bronx borough of New York. State Sen. Sepulveda, 56, in charge of the state senate's crime victims committee, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, for allegedly choking his wife, police said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

New York state lawmaker arrested, accused of choking wife

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall under construction Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: House urges Pence to remove Trump from power

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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. Gov. Andy Beshear proposed an infusion of aid into Kentucky's coronavirus-battered economy on Thursday evening, Jan. 7, 2021, announcing an ambitious budget plan that includes down-payments on his long-running goals of raising salaries for teachers and boosting public education funding.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Kentucky lawmakers start advancing budget bills

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Kansas lawmakers open session clouded by COVID, DC violence

By JOHN HANNA and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD - Associated Press

Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A theater of propaganda: The Capitol, cameras and selfies

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

With the Washington Monument in the background, people attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

The Latest: No public access to Capitol grounds Jan. 20

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