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Illustration on the border wall by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Can environmentalists be against the border wall and still oppose illegal immigration?

By Gary Wockner

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, to announce key administration posts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden calls Trump ‘unfit’ but doesn’t endorse impeachment

By WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020, file photo, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., leaves Capitol Hill in Washington. Perdue has taken down a digital campaign ad featuring a manipulated picture of his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, with an enlarged nose. A spokeswoman for Perdue said in a statement Monday, July 27, 2020, that the image has been removed from Facebook, calling it an “unintentional error” by an outside vendor, without naming the vendor. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GOP’s David Perdue concedes to Jon Ossoff in Georgia runoff

By BEN NADLER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats push for Trump to be impeached even after leaving office

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Hise joins NC Senate budget chairs, Daniel co-leads finance

Associated Press

In this file photo, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., stands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., 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**

Charles Schumer says he will fire Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael C. Stenger

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger, right, escorts Vice President Mike Pence to the House chamber for the the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Wednesday, disrupting the Electoral College process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Michael Stenger, Senate Sergeant at Arms, resigns

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Republican lawmakers flex muscle in setting COVID policies

By BRUCE SCHREINER and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN - Associated Press

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock waves to supporters during a drive-in rally, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made a campaign stop for Georgia candidates Warnock and Jon Ossoff before the runoff election Tuesday. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Black leaders cheer Georgia success, push for more progress

By KAT STAFFORD AND AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

Elections workers at the Fulton County Georgia elections warehouse check in voting machine memory cards that store ballots following the Senate runoff election in Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's two Senate runoff elections on Tuesday will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Republican Kelly Loeffler is going up against Democrat Raphael Warnock, while Republican David Perdue is challenging Democrat Jon Ossoff. Democrats must win both seats to take control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

The Latest: Georgia governor calls riot in DC a ‘disgrace’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Election workers check-in, sort, and signature verify absentee ballots for the state's U.S. Senate runoff election at the Beauty P. Baldwin Voter Registrations and Elections Building on Tuesday night, Jan. 5, 2021, in Lawrenceville, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) **FILE**

Georgia Senate runoffs: Nervous nation awaits results

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this July 22, 2019, photo, Merrick Garland pays his respects to the late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Garland as attorney general. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Merrick Garland tabbed by Joe Biden as attorney general

By Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

Vermont Legislature convenes for largely remote session

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence talk before 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. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Mike Pence restarts Electoral College certification after Capitol besieged

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp leads Speaker of the House David Ralston, back left, and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan into a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp has denounced the violent protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, calling their actions a “disgrace and quite honestly un-American.” (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Georgia leaders denounce US Capitol riot, say state secure

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, accompanied by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., left, speaks to members of the media following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Ed Markey, far left salivate at Democrat complete take over

By David Sherfinski and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Capitol on lockdown as Trump supporters storm building and gain entry during debate

By Dave Boyer, Gabriella Muñoz and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A sign at the street points voters to a polling place at Dawnville United Methodist Church in Dawnville, Ga., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

AP VoteCast: How Democrats won the Georgia Senate runoffs

By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ** FILE **

Schumer: $2,000 stimulus checks ‘one of the first’ items on to-do list

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks back from the House Chamber after a Senate procession carrying boxes holding Electoral College votes through Statuary Hall to the House Chamber for a joint session to confirm the Electoral College votes, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mitch McConnell bucks Trump’s ‘sweeping conspiracy theories’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times