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Kentucky voter ID bill clears Senate, heads to House

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, arrives at the Capitol where he will go behind closed doors to be questioned about the whistleblower complaint that exposed a July phone call the president had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Trump pressed for an investigation of Democratic political rival Joe Biden and his family, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Michael Atkinson testimony concealed by Adam Schiff

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Kentucky bill requires care for infants surviving abortion

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., holds redacted documents as he speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Adam Schiff’s media fawners cross journalistic lines

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this image from video, impeachment manager Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks in favor of a amendment by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Hakeem Jeffries quotes The Notorious B.I.G. on Senate floor during Trump impeachment trial

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Kentucky voter ID bill for voting clears Senate committee

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this image from video, presiding officer Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Chief Justice Roberts admonishes during Senate trial: Both sides ‘should remember where they are’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

President Trump’s trial is not a charade but deadly serious business based on constitutional norms

By Andrew P. Napolitano

State Sens. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, left, and Janet Howell, D-Fairfax, watch a vote on a resolution that would bring the Equal Rights Amendment to the floor of the House at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. The resolution failed. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

Virginia Senate passes transgender birth certificate bill

By Rodney Robinson - Associated Press

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Adam Schiff cites debunked ‘Russia collusion’ in opening argument at Trump impeachment trial

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., talks to reporters after an event in Peoria, Ariz., on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

Martha McSally channels Donald Trump in fight to hold Arizona Senate seat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine arrive for the trial of President Donald Trump at the Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

GOP senators defend impeachment trial, compare Democrats’ case to a ‘half-prepared term paper’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The staff for Sen. Ted Cruz has been tweeting on his behalf during the impeachment trial of President Trump. His team needles political adversaries and solicits feedback. (Associated Press)

Senate staffers amplify bosses’ messages on social media during impeachment trial

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Bill allows transgender people to get new birth certificate

By RODNEY ROBINSON - Associated Press

In this image from video, impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Pat Cipollone mocks Adam Schiff, Democrats’ impeachment case

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration on the constitutional primacy of the Senate’s President Pro Tempore in the impeachment trial by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Constitution demands the chief justice not cast any tie-breaking vote in the Senate

By Curt C. Hartman

Senate approves funding for UW missing soldiers project

Associated Press

Senate OKs lead tests for child care providers, camps

Associated Press

In this image from video, the Senate votes on an amendment offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Senate defense, foreign affairs panels try to work around impeachment duties

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group, walk through Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Donald Trump House GOP impeachment team deployed on media mission

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times