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The U.S. Capitol is seen on a sunrise in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Congress faces busy lame-duck session as it returns to Washington

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, second from left, Vice President Mike Pence, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Republicans pin blame on Trump and McConnell for red wave fizzle

By Susan Ferrechio and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage to speak at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump lashes out at fellow Republicans as midterm losses mount in Congress

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attends a Senate Rules and Administration Committee meeting on the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The bill is a response to the Jan. 6 insurrection and former President Donald Trump's efforts to find a way around the Electoral Count Act, the 19th-century law that, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential election winners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Grumbling in the ranks: Senate GOP wants leadership vote delayed to assess alternatives to McConnell

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage to speak at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Georgia Dems welcome idea of Trump launching 2024 bid now in hopes it would boost Warnock in runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks to supporters at an election night rally in Newtown, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, as his wife Lisa listens. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump refuses to take heat for Mehmet Oz’s loss in Pennsylvania Senate race

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A stack of stickers sits atop the ballot scanner during the mid-term election Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

How Georgia’s Senate runoff between Walker and Warnock works

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks at a campaign event in Clarkston, Ga., on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. At left is U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. (AP Photo/Bob Andres, File)

Dems announce $7M investment in Georgia’s Warnock-Walker matchup for the Senate seat

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mutiny: GOP figures turn on Trump for deflating party’s midterm score

By Tom Howell Jr. and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

GOP path to Senate majority gets tougher with Fetterman win in Pennsylvania

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ** FILE **

Republican ‘red wave’ evaporates, but GOP still inching toward House majority

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the midterm election in Rydal, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

What to make of the red wave that never materialized?

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage to speak at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump becomes political punching bag for underwhelming GOP performance as party looks to DeSantis

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Supporters wait for Democratic incumbent J.B. Pritzker to arrive at an election night event, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

2022 midterms live updates: Latest election news from AP

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Hues of red and blue color the dawn at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Control of Congress and of President Joe Biden's agenda on Capitol Hill are at stake this Election Day. Energized Republicans are working to claw back power in the House and Senate and end the Democratic Party's hold on Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘What-ifs’ plague GOP after midterms temper outlook, spark Trump criticism

By Seth McLaughlin, Stephen Dinan and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Incumbent Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis holds his son Mason as he celebrates winning reelection, at an election night party in Tampa, Fla, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Election Day winners and losers

By Michael McKenna

A person walks near a sign during an election night watch party for Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Walker, Warnock to fight on in December runoff with balance of power in Senate potentially at stake

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks to his supporters in the early morning hours at an election night party in Neenah, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Ron Johnson blasts Mandela Barnes’ late concession, blames ‘corporate media’ for delaying race call

By Mica Soellner and Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

FILE - Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2022. Sasse won approval Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, from the University of Florida Board of Trustees to be the school's next president despite vocal opposition from some faculty and students. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Sen. Sasse wins final vote to be next U of Florida president

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing. Murray faces Republican Tiffany Smiley in the November election. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Democrat Patty Murray wins sixth term to U.S. Senate

By Nicholas K. Geranios - Associated Press