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In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Joe Biden, Democrats buck bipartisanship with ambitious agenda

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This June 23, 2020, file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks before President Donald Trump arrives to speak to a group of young Republicans at Dream City Church in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump Jr. rips Mitch McConnell post-acquittal vote criticisms of Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former president Donald Trump is "ready to move on and rebuild the Republican Party and is excited about 2022,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said on “Fox News Sunday,” dubbing the Republican comeback strategy “Trump plus.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

House impeachment managers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump acquitted, denounced in second impeachment trial

By LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol is seen through a fence with barbed wire during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Biden says all Americans must ‘defend the truth’

Associated Press

In this image from video, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks before the Senate voted to award the Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Capitol Police offer Eugene Goodman for his actions during the Jan. 6 riot, as the Senate took a break from the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Mitch McConnell to vote to acquit Trump

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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**

McConnell, Schumer slam Trump for actions before and during Capitol riot

By Alex Swoyer and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., departs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 in this file photo. AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Toomey among 7 Republicans who voted to convict Trump

Associated Press

In this image from video, Republican senators and staff talk on the floor after a vote on the motion to allow witnesses in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

By LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

In this image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is presiding over the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, speaks before voting in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Senate acquits Trump in second impeachment trial on charge of inciting Capitol riot

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Eleanor Holmes Norton is District of Columbia's delegate in the House. She can participate in committee business, but can't vote on bills or resolutions. (Associated Press)

Eleanor Holmes Norton urges Congress to censure Donald Trump following Senate acquittal

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this image from video, senators gather around Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., bottom left, after Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, made an objection to evidence presented by House impeachment managers during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

What did Raskin and Schumer know - and when did they know it?

By Jeffrey Lord

FILE - In this May 28, 2019 file photo Arizona Republican Sen. Paul Boyer, at the podium, is seen with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey during a news conference in Phoenix. For months, four elected Republicans and one Democrat on the board overseeing Arizona's most populous county have been facing threats and harassment for backing election results that saw Democrat Joe Biden win the state. That fury from some backers of President Donald Trump moved on this week to Boyer a Republican state senator, who had to change his phone number, move his wife and young son and get police protection after he voted against a measure to subject the supervisors to arrest for refusing to hand election materials over to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)

Months after Biden win, Arizona officials still face threats

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, on the fourth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republican senators impressed with Donald Trump’s defense in impeachment trial

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Lawmakers don’t extend disaster order, ask Dunleavy for help

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

U.S. Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman watches never-before-seen security footage of rioters storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, during the second day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 in the Capitol in Washington. Goodman, who has been lauded as a hero, warned Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, the rioters were headed his way. Goodman also directed the mob away from the Senate door and the Chamber, and toward other officers. (Brandon Bell/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Eugene Goodman: Senate approves congressional gold medal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Maryland bill would provide voting info to the incarcerated

By KIMBERLY SEIF of Capital News Service - Associated Press

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives prior to the start of arguments in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP)

John Thune says he’s open to censure of Donald Trump as impeachment trial nears end

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

After gov blasts trans athletes, Senate GOP tepid on ban

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

Senate pushes backup plan in election fight with county

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press