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Former Los Angeles City Councilman Alex Padilla resigned Monday as California secretary of state and was formally appointed by the governor to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

In taking the Senate majority, Democrats are newly empowered to undo Trump-era policies through a seldom-used tool that allows Congress to reverse federal rules, NBC News reports. But the tool, known as the Congressional Review Act, has limits: It applies only to recently finalized rules, and when Congress uses it to reverse a rule, it places new restrictions on federal…

In a 232-197 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection.”

Democratic control of the U.S. Senate has come one step closer to fruition after Georgia Republican David Perdue conceded his runoff loss to Democrat Jon Ossoff

Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s...

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley says he is going forward with his objection to the Electoral College results in Pennsylvania despite the violent breach at the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.

As a teenager, Jon Ossoff was inspired by John Lewis’ pivotal role in the civil rights movement when Lewis was just in his early 20s.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. lambasted Republican colleagues who were pushing for a rejection of electoral college votes on Wednesday. “By trying to overturn this election, they are placing more trust in Reddit conspiracy theories over the Constitution,” Duckworth said.

Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Senate on Wednesday night after rioters stormed the Capitol building.

Supporters of President Donald Trump protesting the election results broke into the Senate chamber Wednesday, activating a lockdown for the U.S. Capitol building and curfew for Washington, D.C.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence delivered their opening statements before the Senate and the House met to certify the results of the Electoral College.

Senate candidate Jon Ossoff posted a statement online declaring victory in his Senate runoff election against Sen. David Purdue in Georgia. NBC says Ossoff leads but that the race is still too close to call

Rev. Raphael Warnock won his Senate runoff race against incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., NBC News projects. This makes Warnock Georgia’s first Black senator.

Ebenezer Baptist Church, the historic congregation in the heart of Atlanta, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached, sits at the intersection of national politics and the culture war.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the $600 stimulus payment direct deposits could begin as early as Tuesday night and continue into next week.

President Donald Trump’s move comes after he threatened to veto the bill if it didn’t include termination of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The act protects tech companies from liability for what is posted on their platforms.

President-elect Joe Biden is telling Georgia voters that they must deliver two Democratic Senate runoffs victories so his administration can confront the coronavirus pandemic and other national challenges.

When the Electoral College meets Monday, its detractors hope it marks the beginning of the end of a system that twice this century has vaulted the loser of the popular vote to the presidency.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stress the need for Republicans and Democrats to come together to pass a coronavirus relief bill.

At least two more members of the House of Representatives announced on Wednesday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus.