Senators spar over validity of Trump impeachment trial

Senators from both parties dueled over the legality of impeaching a former president on the Sunday political talk show circuit this week, indicating that resistance within the GOP caucus will complicate efforts to reach t…
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Durbin: Senate should consider changes to filibuster

A senior Democratic senator indicated Sunday that he believed his party should consider scrapping the Senate’s filibuster rule if Republicans prove unwilling to compromise on legislation pursued by the Biden administratio…
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Birx on COVID deniers inside White House: 'There were people who definitely believed that this was a hoax'

Former White House coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx said in an interview aired Sunday that there were “definitely” people within the White House who believed the virus to be a hoax.”There were people in the Whi…
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Fauci: 'We need to assume now' that British virus strain can 'cause more damage'

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said recent data reported by the British government suggests a new, more virulent strain of the coronavirus is also more deadly but that U.S. officials need to e…
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QAnon enters new period of danger, opportunity

Former President Trump’s exit from office marks a new period for QAnon, and a new opportunity for those interested in stifling it.Many of the conspiracy theory’s followers were disillusioned Wednesday when Presiden…
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Ted Cruz, Seth Rogen trade insults as Twitter spat flares

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) went after Seth Rogen on Sunday, calling the comedian a “moron” after the star criticized the GOP lawmaker last week for knocking President Biden’s recent decision to reenter the nation into the Pa…
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Klobuchar says Senate impeachment trial of former official is constitutional: 'We have precedent'

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday defended the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, saying it is constitutional and dismissing arguments of her Republican colleagues.  Host Ge…
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Sanders: Senate may use budget reconciliation to pass Biden agenda

 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming Budget Committee chair, said on Sunday that Senate Democrats would use a tactic known as budget reconciliation to pass parts of President Biden’s agenda if Republicans refuse to…
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Cancel culture comes for the moderates

In the history of cancel culture, it’s hard to find a case where, after an inappropriate firing, an employer had the courage to admit that it had acted rashly and rehire the victim.
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Tacoma police vehicle plows through crowd watching street race

A police officer in Washington state has been temporarily placed on leave after his patrol vehicle plowed through a crowd of pedestrians late Saturday, …
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