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US Congress

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence convene a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS

Senate's top Democrat, Republican seek path to guide 50-50 chamber

When one party has clear control of the Senate, it holds committee chairmanships along with a majority of committee seats and dictates the chamber’s agenda

Members of the US National Guard arrive, as the US Capitol goes into lockdown during the dress rehearsal ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration in Washington, US, January 18, 2021. Rod Lamkey/Pool via REUTERS

US Capitol lockdown lifted, fire nearby contained

FILE PHOTO: Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, US, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

What Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided Senate

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence convene a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS

10 US House Republicans voted to impeach Trump

File Photo: US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Biden urges Senate to pursue 'other urgent business' along with impeachment

A general view of the US Capitol in Washington, US November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Can lawmakers use impeachment to bar Trump from holding office again?

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters

Could Trump be prosecuted for inciting the attack on Capitol Hill?

A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

More Republicans join impeachment push as Pence refuses to remove Trump

His style, however, is much different from that of his boss. He is calm rather than volcanic, and deeply religious Photo: Reuters

US Vice President Pence rejects invoking 25th Amendment to oust Trump

A general view of the US Capitol in Washington, US November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Democrats barreling toward impeaching Trump in wake of Capitol siege

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to US troops, with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani standing behind him, during an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

Pentagon presses ahead with Afghanistan troop drawdown despite law barring it

Photo: Reuters

Laptop stolen from US Speaker's office during storming of US Capitol

US President Donald Trump is reflected as he departs after speaking about the 2020 US presidential election results in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, US, November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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