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![Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0126-sinema-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Centrist Democrats Manchin, Sinema Side With McConnell to Protect the Filibuster
Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have come out against filibuster reform, protecting a key tool for McConnell.
![Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on January 21, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0126-schumer-senate-400x300.jpg)
Mitch McConnell Is Already Running Circles Around Chuck Schumer in the Senate
Once again, the Democrats find themselves outflanked and tangled in their own wire.
![Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0126-mitch-mcconnell-s-400x300.jpg)
Experts Dispute GOP Senators’ Claim That Trump Impeachment Is Unconstitutional
Historical precedent, plus the wording of the Constitution itself, suggest a former president can be impeached.
![Michael Horowitz, inspector general for the Justice Department, returns for testimony following a short break before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on December 11, 2019. in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0125-horowitz-400x300.jpg)
Inquiry Opened to Determine If DOJ Officials Tried to Overturn Election
The investigation comes about after reports of one DOJ lawyer loyal to Trump allegedly devised such a scheme.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders walks through Capitol Hill on December 31, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0125-bernie-sanders--400x300.jpg)
Sanders Wants to “Act Now” on COVID Relief But McConnell Is Holding Up Senate
Bernie Sanders said one of his priorities is to pass a COVID relief bill before the impeachment trial starts next month.
![The back of Donald Trump's head](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0125-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Has Made Threats to Launch a New Political Party — the “Patriot Party”
If Senate Republicans vote to convict Trump, he may try to shatter the GOP by starting a third party.
![Then-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell speaks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0125-trump-lawyer-400x300.jpg)
Former Trump Lawyer and Conspiracy Theorist Sidney Powell Launches New Super PAC
Powell faces a $1.3 billion defamation suit over her false claims of voter fraud.
![Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for former president Donald Trump, stands next to a map showing the swing states during a news conference about lawsuits related to the presidential election results at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0125-rudy-giuliani-400x300.jpg)
Dominion Voting Systems Files $1.3 Billion Lawsuit Against Rudy Giuliani
Scores of false claims of fraud against Dominion's voting machines have been spread across social media.
![Senator Ted Cruz (left) speaks with colleague Josh Hawley during a joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes for President at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230451585-400x300.jpg)
Nixon Impeachment Witness: Cruz and Hawley Should Have No Part in Trump Trial
The former White House Counsel for Nixon said GOP senators who supported the Capitol breach “must be disqualified.”
![Some lobbyists made massive sums attempting to secure clemency or pardons in the final months of Trump's presidency.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1177396432-400x300.jpg)
Trump-Linked Lobbyists Made Big Money From Clients Seeking Last-Minute Pardons
Some lobbyists made massive sums attempting to secure clemency or pardons in the final months of Trump's presidency.