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With Senate split 50-50, here’s what Democrats can and can’t do
By Candice Norwood
Sen. Patrick Leahy home from brief hospitalization after presiding over opening of Trump's impeachment trial
By Caroline Kelly & Clare Foran
Senators consider censure as alternative to impeachment trial in view of likely Trump acquittal
By Julie Tsirkin & Pete Williams
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Opinion | How to Reform the Senate Filibuster
By Erwin Chemerinsky & Burt Neuborne
Trump considers written letter as part of Senate trial defense
By Carol E. Lee, Monica Alba & Hallie Jackson
Democrats' Covid conundrum: Work with Republicans or run them over
By Caitlin Emma, Burgess Everett & Sarah Ferris
Opinion | Democrats have vigorously used the filibuster. It's pathetic they now won't pledge to protect it.
By Marc Alexander Thiessen
How does the filibuster work?
By Lisa Desjardins
'People are angry': House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face backlash at home
By Eric Bradner
Rand Paul calls impeachment 'dead on arrival' after most Republicans signal that trial is unconstitutional
By Ted Barrett, Clare Foran & Manu Raju
Most Senate Republicans declare Trump's trial unconstitutional. Here's what that means for conviction.
By Sahil Kapur, Frank Thorp & Frank Thorp V
Is Trump's Senate Trial Constitutional? There Is Precedent, From 145 Years Ago
By Domenico Montanaro
Senator Patrick Leahy, 80, Is Briefly Hospitalized
By Michael Gold & Emily Cochrane
The Filibuster Fight
By David Leonhardt