Author: Christal Hayes, USA TODAY

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the attack at the U.S. Capitol was “provoked by the president.”

While the House has impeached President Donald Trump for a second time, the Senate trial likely won’t start until after he leaves office.

Nine House Republicans have said they’ll vote to impeach Trump Wednesday.

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan issued a rare statement Sunday, calling the GOP effort to reject Joe Biden’s Electoral College win “anti-democratic.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won the gavel one last time Sunday as the House elected her to lead them through a post-Trump era.

The Senate overrode President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act — the first congressional override in Trump’s tenure.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again blocked quick passage of $2,000 stimulus checks, calling the proposal “socialism for rich people.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again blocked quick passage of a bill to raise COVID stimulus payments to $2,000.

The House approved giving Americans weathering the coronavirus pandemic $2,000 stimulus checks, boosting the payments from $600.