U.S. Senate

Georgia’s secretary of state has certified the results of the two U.S. Senate runoff elections

President Trump was impeached for the second time just days before President-elect Joe Biden will take office. Looking ahead, there is no historical precedent for what it means to put a president on trial in the U.S. Senate after he’s left the White House. William Howell, a professor of American politics at the University of Chicago, joined LX News to...

Now that President Trump has been impeached for the second time, all eyes turn to the Senate where Republicans will need to decide whether to vote for conviction. The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold joined LX News to explain the political calculations being made by Senate Republicans about whether to end the Trump era once and for all.

There will be no Black women in the Senate once Sen. Kamala Harris leaves the chamber to become vice president. Political strategist Atima Omara and Rev. Leah Daughtry, a former CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee, joined LX News to discuss the lack of representation of Black women, what it means for democracy and its ties to institutional racism.

U.S. Capitol Police announced the off-duty death of a longtime officer, saying he was “selfless in his service” and that the department is reeling from this latest blow. Officer Howard Liebengood has died, the department said Sunday morning. He was 51.  The Capitol Police officers’ union said in a statement that Liebengood responded to the rioting at the Capitol...

Rev. Raphael Warnock became the first Black Georgian elected to the U.S Senate, and 33-year-old Jon Ossoff became the state’s first Jewish senator. LX News welcomed the founder of The John Lewis Bridge Project, Michael Starr Hopkins, to talk about the road the late Congressman John Lewis paved for their historic victories.

Now the projected victors have been declared and the dust begins to settle following the Georgia Senate runoff races you may be asking yourself a simple question. What does it all mean?

Jon Ossoff secured both a personal victory and an even bigger victory for the Democratic Party Wednesday as he was named the projected winner of his Georgia Senate runoff. Here are a few things to know about the incoming senator. Ossoff, 33, will be the youngest Democratic senator since Joe Biden in 1973. He will also become the state’s first…

With the projected election of Democrat Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate for Georgia, LGBTQ advocates are hopeful about the fate of a bill called the Equality Act that aims to protect its community against discrimination. Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD’s president and CEO, joined LX News to explain why Georgia’s U.S. Senate elections will decide the future of federal protections...

Demographic changes dating back to the 1990s have turned Georgia from a Republican stronghold into a purple state that is set to determine whether Democrats or the GOP control the U.S. Senate. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain joined LX News to explain why he marks the 1996 Olympics as the start of this shift.

After Georgia the focus shifts to Washington on Wednesday, where Congress is set to certify Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. The typically procedural afterthought is now a battle as some Republicans, eager to satisfy Trump’s most loyal supporters, say they won’t certify the results of a free and fair election.

The two crucial Georgia runoff elections in which Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are looking to replace Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler will not only determine which party controls the Senate but the fate of the reforms that President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky breaks down how this election will affect policy on climate change, coronavirus...

It’s Election Day in Georgia, where millions have already cast their ballots in the dual Senate runoff races. NBCLX’s political reporter Noah Pransky explains when you can expect to see runoff results, especially as USPS slowdowns threaten to delay the delivery of some mail-in ballots.

President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden traveled to Georgia on Monday in one last campaign effort before two runoff elections on Tuesday that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. Democrat Jon Ossoff is challenging Republican Sen. David Perdue while Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, is taking on Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Millions of Georgia residents have already cast their ballots for Tuesday’s Senate runoff races, but according to a recent poll, Gen Z and Millennials are lagging other age groups. NBCLX’s political storyteller Noah Pransky explains what this tells us about the election that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and our country’s next two years.

The Senate has wrapped up a rare New Year’s Day session with Republicans rejecting President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks

Voters in Georgia still have unfinished business to resolve two months after the November elections

Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are appealing to the most conservative factions of a diversifying Georgia electorate as they try to win Tuesday runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate

People struggling to make ends meet in the United States. will enter the New Year without a larger, $2,000 stimulus check as the senate closes out another day without a vote. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk explains.

The Democratic-controlled House voted overwhelmingly Monday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, setting the stage for what would be the first veto override of his presidency.