Republican Senators Vote to Formally Silence Elizabeth Warren

Ms. Warren was accused of impugning a peer when she condemned Senator Jeff Sessions’s nomination for attorney general while reading a letter from Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor.

Short One Vote to Defeat Betsy DeVos, Democrats Refuse to Yield Floor

By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN February 6, 2017 WASHINGTON — Tensions over President Trump’s nominations turned into a parliamentary game of chicken on Monday, with Republican leaders vowing to keep the Senate in session, day and night, until lawmakers...

How Attorneys General Became Democrats’ Bulwark Against Trump

By ALEXANDER BURNS February 6, 2017 The three Democratic lawyers met over dinner in a cavernous hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., picking at seafood as they discussed how to take on President Trump: Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York; Josh...