Print this article Senate minority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, right, talk and watch election reports on television in a room before a Democratic rally, held at a hotel in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) (NICK WASS/AP) This isn t how Chuck Schumer imagined he d end up as majority leader, but he ll take it.
The New York Democrat, like most political pros, saw a path to the Senate majority through 2020 wins in Maine, North Carolina, and other competitive races. But their nominees flopped, with Maine s Sara Gideon proving no match for veteran GOP Sen. Susan Collins and the candidacy of North Carolina Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham s imploding in a sex scandal.
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Trump presidential-library talk is heating up among historians and Washington insiders.
The ex-president and his supporters might use the opportunity to build a shrine to Trump that attacks his critics.
Expect a Trump library or museum to be a major battleground over defining his legacy.
Historians and presidential-library buffs say they re worried that any sort of presidential library or museum built by Donald Trump s allies will be used entirely to glorify the ex-commander in chief while promoting lies about his administration and attacking his critics.
Construction of a Trump library could wind up being a major battleground over the legacy of the twice-impeached president. Historians and Washington insiders are speculating about whether Trump s kids or trusted aides might lead the effort, where a library would be located, and whether the federal government might withhold its support.
Joe Biden’s hope of turning the page on a chaotic chapter in American history dissolved on Wednesday, with a Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump to likely occur during the early days of his presidency.
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