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Lawmakers are pushing Congress to overhaul how it oversees the nation’s cybersecurity, including by adding new committees dedicated to the issue.
The effort gained momentum after the hack of SolarWinds computer network management software, which roiled the federal government and served as a wake-up call about widespread vulnerabilities in U.S. computer networks.
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Impeachment. The second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to begin tomorrow. While some of the trial’s logistics remain unclear, both Senate Democrats and Republicans expect the trial to be shorter than last year’s, which lasted three weeks. The Senate will accommodate a request from one of Trump s impeachment attorneys, David Schoen, to pause the trial during the Jewish Sabbath, which would mean the trial would be suspended at sundown Friday and potentially not reconvene until Sunday. Democrats will need at least 17 Republican senators to vote to convict Trump and bar him from running for future office, and with only five Republicans joining Democrats back in January in voting against a motion that argued the impeachment trial is unconstitutional, the trial will likely fall short of the two-thirds votes needed for conviction.
Familiar faces take gavels of defense panels February 4 Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., was named chairman of a new House subcommittee focused on intelligence and special operations. (Leah Millis/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON ― It’s official: Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., became chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday as the Senate approved its power-sharing arrangement for the evenly split upper chamber. The long-awaited deal was part of a wave of organizational moves in both chambers that saw some familiar figures like Reed in new roles and some new lawmakers added to the Armed Services committees. They further codify the new status quo in Congress since the Georgia runoff and general elections last year.