The Senate voted to acquit former President Trump of charges of inciting the January 6th attack on congress. Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed that Trump was legally culpable for a "disgraceful dereliction of duty", he concluded that the Senate is unable to convict former officials. The Senate had previously held it has the power to do so.
After a nomination process that culminated in a public FBI investigation, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed largely along party lines 50-48.
Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
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