As the Senate convened for the start of the 116th Congress, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, fellow progressives and potential rivals for the presidency, shared a brief hug on the Senate floor just minutes after they were both sworn in for their new terms. Then there was Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee, striding across the floor as a proud new member from Utah. But this being the stodgy Senate, there were no photographers on hand to capture the scene, since they are banned from the chamber. What a loss, thought Senator Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, as he surveyed the festivities. “I was thinking none of this becomes part of the pictorial history of the country,” Mr. Blunt said.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2019 19:41 UTC