The retiring Arizona Independent talked to Semafor about her reputation as an ‘enigma’ and her Senate legacy after a productive, if polarizing, six years.

When Donald Trump enters office on Jan. 20, he will immediately start seizing control of the government by firing holdovers from Joe Biden’s administration and replacing them with Republican partisans.

Sinema’s lavish spending has become part of a complicated legacy that the senator will leave behind when she exits office in early January. As she evolved from a political progressive to a business friendly Independent, her critics portrayed her as someone guided by personal financial gain who does the bidding of billionaires.

Sinema made history for Democrats, then took a moderate approach that left them disappointed and the Senate more divided.

The court announced Thursday that it had overturned a decision by Judge Scott McAfee allowing Willis to remain on the case after she faced accusations of having an improper relationship with Nathan Wade, her special prosecutor. McAfee said Willis could remain on the case if she cut ties with Wade.

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman drew ire from critics after saying he was "not rooting against" Donald Trump, adding that the president-elect had "political talent that's undeniable." In an interview on ABC's This Week on Sunday,

This week we saw a sad but, I suppose, predictable end to the political career of Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Had Manchin and Sinema gone along, it would have given Democrats a majority on the powerful panel for at least the first two years of President-elect Donald Trump’s term. Now, Trump will get two picks on the five-member panel and put Republicans back in control after four years of Democratic majority.

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Of the senators heading for the exits, seven are retiring, three lost their reelection bids, one resigned, and two others were special appointments.

Donald Trump spoke in Phoenix about a "historic slate of executive orders" that will surpass 1950s mass deportation efforts.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were not the most powerful people in D.C. in 2024 — Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema were