The 'candy desk' -- replete with chocolates, sticky lollies and other goodies -- is legislators' guilty pleasure with a unique capacity to unite the deeply-divided chamber

Pat Toomey joins Lisa Murkowski in calling for US president to step down as Democratic House Speaker Pelosi notifies colleagues to prepare for impeachment move this week

Harvard law scholar says it would be his 'honor and privilege' to defend the US president against claims he incited the storming of the Capitol

But Pat Toomey stops short of saying whether he would vote to remove the US president from office if a Senate impeachment trial goes ahead

Judge throws out claim of electoral fraud in state with blistering ruling, prompting Pat Toomey to say US president should accept the election outcome

Republican leadership divided over president's rhetoric, with some saying no evidence of election corruption; others urging Trump and his supporters to continue their efforts

Pat Toomey says he sees no proof of 'any widespread corruption or fraud' after president claimed election is being stolen; Adam Kinzinger: Trump's claims 'getting insane'

Revelations in forthcoming book by former national security adviser undercut key defense argument, with some in GOP now prepared to allow fresh testimonies