Republican Sen. Ben Sasse officially resigns, opening appointment to fill office
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, officially resigned from the Senate on Sunday as he prepares to return to academia as president of the University of Florida.Sasse, who led Midland University, a small private group in his home state, before running for the Senate, tendered his resignation last month saying he would leave office on January 8, two years into his second term.In parting remarks Last week, Sasse criticized the body of which he had been a member since 2015, saying: "This institution is not working very well at the moment.""Each of us knows…
