After taking control of four state governments in the midterms, including in politically mixed Michigan, Democrats have a long-sought chance to govern.
The university said that Mr. Syed, who spent more than two decades in prison, will work with its Prisons and Justice Initiative to help wrongfully convicted people.
A fight between Virginia and Maryland lawmakers over a new location for the F.B.I. headquarters held up a 4,155 page must-pass government funding measure.