Same issue is happening to me. I’m able to bypass the login screen and get to the dashboard, but the front page and login screen itself never acknowledge that I’m logged in.
bobsouer, try going to <your blog>/wp-admin/index.php
Just removing the redirect from the login page won’t get you anywhere but the login page. You have to give it an alternate page. edit.php worked for me, too.
I’ve completely replaced all the files from the wordpress directory, and that didn’t resolve the situation for me, so I’m reasonably certain it’s a database issue, not an altered file. It’s possible I missed something, but not likely.
