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The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Monday said his office was launching an investigation on whether current or former department officials made an “improper attempt” to seek to alter the results of the 2020 […]

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The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, on Tuesday, after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted strongly in favor of his appointment, Reuters […]

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Donald Trump opened an office in Florida on Monday that will handle his duties as a former U.S. president and seek to further his administration’s agenda, Reuters writes. “The Office will be responsible for managing […]

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President Joe Biden is signing an order Monday reversing a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military, The Associated Press reported. The new order, which Biden is expected to sign in […]

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Top aides to President Joe Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win […]

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As the coronavirus tears across much of Texas, Dr. Esmaeil Porsa is grappling with one of the most formidable challenges he has faced: The Houston hospital system he operates is running out of vaccines, The […]

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Donald Trump may already have numerous buildings bearing his name, but now that he has left office a Virginia official thought that a street should be named after him too, Newsweek writes. Once they depart […]

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A federal magistrate judge in Tennessee on Friday ordered the pretrial release of a man who allegedly entered the Senate chamber during the Capitol riot while carrying a taser and zip-tie handcuffs according to Politico. […]

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday announced that former President Trump’s impeachment trial will begin the week of Feb. 8 — after President Biden indicated he wanted a two-week delay to focus on getting […]

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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) is seeking to distance himself from a rally in Washington, D.C., that preceded the storming of the Capitol amid scrutiny of actions from himself and others before the riot, The Hill reports. […]

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Between 150 and 200 National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., to provide security for President Joe Biden’s inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a U.S. official said on Friday, Reuters reports. The U.S. government […]

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden discussed migration, the COVID-19 pandemic and bilateral cooperation on Friday during their first phone call since the American assumed the presidency […]

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President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to meet next month as Washington and Ottawa seek a reset in relations after four years of tension, The Hill reported. Biden and Trudeau spoke over […]

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The Biden administration is avoiding taking a position on whether the U.S. Senate should vote to convict former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge that he incited the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol […]

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The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate backed a waiver on Thursday that paved the way for President Joe Biden’s nominee, Lloyd Austin, to lead the Pentagon even though he has not cleared the required […]

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It was a bold opening salvo from the incoming administration of President Joe Biden: an immigration bill that would open a path to citizenship for roughly 11 million people living in the country illegally. But […]

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The Twitter account of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone, vowing revenge over the killing of a top Iranian […]

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