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Rubio Urges Biden to Call for $2,000 Stimulus Checks on Day 1 to Help Unite the Country
Marco Rubio and Joe Biden both supported $2,000 direct payments in the Covid-19 relief bill passed late last year, a push that was blocked by Mitch McConnell.
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Three Lawmakers Test Positive for Covid After Capitol Lockdown
Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Brad Schneider contracted Covid-19 after sheltering with Republicans who didn’t wear masks.
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Supreme Court Refuses Quick Action on Last-Ditch Trump Election Lawsuits
Supreme Court rejects efforts by Trump and his allies to get the court to quickly consider challenges to Biden’s victory in the November election.
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White House Expresses Sympathy Over Deaths and Injuries in Capitol Riot
The White House expressed sympathy over the deaths and injuries in the riot at the Capitol, which President Donald Trump encouraged.
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Georgia's GOP Governor Under Fire After US Senate Losses
The 2020 election cycle has left Georgia’s Republican governor bruised even though he wasn’t on the ballot
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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski Calls for Trump to Resign: ‘He Has Caused Enough Damage'
Lisa Murkowski said Trump should resign immediately, the harshest rebuke yet from a GOP senator.
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Pelosi Spoke to Joint Chiefs Chairman About Preventing ‘Unstable' Trump From Ordering Nuclear Strike
Pelosi said she spoke to Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley about precautions that could block Trump from “ordering a nuclear strike.”
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Control of the Senate Gives Democrats Chance to Act on Judges, $2,000 Checks and Ambitious Biden Agenda
Democrats will control both the White House and Congress for the first time since the first half of President Barack Obama’s first term.
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Trump Has Told Aides Since the Election That He Is Considering Pardoning Himself, Report Says
Trump has told aides in recent weeks that he would like to issue himself a federal pardon, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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Army Secretary Says Intel Before Capitol Riots Was ‘All Over the Board' as 6,200 National Guard Go to D.C.
More than 6,000 National Guard personnel will deploy to the nation’s capital and remain in the region for a minimum of 30 days.
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Watch Live: Pelosi Holds Weekly Press Conference Following Schumer's Call for Trump's Removal
The briefing comes as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called for Trump’s immediate removal from office in a statement Wednesday morning.
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D.C. Mayor Calls for Congressional Inquiry Into Security Failures That Enabled Insurrection
Muriel Bowser called for Congress to establish a panel to investigate the security lapses that enabled a mob to penetrate the U.S. Capitol Complex.
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Who Controls the Future of the GOP: President Trump or Sen. Mitch McConnell?
The protests over President Trump’s election loss – both by legislators and violent protesters – have split the Republican Party into factions loyal to either Trump or Sen. Mitch McConnell. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky breaks down the political fallout on Capitol Hill after Wednesday’s deadly riot.
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‘Disgraceful': World Leaders React to Pro-Trump Riots Rocking Washington
Prime ministers and foreign dignitaries around the world reeled while watching scenes from the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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Democrats Talk About 25th Amendment, Impeachment After Capitol Riots
The push from the party’s most liberal members comes just two weeks before Trump will be forced to leave office anyway.
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FBI Says 2 Suspicious Devices Found Amid Pro-Trump Riots Were Rendered Safe
The FBI said it had dispatched with two suspicious devices that were uncovered in Washington after reports of improvised explosives on the U.S. Capitol.
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GOP Officials, Donors Blame Trump for Weak Republican Showing in Georgia Runoffs
Republican officials, donors and advisors blamed President Trump for the party’s poor showing in the Senate runoff elections in the once reliably red state of Georgia. “Trump f—-d the party,” a staunch Trump ally said. NBC News projected Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff as winners of the Georgia runoffs. Republican officials, donors and advisors, many of them behind...
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Electoral College Vote Updates: Debate Suspended in Congress as Protesters Storm Capitol
Debates over the Electoral College results were halted and the U.S. Capitol was locked down as massive crowds of Trump supporters stormed the building.
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What 2020 Revealed About the Future of Marijuana Legalization in the U.S.
Every ballot measure involving the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana passed in 2020. Marijuana may now be one of the truly bipartisan issues in the U.S.
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Warnock Projected to Defeat Loeffler in Georgia, Moving Democrats Closer to Control of Senate
Democrat Jon Ossoff was leading Republican Sen. David Perdue in the other Senate runoff.