He presides over Congress’s Jan. 6 confirmation of results that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but his role is administrative
Category: Politics
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President Trump’s tumultuous 2020
A look at President Trump’s most consequential year.
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The Trailer: The elections to watch in 2021
A look ahead at 2021, the $2,000 battle underway in Georgia, and the most baffling lawsuit to overturn the election so far.
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House votes to boost stimulus checks to $2,000 with bipartisan support
The House votes to boost stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000, meeting on one of President Trump’s late demands that nearly upended a massive spending-and-stimulus bill. Senate action of the measure is uncertain.
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Georgia Senate runoffs test whether Trump remains a ‘poison’ for moderate GOP voters
Both parties are courting the tens of thousands of suburban Republicans who rejected the president and have no natural political home — at least for now.
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Trump caves — but not before putting the GOP in an ugly spot
Trump’s failed gambit essentially cast a spotlight on his own party’s refusal to provide more coronavirus relief.
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The weirdest and wildest political moments of 2020
From cognitive tests to vulgar insults to Four Seasons Total Landscaping, 2020 got weird.
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Biden accuses Trump appointees of obstructing transition on national security issues
“It’s nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility,” the president-elect said.
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Educating Black Americans about the coronavirus vaccine could increase their willingness to get it
Their hesitancy is a concern to many health professionals, given how tragic covid-19’s impact has been on the Black community.
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After a year of pandemic and protest, and a big election, America is as divided as ever
Trump will leave office and Biden will become president, but the two Americas remain far apart– and deeply distrustful of the values and beliefs other.
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The CDC’s failed race against covid-19: A threat underestimated and a test overcomplicated
Thai scientists deployed a coronavirus test within hours. The CDC took 46 days to roll out a working test as the virus spread.
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Mnuchin’s loyalty to Trump could end with painful setback as president shreds stimulus deal
Democrats and Republicans had thought Mnuchin was speaking for the president in negotiating the $908 billion pact, but Trump quickly called it a “disgrace.”
