Champ and Major Biden have moved into the White House.
Category: Politics
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Congressional Democrats moving quickly on economic relief bill as White House pushes for swift action
The legislation includes a new round of $1,400 stimulus checks, an increase and extension of emergency unemployment benefits that are set to expire in mid-March, an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, schools, vaccine production and distribution, increased testing, and more.
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What we know about Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election
After Nov. 3, Trump repeatedly tried pressuring state officials, insisting on unconstitutional mechanisms, misleading the public and entertaining overhauls of his administration in an effort to avoid giving up power.
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Biden likely to halt new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands and waters Wednesday
The planned moratorium would halt oil and gas auctions for one year, and coal leasing for three years.
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Democrats press ahead with second impeachment trial, as GOP divided on how to defend Trump
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to start in the Senate on Feb. 9.
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After objecting to the election results, Kevin McCarthy says all Americans bear responsibility for the deadly Capitol riot
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said that all Americans bear “some responsibility” for the deadly pro-Trump Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
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As Trump departs, his extremes live on in state GOPs
Republican state parties could prove a major impediment to pulling things toward the middle in key states.
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Larry Hogan, the GOP’s anti-Trump, hopes to reverse the party’s direction and ‘purge’ its extremists
Maryland’s Republican governor says he’s being urged to seek presidency in 2024 — and strategists say he could have a chance.
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Biden likely to halt new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands and waters Wednesday
The planned moratorium would halt oil and gas auctions for one year, and coal leasing for three years.
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Deborah Birx said Trump was being given ‘parallel data’ on covid-19
Deborax Birx saw Trump presenting graphs that she never made, the former White House coronavirus response coordinator said Sunday.
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Biden just set a very high bar for when he thinks he will have achieved unity
Speaking to reporters at the White House, the president said unity meant, among other things, passing legislation that’s supported by a majority of the country — a tricky standard to set.
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Destructive protests by anarchists and extremists signal divided left as Biden administration begins
Extreme-left demonstrators destroyed the Democratic headquarters in Portland hours after President Biden took the oath of office.
