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The triumph of Stacey Abrams over Donald Trump

January 6, 2021 9:40 am CNN

With one Senate seat secured for Democrats in Georgia and the other Senate race yet to be called, it is already clear that there is a lesson to be…

Cannabis stocks soar, Big Tech sinks following Georgia elections

January 6, 2021 9:33 am CNN

The “blue wave” that many expected in November appears to have crested two months later. Now, investors are trying to figure out how to…

Authorities on high alert as pro-Trump supporters flood DC to protest election

January 6, 2021 8:38 am CNN

Hundreds of law enforcement officers have mobilized across Washington as thousands of supporters who refuse to accept President Donald Trump’s…

Warnock wins Georgia runoff, CNN projects, as control of Senate comes down to Perdue-Ossoff race

January 6, 2021 8:06 am CNN

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, will be the first Black senator from Georgia, CNN projected early…

Black Georgia voters’ high turnout helped solidify a historic win, organizers say

January 6, 2021 7:50 am CNN

Black Georgia voters showed up in droves for the state’s pair of US Senate runoffs and voting rights groups say the high turnout plus…

George W. Bush will attend Biden’s inauguration; Jimmy Carter will not travel to ceremony

January 6, 2021 7:49 am CNN Newsource

Former President George W. Bush will attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, and former President Jimmy Carter will not, their…

Biden to make final decision on attorney general, with new arguments for Yates and Garland

January 6, 2021 6:54 am CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden is poised to make a final decision in the coming days on his pick for attorney general, a choice that suddenly comes amid a…

Pennsylvania GOP state senators’ refusal to seat Democrat leads to chaotic ceremony

January 6, 2021 6:32 am CNN

The Pennsylvania Senate’s swearing-in ceremony devolved into a chaotic scene on Tuesday when state GOP senators refused to seat a Democratic…

Warnock will make history as Georgia’s first Black senator

January 6, 2021 6:02 am CNN

Rev. Raphael Warnock will make history when he becomes Georgia’s first Black senator and the first Black Democrat to represent a southern state…

The presidential electoral circus draws to an end in Congress

January 6, 2021 5:56 am CNN Newsource

The fallout from Wednesday’s congressional session to count the 2020 electoral votes will echo for years to come. The state of the presidential…

Warnock wins Georgia runoff, CNN projects, as control of Senate down to Perdue-Ossoff race

January 6, 2021 5:38 am CNN

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, will be the first Black senator from Georgia, CNN projected early…

Trump’s false election fraud claims face a dead end in Congress

January 6, 2021 4:40 am CNN

President Donald Trump’s desperate effort to subvert democracy and steal the election will hit a brick wall of truth and America’s…

How to watch Congress count the Electoral College votes

January 6, 2021 4:36 am CNN

The House of Representatives and the Senate will convene in a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to count the Electoral College votes from the…

The ‘blue wave’ may have arrived after all

January 6, 2021 4:32 am CNN

After the elections in November, Wall Street put predictions of a “blue wave” aside. Now, investors are once again reckoning with the…

What we’ve learned so far from the Georgia Senate runoffs

January 6, 2021 3:22 am CNN

The Rev. Raphael Warnock will become the next senator from Georgia, CNN projected early Wednesday morning, and the other race in the twin Georgia…

Warnock makes history in winning Georgia runoff, CNN projects, as control of Senate down to Perdue-Ossoff race

January 6, 2021 12:04 am CNN

Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, was elected on Tuesday to be the first black senator from Georgia, CNN…