Fauci shares Biden’s concern that ‘darkest days’ may be ahead in Covid-19 fight
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday expressed concern that the worst may still come in America’s battle against Covid-19, agreeing with President-elect…
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Benefits for millions of Americans have lapsed. What happens now?
President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a Covid-19 stimulus and government spending package has left small business support, jobless benefits…
Continue ReadingSome Republicans plan to challenge Biden’s Electoral College victory. Here’s what happened when Democrats challenged Bush
When Congress met to tally the results of the 2004 presidential election, then-Sen. Barbara Boxer stood alone on the Senate floor to object to…
Continue ReadingKinzinger: Trump’s refusal to sign relief bill ‘shows the chaos of the whole thing’
Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a $900 billion relief package Congress passed…
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Unemployment benefits lapse for jobless Americans as Trump holds out on signing relief bill
Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, are set to lose their unemployment benefits…
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Trump’s wrecking ball of a transition
This has been a disastrous lame duck period. Although there are always concerns about what may happen in the months between a presidential election…
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Trump’s inaction on stimulus bill leaves Georgia’s GOP runoff candidates in awkward spot
President Donald Trump’s waffling over the $900 billion Covid relief package, which he has yet to sign, is leaving his fellow Republicans in…
Continue ReadingFact check: Georgia Republicans run more misleading attack ads against Warnock and Ossoff
In early December, we fact–checked misleading attack ads from both Democrats and Republicans in the two Georgia runoff elections that will…
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Many jobless Americans will lose benefits unless Trump signs relief bill Saturday
Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, will lose their unemployment benefits after…
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Biden warns of ‘devastating consequences’ in push for Trump to sign Covid relief package
President-elect Joe Biden has called on President Donald Trump to sign the bipartisan Covid-19 relief bill, warning that any further delay has…
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Trump’s mind is elsewhere as unemployment benefits run out for millions of Americans
A day before unemployment benefits for millions of Americans were set to expire, President Donald Trump had a different insult in mind: his…
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Here’s what happens if Trump doesn’t sign the $900 billion relief package
Though Congress has passed a $900 billion Covid relief package, millions of Americans are in danger of losing important benefits just after the…
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Trump feels no pressure to be President while Americans suffer at Christmas
For Christmas this year, Washington is giving the country more pain. Perhaps it is fitting that in the worst year in memory, the surprise prospect of…
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Execution date of only woman on federal death row on hold, potentially into the Biden administration
The only woman on the federal death row may see her execution date pushed to when the administration of President-elect Joe Biden takes over, after a…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden bets on old allies to help him confront new crises
President-elect Joe Biden is leaning on familiar faces and old allies from his decades in public life as he builds an administration that will…
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How Trump won the economic message battle
President Donald Trump has always liked to talk about how strong the economy was under his watch. Although judging a president’s economic…
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Americans suffer at Christmas while Trump golfs and sows chaos
For Christmas this year, Washington is giving the country more pain. Perhaps it is fitting that in the worst year in memory, the surprise prospect of…
Continue ReadingDemocrats Ossoff and Warnock each raise more than $100 million for Georgia Senate runoffs
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff each brought in more than $100 million in a two-month period, setting a blistering fundraising pace in their…
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Frustrated Trump met with Pence before holiday break
Hours before President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” in stopping the ratification of the Electoral…
Continue ReadingUSPS agrees to treat Georgia runoff ballots as express mail
The US Postal Service has agreed to take extraordinary measures to deliver mailed ballots for Georgia’s upcoming Senate runoff elections,…
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