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Joe Biden becomes the 46th U.S. President
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and ...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2021

Trump, praising his own record, leaves White House ahead of Biden’s inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican President Donald Trump hailed his administration’s record as he left the White House for the last time on Wednesday, hours before President-elect Joe Bide...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2021

U.S. Senate Republican leader McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, of provoking the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. “The mob was...
Julia Bradley Jan 19, 2021

U.S. Capitol lockdown lifted, fire nearby contained
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Capitol complex was shut down for about an hour on Monday out of an abundance of caution after a small fire broke out nearby, underscoring security jitters days b...
Julia Bradley Jan 18, 2021

Trump acknowledges Biden victory; concedes election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) –President Donald Trump conceded for the first time on Thursday that Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president, a day after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congre...
Dalton Kemper Jan 07, 2021

WATCH: live coverage of the ongoing situation at the Capitol
Protesters have stormed the Capitol Building in D.C. as Congress convenes to certify President-Elect Joe Biden’s win. Fox News has live coverage:
Jeremy Scott Jan 06, 2021

Pro-Trump protesters swarm Capitol amid challenge to his election loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Protesters supporting Donald Trump swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, putting it on lockdown, as Vice President Mike Pence rebuffed the president’s demand to overturn h...
Jeremy Scott Jan 06, 2021

Despite Trump pressure, Pence will not block Biden’s election certification: advisers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to help overturn his election loss, Vice President Mike Pence will stick to his ceremonial duties and not block Wednesday...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021

Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general: official
(Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, who was once President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, to serve as the ...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021

Democrat Warnock wins in Georgia; second runoff and U.S. Senate control undecided
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock won a hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Georgia over Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, TV networks and Edison Research projected, b...
Jeremy Scott Jan 06, 2021
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