Senate Republicans adrift ahead of Trump trial
“There’s a lot of people upset. But the legal standard for inciting insurrection is going to be pretty hard to prove because his words matter. And his words were reckless…
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Dems eye punishing Republicans who challenged Biden’s win
Some sources noted House Democratic leadership would have to make that call, since the strategy could seriously impair bipartisan work just as Biden takes office on a pledge to unify…
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The Day – Republicans condemn ‘scheme’ to undo election for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The unprecedented Republican effort to overturn the presidential election has been condemned by an outpouring of current and former GOP officials warning the effort to sow doubt…
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Violence against women surges during COVID-19 crisis as Senate Republicans block anti-domestic violence law
An increase in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic has renewed the push to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act under Joe Biden. Source link
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Stimulus check increase rejected by House Republicans; Democrats block foreign aid changes
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — On Christmas Eve, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives blocked attempts to alter a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government spending package. The move leaves…
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Republicans plot their first and last Trump rebellion
Trump’s grip over his party has never been seriously challenged in the Congress, despite four years of hand-wringing over his erratic foreign policy, hard-line tariff regime and scattershot approach to…
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Trump demands names of the congressional Republicans who said they recognize Biden as winner
President TrumpDonald John TrumpAppeals court OKs White House diverting military funding to border wall construction Pentagon: Tentative meeting between spy agencies, Biden transition set for early next week Conservative policy…
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Republicans Rewrite an Old Playbook on Disenfranchising Black Americans
Mr. Barber said the victory by Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris was all the more remarkable given that it came in the face of those changes in voting laws, showing…
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Republicans seek to stymie Biden with final Trump nominees
With coronavirus relief negotiations at an impasse, the to-do list for the lame duck session will in all likelihood be limited to funding the government, passing an annual defense bill…
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‘Confusion and chaos’: Republicans denounce Trump’s latest purge
Capito said she was “disappointed” and flummoxed by Trump’s personnel decisions: “I can’t explain it.” Others were more blunt. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called Trump’s move a “terrible mistake,” adding…
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