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Klobuchar on impeachment, COVID relief: Congress ‘should be able to do many things at once’
As President Biden signs a flurry of executive orders and members of his administration move into their new desks, the specter of an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump still looms.
Guard troops head home after helping secure Biden inaugural
The National Guard Bureau said Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to D.C. for the inaugural, just 10,600 remain on duty. The bureau said the Guard is helping states with coordination and the logistics so that troops can get home.
Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan
President Joe Biden is taking executive action to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans. Biden wants to get assistance flowing while Congress begins to consider the president’s much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the pandemic. 
6 numbers that show President Biden's greatest challenges
President Joe Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.
Fauci unleashed: Doc takes 'liberating' turn at center stage
After surviving nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former President Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci is back. He now speaks with the authority of the White House again. The doctor called it “liberating” Thursday to be backed by a science-friendly administration that has embraced his recommendations to battle COVID-19.
McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of Donald Trump's impeachment trial to February to give the former president time to prepare and review his case.