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Here's the deal, folks: A POTUS impression is harder than it looks
As Jim Carrey works on his best Joe Biden for “Saturday Night Live,” we ask other impressionists how they've done it. Darrell Hammond says he wishes people understood how tough impressions really are.
Trump supporters, counterprotesters clash at D.C. rally contesting Biden's victory
Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest election results and echo false claims of fraud, before nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators sparked fistfights, at least one stabbing and at least 20 arrests.
As Trump pushes election falsehoods, his cybersecurity agency pushes back
Led by one of President Donald Trump's nominees, the agency has been actively trying to correct rumors and baseless allegations — including some spread by Trump — about the election.
Biden likely to break barriers, pick woman to lead Pentagon
Michele Flournoy, a politically moderate Pentagon veteran, is regarded by U.S. officials and political insiders as a top choice for the position. Her selection would come on the heels of a tumultuous Pentagon period that has seen five men hold the top job under President Donald Trump.
North Dakota mandates masks, capacity limits as virus surges
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ordered a statewide mask mandate and imposed several business restrictions late Friday in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus that has stressed the state’s hospital capacity.
ChangeMakers: Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor
Peggy Flanagan, 41, is the first Indigenous person elected to executive office in Minnesota’s 162-year history. She started her political career in 2004, being elected to the Minneapolis School Board, before becoming a state representative and sharing a ticket with Gov. Tim Walz in 2018.
Trump wins North Carolina; speaks publicly for the first time since Biden's victory
President Donald Trump has won North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes, staving off a hard-fought challenge by Democratic nominee Joe Biden and holding the battleground state for Republicans. The president is expected to give an update on the pandemic Friday afternoon, speaking for the first time since Joe Biden became president-elect.
With Biden ahead, Georgia begins hand recount of nearly 5 million ballots
"We don't want to be in a hurry and a rush because we want a very methodical process," said one election official as some Republicans continue leveling unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the election.