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Twitter temporarily suspends congresswoman over election fraud claims
Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican congresswoman from Georgia who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online.
Democrats build impeachment case, alleging 'dangerous crime'
Democrats and the incoming administration are facing the challenge of reckoning with the Capitol attack at the same time that Biden takes office and tries to move the country forward. They say Congress can do both.
Heavy fortified statehouses around the U.S. see small protests
Small groups of right-wing protesters gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol.
Tentative contract agreement gives Minnesota home care workers a 15 percent raise
Home care workers in Minnesota who are members of the Service Employees International Union will vote on a tentative contract agreement that increases base pay by $2 per hour, adds paid time off and provides funding for worker training.
In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity
President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies, his incoming chief of staff said Sunday.
Kremlin critic Navalny detained after landing in Moscow
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday, Russia’s prison service said. Navalny had spent the past five months in Germany recovering from a nerve agent attack.
'Little old West Virginia' sets pace on vaccine rollout
West Virginia has emerged as an unlikely success in the nation's otherwise chaotic COVID-19 vaccine rollout, largely because of the state's decision to reject a federal partnership with CVS and Walgreens and instead enlist mom-and-pop pharmacies to vaccinate residents.
In his inaugural address, Biden seeks to move past 'American carnage'
With the country reeling from the pandemic, racial injustice and the Capitol riot, President-elect Joe Biden must transcend the "typical gauzy appeals to national unity" of past inaugural addresses.
On Biden's inauguration day, Trump will see himself out
Trump — who has not congratulated President-elect Joe Biden for winning the election, nor conceded that his loss was legitimate — is the first president in modern history to skip the swearing-in of his successor.
Harris will leave Senate seat Monday, set to return as tie-breaking vice president
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will step down from her California Senate seat Monday before taking up a more high-profile position in the chamber two days later. In a Senate that will be split 50-50, her tie-breaking vote will give Democrats control of the chamber.