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Dominion employee sues Trump campaign and allies, alleging defamation
Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell are among those named in the suit by Eric Coomer, Dominion's product security director, who is in hiding over threats stemming from conspiracy theories about his work.
Trump assails COVID relief bill, suggests he may not sign
President Donald Trump is blasting the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress just passed and is suggesting that he may not sign it. Trump complained in a video that he tweeted out Tuesday night that the bill delivered too much money to foreign countries, but not enough to Americans. 
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.
Fact check: What Pence and Congress can and can't do about the election
Some Republicans have indicated they will seek to object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but next to no chance it will change the outcome.
The 'darkest days are ahead of us,' Biden warns on COVID-19 pandemic
The president-elect thanked health care and front-line workers, and said that "like we did over Thanksgiving," we all have to care for each other by staying apart for Christmas.
Minnesota’s congressional delegation backs stimulus plan
Some of Minnesota’s representatives in Washington say the plan isn’t perfect, but they supported it, saying some help is better than none.