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  U.S. President-elect Joe Biden became emotional during a brief farewell ceremony in Delaware on Tuesday before heading to Washington for his inauguration, c…
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Self-described militia members jailed on riot charges
Three self-described militia members from Ohio and Virginia faced federal charges Tuesday that they participated in the assault on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Thomas E…
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12 Guard members removed from Biden inauguration
Two U.S. Army National Guard members have been removed from the presidential inauguration security mission after they were found to have ties with right-wing militia groups, ac…
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Judge rejects 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli's bid for release
A federal judge rejected former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli's request to be freed from prison, rejecting his claim that his deteriorating mental health justified co…
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McConnell said Trump 'fed lies' to mob about Biden election
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly…
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A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases
On Friday, the World Health Organization urged more effort to detect new variants. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a new version first identified in th…
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U.S. court deals final blow to Trump EPA's clean power rule replacement
A federal court on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration's scaled-down replacement of the Obama administration's signature climate change regulation for power plants, a …
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How offshoring rolled along under Trump, who vowed to stop it
Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency four years ago, in part, by a promise to Midwest factory workers that he would stop companies like Schneider Electric SE from moving jobs o…
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Police officer, suspect killed after armed standoff in Ohio
An Ohio city on Tuesday was mourning a police officer who died after an hourslong armed standoff ended in gunfire and also claimed the life of a suspect, police said. Toledo Po…
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Poll: Virus, economy swamp other priorities for US
Containing the coronavirus outbreak and repairing the economic damage it has inflicted are the top priorities for Americans as Joe Biden prepares to become the 46th president o…
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Analysis - Trump's legacy: A more divided America, a more unsettled world
When President Donald Trump delivered his inaugural speech on Jan. 20, 2017, he promised an end to “American carnage,” a bleak and dysfunctional nation he had promised that he …
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U.S. teen jailed in Cayman Islands for breaking Covid protocols returns home
An 18-year-old American college student who broke the mandatory 14-day quarantine protocol for visitors to the Cayman Islands has returned home. After spending a month behind b…
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Washington now a 'ghost town with soldiers'
Central Washington is an armed fortress, fenced off with razor wire and surrounded by 25,000 National Guard troops ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesda…
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Biden's national security Cabinet nominees face Senate tests
President-elect Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won’…
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Biden picks transgender woman for health role
Rachel Levine is to become assistant secretary of health, the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
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Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm
Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company.
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Biden's first 100 days will be no honeymoon. Here's what they might look like.
President-elect Joe Biden's first days in office will be dominated by crisis: the coronavirus pandemic and the economic emergency it caused, as well as the fallout from the dea…
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Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 …
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Trump clemency likely for Lil Wayne, among others
The president is likely to grant clemency to the rapper in a final wave of pardons and commutations that is not expected to include lawyer Rudy Giuliani or ex-aide Steve Bannon…
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Stunning 'Field of Flags' lights up in National Mall
Close to 200,000 flags are on display ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration in Washington, D.C.

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Washington now a 'ghost town with soldiers'

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