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- Trump supporters hold 'Million MAGA March' in D.C.
  Fervent supporters of President Trump rallied in Washington, D.C., a week after the presidential race was called for Democrat Joe Biden.
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Masked workers start presidential hand tally in Ga.
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Officials resist restrictions amid virus surge
Despite COVID-19 spikes, many governors and state officials are reluctant to impose the kind of lockdowns and business closings seen last spring.
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Biden coronavirus advisers nix national lockdown
The head of Democratic U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisory board said on Friday there was no plan to shut the country down and that the new administration's approach will be targeted at specific areas. Dr. Vivek Murthy, a former U.S. surgeon general tapped to lead the board, said doctors have learned a lot about how the virus spreads and what steps to reduce risk are effective. Another member of Biden's COVID team, Dr. Michael Osterholm, suggested in a Yahoo Finance interview on Wednesday that the country could cover individual companies' and local governments' losses for a four- to six-week lockdown to drive numbers down.
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Geraldo Rivera suggests Trump will do 'right thing'
Fox News veteran Geraldo Rivera said via Twitter Friday that President Trump will in the end leave the White House if states certify a victory for Joe Biden, but wants to continue to fight. Rivera said he had a conversation with Trump Friday, which he described as a "heartfelt phone call" with a "friend." "He […]
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RNC to spend $20M on Georgia's Senate races
Republicans are flooding Georgia with cash and field operatives as they look to keep Democrats from seizing control of the Senate under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration. The Republican National Committee said Friday it is funding more than 600 staffers in the state with an investment of at least $20 million ahead of the Jan. 5 runoffs for the seats held by GOP Sens. Democrats are eying victories for Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the respective races to create a 50-50 tie in the chamber, which would be decided by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
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Fauci not advising Biden's coronavirus team
"I stay in my lane. I'm not a politician. I do public health things," Fauci said in an interview on Thursday.
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Trump, stewing over election, silent as virus surges
President Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a moment when the disease is tearing across the United States.
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DHS experts: Election 'most secure' in U.S. history
Top security and election officials at the Department of Homeland Security have dismissed President Trump's baseless claims about rampant voter fraud.
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China congratulates Biden on being elected president
China, along with Russia, was not among the group of nations to congratulate the President-elect last weekend after he was projected to have won.
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In denial of Trump's defeat, Pompeo heads overseas
The Secretary of States will be visiting a number of countries where leaders have all congratulated President-elect Joe Biden for his victory.
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AOC praises Biden's new hire as a 'unifying pick'
“I think that he is extraordinarily competent. He led our country through the … ebola crisis. He has led through many different political crises,” Ocasio-Cortez said of Ron Klain, President-Elect Joe Biden's new chief of staff.
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Tennessee man exonerated after serving nearly 15 years in prison
Joseph Webster is reunited with his family after being wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to a Tennessee prison in 2006. After spending nearly two decades behind bars, a Nashville man is released from prison after a judge ruled he was wrongly convicted. According to Tennessean, Joseph Webster was embraced by his mother who was overwhelmed with emotion after he exited the detention center a free man.
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What we can learn from the Amish about coronavirus
The outbreak is indicative of what happens when people gather in small social situations — something millions of lockdown-weary Americans are eager to do, regardless of whether they are Amish or not.
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Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants.
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Pelosi calls on Republicans to 'stop the circus'
The Democratic leaders in Congress on Thursday scolded their Republican colleagues for failing to address the raging coronavirus pandemic and refusing to accept Joe Biden as president-elect.
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Arizona's GOP AG: Trump likely lost state
Mark Brnovich is one of a small handful of Republicans to break with the president’s lies about widespread voter fraud.
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Sanders: Average GOP senator knows Trump has lost
“I would hope they get the courage to stand up as individuals and represent their constituencies and not live in fear of Donald Trump,” the senator said.
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Biden's Treasury pick may be key to agenda
Incoming U.S. Treasury secretaries have been confronted over the past two decades with the financial rescue of other countries, the bailout of the U.S. banking system and a trade war. Biden's Treasury pick will have to cope with a recession and joblessness, as well as serving as the fulcrum to address wealth inequality, climate change and other issues. Names floated so far have spoken or written across those issues, and have extensive experience either at Treasury or the Federal Reserve, or both.
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Parties fire opening salvos of twin Senate battles
Wednesday's rival campaign events showcased the starkly different approaches being taken to the battle that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate.

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