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Trump and his White House minimize pandemic surge as he focuses on denying election loss
The defeated president shrugs off expert advice and ignores his potential leadership role on the coronavirus as the nation heads into a grim winter.
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In public, Biden waxes poetic about the Senate. But behind the scenes, his views are more nuanced.
In interviews over the years, Biden has suggested he understands just how hyperpartisan the deliberative body has become.
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After ambitious campaign promises, Biden faces a governing grind
A lack of Election Day coattails forces a reevaluation of priorities, shrinking the president-elect’s options.
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Biden changed the electoral map, but can Democrats capitalize in the future?
A shifting Sunbelt alters the electoral calculus, but Democrats’ weakness with White working-class voters could keep some northern states in GOP hands or up for grabs
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Black voters delivered Democrats the presidency. Now they are caught in the middle of its internal battle.
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All the reasons Democrats say they did poorly down ballot
They're floating everything from not campaigning hard enough, to getting tagged as socialists, to Nancy Pelosi’s freezer of ice cream
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In Trump’s final days, a 30-year-old aide purges officials seen as insufficiently loyal
Critics say the dismissals threaten to destabilize the federal bureaucracy in the fragile period during the handover to the next administration.
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Biden’s agenda may rest on centrist Republicans — and the return of a bygone Senate era
Barring Democratic wins in Georgia, a handful of GOP dealmakers — under the watchful eye of McConnell — will define the incoming president’s legislative and judicial ambitions.
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Trump also refuses to admit he lost the fight against the coronavirus
In a brief event at the White House, he reiterated the same false claims we've heard so often before.
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Four factions that helped turn Arizona blue
The Grand Canyon state turning blue for the first time since 1996 was years in the making.
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Trump’s attempts to challenge the election results suffer more setbacks in court
A state judge in Michigan rejected a request to delay the vote count certification in Detroit, the latest in a string of defeats for the president and his allies.
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It goes from bad to worse for the Trump legal team
Prominent law firms have sought to withdraw from representing the Trump legal effort in both Arizona and Pennsylvania, while other efforts fizzle in court.
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Republicans were ready to accept election results a lot faster in 2016
Congressional Republicans were quick to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump in 2016. Now, those same Republicans are refusing to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.
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Biden’s victory came despite relatively few county-level reversals
Four counties have flipped for three elections in a row.
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The Daily 202: Charles Koch congratulates Biden and says he wants to work together on ‘as many issues as possible’
In an interview, the billionaire discusses his new book, climate change and the coronavirus.
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Trump lost at the ballot box. His legal challenges aren’t going any better.
Despite a flurry of lawsuits, Trump and his team have notched only minor victories.
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Trump’s refusal to concede creates tricky messaging issue for Ga. Republicans
Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are struggling to explain why a tie in the Senate would be bad without acknowledging that Joe Biden won the presidential election.
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In Georgia, a laborious, costly and historic hand recount of presidential ballots begins
The painstaking process is meant to reassure the public and rebut baseless allegations of voter fraud.
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Black voters delivered Democrats the presidency. Now they are caught in the middle of its internal battle.
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Sore loser or victim? Trump voters struggle with president’s role in defeat.
Move on, some supporters say. Keep punching, others insist.
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All the reasons Democrats say they did poorly down ballot
They're floating everything from not campaigning hard enough, to getting tagged as socialists, to Nancy Pelosi’s freezer of ice cream
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Democrats abandon indoor Capitol meal for new House members after photo raises eyebrows
Plans for a meal at a stately hall in the Capitol building raised eyebrows Friday, even after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted the arrangement would be safe and “very spaced.”
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‘Time will tell’: Trump seems to acknowledge, fleetingly, that his term is ending
Friday’s news conference marked the president’s first public comments in a week — and the first public hint that he understands Joe Biden will be the next president.
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Four factions that helped turn Arizona blue
The Grand Canyon state turning blue for the first time since 1996 was years in the making.
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Alito homes in on gay marriage, gun rights, religious liberty in stern speech to conservatives
The Supreme Court justice’s remarks before the Federalist Society drew howls from many liberals.
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It goes from bad to worse for the Trump legal team
Prominent law firms have sought to withdraw from representing the Trump legal effort in both Arizona and Pennsylvania, while other efforts fizzle in court.
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In his new memoir, Barack Obama writes of hope, despair and life at the center of a divided nation
The book by the former president scorns his foes, recounts his battles, and foreshadows the challenges ahead for Joe Biden
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Republicans were ready to accept election results a lot faster in 2016
Congressional Republicans were quick to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump in 2016. Now, those same Republicans are refusing to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.
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The Doors, ‘The End’: The Week In One Song
The end of the Trump presidency.
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The Republican election officials pushing back on Trump’s baseless voter fraud claims
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