The pick will force Senate Republicans to contend with the nomination of someone they spurned in 2016.
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Warnock makes history in Georgia as makeup of U.S. Senate hangs in balance
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won 1 of Georgia’s 2 Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach.
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Unmasked Trump supporters descend on D.C. to protest election results
Throughout Tuesday, speakers repeated election conspiracy theories, closed their eyes to pray and shared discount codes for MyPillow, a company owned by a Trump ally.
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Judge rejects bid to invalidate Georgia votes as Trump lawyers bar public from listening
Lawyers representing Georgia blast the case, saying in court documents that ‘a barrage of allegations and suits does not undermine the facts and should not undermine our democracy.’
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Dividing party, Trump’s Republican allies poised to challenge Biden’s win
The president sees Wednesday’s joint session of Congress as one of his final attempts to overturn his loss, even though there is no credible path for that to happen.
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How Congress will count Electoral College votes Wednesday
Wednesday’s congressional joint session to count electoral votes is taking on added importance this year
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Josh Hawley says ‘Antifa scumbags’ terrorized his family’s Virginia home. Protesters say they held a peaceful vigil.
Demonstrators with the group Shutdown DC, which organized the protest, denied Hawley’s claims that they engaged in any vandalism outside his house on Monday night.
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Georgia counting votes in tight runoffs that will determine who controls Senate
The pivotal runoffs transformed Georgia, once a solidly Republican state, into one of the nation’s battlegrounds in the final days of the Trump presidency.
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Maine lawmakers seek more than a dozen changes to state election laws
Lawmakers from both parties are proposing reforms that could change the way Maine votes, including modifications made in 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Shenna Bellows sworn in as Maine’s first female secretary of state
Also taking the oath of office Monday were Attorney General Aaron Frey, Treasurer Henry Beck and Matthew Dunlap, who changed jobs from secretary of state to state auditor.