But they also saw setbacks, including a blow to the movement to defund local police departments.
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People of color push for diverse Biden Cabinet
Rep. Deb Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat and member of the Pueblo of Laguna, could become the first Native American secretary of the interior.
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Week offers snapshot of how Trump, Biden approach presidency
One largely abandons governing, while the other tries to build a government.
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Biden wants Congress to pass virus aid in lame-duck session
The president-elect holds his first in-person meeting since the election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.
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Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on U.S. vote come from Trump
The president has trumpeted a blizzard of thoroughly debunked claims about the election outcome, and the resulting chaos is consistent with longstanding Russian interests to sow discord in the United States and to chip away at the country’s democratic foundations and standing on the world stage.
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Sens. King, Collins criticize Trump’s efforts to override election results – in starkly different tones
Both of Maine’s senators say the president is wrong to pressure state officials to override the will of voters.
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Trump campaign’s much-hyped affidavit alleging voter fraud has big error
Analysis: Its data wasn’t actually from Michigan. It was from Minnesota.
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The Latest: Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on U.S. vote come from Trump
The latest on the election and transition.
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Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden’s victory
Biden called the Trump campaign’s attempt to subvert the results of the elections ‘totally irresponsible.’
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Maine voters bucked a partisan tide at the polls
Mainers proved much less partisan in the Nov. 3 election than their counterparts around the country, two Bates College professors with a passion for politics say during an online Great Falls Forum.