In a brief speech, the president-elect attempts to project calm and to say that a deeply divided country can still come together.
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Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Democrats Senate control
Their twin victories represented a striking shift in the state’s politics as the swelling number of diverse, college-educated voters flex their power in the heart of the Deep South.
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Trump tells supporters they’re ‘very special’ and to ‘go home’ after mob storms Capitol
Social media platforms remove the short video in which the president also spreads false claims about widespread election fraud.
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Pence defies Trump, says he can’t reject electoral votes
In the days before Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, Trump has pressured his vice president to toss electors from battleground states that voted for Joe Biden.
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Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
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