Negotiators managed to keep their frustrations in check, at least publicly, even as the chances for announcing a deal Thursday seemed to slip away.
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Direct payments included as agreement nears on long-delayed COVID-19 aid bill
Negotiators are close to agreement on legislation that would extend direct payments of perhaps $600 to most Americans.
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Biden to take oath outside Capitol under virus restrictions
The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris probably won’t look like other inaugurations.
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Paris legislator John Andrews leaves Republican Party in committee assignment dispute
Rep. John Andrews of Paris and Sen. Rick Bennett of Oxford both expressed displeasure with their party’s legislative leadership after having committee requests denied.
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Biden picks Buttigieg as transportation chief, ex-Michigan governor as energy secretary
The president-elect has pledged to spend billions making major infrastructure improvements and on retrofitting initiatives that can help the U.S. battle climate change.
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‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says as he aims to unify divided nation
The president-elect says democracy has been ‘pushed, tested, threatened’ by President Trump and his baseless claims of a rigged election, but it proved to be ‘resilient, true, and strong.’
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Maine’s presidential electors cast votes in divided outcome
Joe Biden took 3 of Maine’s 4 electoral votes, and President Trump took the other because he carried the 2nd Congressional District.
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Attorney General William Barr to step down before Christmas, Trump says
The president has been unhappy since his attorney general announced that the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
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Democrats squeezed as COVID-19 relief talks continue
Top allies of President-elect Joe Biden came out in support of a $748 billion plan offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and hinted they won’t insist on including $160 billion for states and local governments.
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Electoral College makes it official: Biden is the next president
The results will be sent to Washington and tallied Jan. 6 in a joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside.