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U.S. Senate leader McConnell attacks attempts to challenge Biden win
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday delivered a scathing attack on fellow Republicans who were challenging Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, saying it ...
Jan 06, 2021
Pence welcomes the efforts of U.S. lawmakers to raise objections given ‘voting irregularities’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said he did not believe he had the authority to accept or reject electoral votes unilaterally, but welcomed efforts by U.S. lawmakers...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S. Congress begins consideration of Biden’s Electoral College win
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, meeting on Wednesday in a rare joint session, began considering the certification of Electoral College results showing that Democra...
Jan 06, 2021
Analysis: Narrow Democratic majorities in Congress could limit ambitious Biden agenda
By Susan Cornwell, Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is poised to get a Democratic Congress after his party's stunning success in Georgia, but his ex...
Jan 06, 2021
Biden to nominate Monaco, Clarke to top Justice Department posts: source
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate Justice Department veterans Lisa Monaco as Deputy Attorney General and Kristen Clarke as the Assistant Attorney G...
Jan 06, 2021
Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as attorney general – Politico
(Reuters) -President-elect Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge of the decision. Garland is a...
Jan 06, 2021
Trump says: ‘We will never give up, we will never concede’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told cheering supporters he would never concede the 2020 presidential election to President-elect Joe Biden, asserting without evidence ...
Jan 06, 2021
Biden says he is hopeful Democrats will have Senate majority after initial Georgia results
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was hopeful Jon Ossoff would be victorious after fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock was projected to win one of the two U.S. Senate seats up for...
Jan 06, 2021
Trump supporters crowd into Washington to protest Congress certifying Biden’s victory
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, including members of far-right militia groups, gathered in Washington in protest at a meeting of Congr...
Jan 06, 2021
Baptist pastor Warnock becomes first Black U.S. Senator from Georgia
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - The deep-voiced Baptist pastor who now holds the pulpit where slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. preached made history in his uphill battle to unseat a ...
Jan 06, 2021
