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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
Explainer-The meeting of the U.S. Congress that will seal Biden’s win
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will convene on Wednesday to set the seal on President-elect Joe Biden's victory in what is expected to be an unusually contentious and drawn-out ...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S. Congress braces for marathon protest by Republicans over Trump’s election defeat
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's flailing effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory comes down to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday in a showdown led by a band of Repub...
Jan 06, 2021
Democrats on brink of U.S. Senate control, winning one Georgia race and leading in second
By Rich McKay and Nathan Layne ATLANTA (Reuters) - Democrats won one U.S. Senate race in Georgia and surged ahead in another on Wednesday, moving closer to a stunning sweep that would give them contro...
Jan 06, 2021
Edison Research projects Democrat Warnock win in Georgia; control of U.S. Senate still undecided
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock won a hotly contested U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia over Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, Edison Research projected on Wednesday, but whic...
Jan 06, 2021
Democrat Warnock claims Senate victory but Republican Loeffler vows she will win
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Raphael Warnock claimed victory on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate race, while his Republican opponent, Senator Kelly Loeffler, said she would ultimately emerge from the co...
Jan 06, 2021
Former U.S. President Bush will attend Biden’s inauguration, Bush spokesman says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican U.S. President George W. Bush plans to attend Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, a Bush spokesman said on Tuesday. "President and ...
Jan 05, 2021
Proud Boys leader banned, arrests made in U.S. election protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington police banned the leader of a far-right group from the city and made two arrests on Tuesday as protesters supporting President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the...
Jan 05, 2021
