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Northam Outlines Priorities to Lawmakers as Session Begins
Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is outlining his plans to legalize marijuana and announcing his intention to give teachers a raise
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Maryland Governor to Have Surgery to Remove Skin Cancer
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he will have minor surgery to remove early-stage skin cancer
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Maryland Lawmakers Begin Session Transformed by COVID-19
Maryland lawmakers have gathered for the first day of their annual 90-day legislative session in a Capitol setting transformed by precautions against the coronavirus
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Supreme Court Refuses Quick Action on Last-Ditch Trump Election Lawsuits
Supreme Court rejects efforts by Trump and his allies to get the court to quickly consider challenges to Biden’s victory in the November election.
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Lawmakers Who Voted Against Biden Are Denounced Back Home
Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory, even after a mob broke into the Capitol, are being denounced by critics in their home districts
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DC Mayor Asks Feds to Cancel Demonstration Permits, Secure Inauguration
The mayor of Washington, D.C., asked federal officials to cancel permits for demonstrations and plan to protect federal property around Inauguration Day “given the new threats from insurgent acts of domestic terrorists.” Mayor Muriel Bowser asked Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to cancel public gathering permits for the next t... -
Georgia's GOP Governor Under Fire After US Senate Losses
The 2020 election cycle has left Georgia’s Republican governor bruised even though he wasn’t on the ballot
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Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Faces Facebook Restrictions
A Virginia gubernatorial candidate who is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump has had new restrictions placed on her Facebook account after falsely blaming antifa activists for Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
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Mayor Hopeful DC Will Become 51st State If Democrats Win Senate
The mayor of Washington, D.C., is hopeful that D.C. will become the 51st state if Democrats win control of the U.S. Senate, she said Wednesday. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke about statehood on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” as vote counting continued in Georgia. She said she was excited about what Democrat Raphael Warnock’s projected win means for D.C. residen... -
Federal Judge Rejects Another Lawsuit Seeking to Overturn Trump Loss
A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers, voting rights groups and others seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other swing states
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Extraordinary Warning to Trump by 10 Former Pentagon Chiefs
All 10 living former secretaries of defense have joined in cautioning against any attempt to use the military in the cause of overturning November’s presidential election
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Biden Inauguration to Feature Virtual, Nationwide Parade
President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will include a “virtual parade across America” consistent with crowd limits during the coronavirus era
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Fact Check: Trump's Made-Up Claims of Fake Georgia Votes
President Donald Trump asserted a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state seeking a reversal of his election defeat.
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Republicans Condemn ‘Scheme' to Undo Election for Trump
The extraordinary Republican effort to overturn the presidential election is being condemned by an outpouring of current and former GOP officials.
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EXPLAINER: What Will Happen Wednesday When Congress Counts Electoral College Votes
Wednesday’s congressional joint session to count electoral votes is taking on added importance this year.
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Biden Flexes Georgia Muscle Alongside GOP in Senate Races
President-elect Joe Biden is going all-in to help Democrats win two Senate runoffs in Georgia that will determine which party controls the Senate in the critical early years of his administration
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New DC Police Chief Goes From Crime Scene to Swearing-In Ceremony
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser swore in Robert J. Contee III as the new police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on Saturday. Contee is a District native and a 31-year veteran of the MPD. Contee left a crime scene on Saturday morning in Northwest D.C. before heading to the swearing-in ceremony. Police said a man was taken to a...