In rejecting the lawsuit, the judge said it ‘rests on a fundamental and obvious misreading of the Constitution.’
Carol Semple
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D.C. mayor calls in National Guard before pro-Trump protests
A pro-Trump rally in December ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters sought out confrontations with a collective of local activists attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House.
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Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
The results bode well for vaccines, which provoke the immune system to make antibodies – substances that attach to a virus and help it be eliminated.
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Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, Kushner’s father
The actions bring to nearly 50 the number of people to whom the president has granted clemency in the last two days.
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Trump vetoes defense bill that has BIW benefits, setting up possible override vote
The president has called for the bill to include limits on social media companies he claims are biased against him – and to strip out language that allows for the renaming of military bases that honor Confederate leaders.
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With a video filmed in secret, Trump keeps sowing chaos
The president spoke into the camera not to deliver warm Christmas wishes, but to threaten to detonate Congress’ $900 billion COVID-19 relief and year-end package.
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‘Mom’s worth it’: U.S. holiday travel surges despite outbreak
Many people at airports this week thought long and hard about whether to go somewhere and found a way to rationalize it.
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Perhaps the most significant climate change laws in a decade are tucked into COVID-19 relief bill
The sprawling legislation also extends tax credits for solar and wind power that are a key part of President-elect Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to generate 100 percent ‘clean electricity’ by 2035.
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Too big to read: Giant stimulus bill a leap of faith for Congress
It includes extended tax breaks for the alcohol industry and motor speedways, comprehensive energy legislation, revised copyright rules, approval of two new Smithsonian museums and lessened penalties for the transportation of water hyacinths. There’s also an entire section on Tibet.
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Man sentenced in Maine for scheme to defraud New England banks
The Boston man was part of a conspiracy to obtain the personal information of people with good credit scores so he and others could apply for unsecured loans in the names of their victims, prosecutors said Tuesday.