Their twin victories represented a striking shift in the state’s politics as the swelling number of diverse, college-educated voters flex their power in the heart of the Deep South.
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AP fact check: Trump repeats false claims on a day of reckoning
At a rally and on Twitter, the president is pressing his case for overturning the election results as Congress begins counting and confirming the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden.
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Trump tells supporters they’re ‘very special’ and to ‘go home’ after mob storms Capitol
Social media platforms remove the short video in which the president also spreads false claims about widespread election fraud.
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Pence defies Trump, says he can’t reject electoral votes
In the days before Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, Trump has pressured his vice president to toss electors from battleground states that voted for Joe Biden.
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Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
The pick will force Senate Republicans to contend with the nomination of someone they spurned in 2016.
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Warnock makes history in Georgia as makeup of U.S. Senate hangs in balance
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won 1 of Georgia’s 2 Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach.
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COVID-19 bills will be focus for Maine lawmakers in 2021 session
A stack of coronavirus-related bills highlights the partisan divide on the virus, while focusing on everything from vaccine policy to financial relief for businesses hardest hit by pandemic restrictions.
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Unmasked Trump supporters descend on D.C. to protest election results
Throughout Tuesday, speakers repeated election conspiracy theories, closed their eyes to pray and shared discount codes for MyPillow, a company owned by a Trump ally.
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Judge rejects bid to invalidate Georgia votes as Trump lawyers bar public from listening
Lawyers representing Georgia blast the case, saying in court documents that ‘a barrage of allegations and suits does not undermine the facts and should not undermine our democracy.’
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Loyal soldier Pence is torn between Trump and the Constitution
Vice President Mike Pence is under intense pressure from the president and legions of supporters who want the vice president to try to overturn the will of the voters in a handful of critical battleground states.