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• Wyoming county votes to censure Liz Cheney for Trump impeachment vote

  19-01-2021 23:15 via thehill.com
  
  The Carbon County Republican Party in Wyoming voted unanimously to censure Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for voting to impeach President Trump along with nine other GOP House lawmakers, Fox News reports"Representative Cheney has violated the trust of her...
  
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• Biden, Harris announce formation of White House Gender Policy Council

  19-01-2021 23:07 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced the formation of a White House Gender Policy Council, an effort they said will be aimed at advancing the country toward gender equality as their...
  
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• US secretary of state on last day in office equates 'wokeness' with totalitarianism

  19-01-2021 23:03 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on his final full day in office said that “wokeness” is equivalent with totalitarianism, and that “multiculturalism” is not “who America is.”“Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they're not who America is. They...
  
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• Trump takes victory lap, does not mention Biden in farewell video message

  19-01-2021 23:01 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump took a one last victory lap in a taped address released on his final full day as president, in which he touted his accomplishments and wished the incoming administration luck without mentioning President-elect Joe Biden by name....
  
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• Trump seeks to box-in Biden with executive actions

  19-01-2021 22:55 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump has issued a string of last-minute executive actions that appear intended to make life more difficult for the incoming Biden administration.The dynamic was on full display on Monday when Trump issued a proclamation lifting travel...
  
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• George Conway: Trump's 'influence will wane as he fades into history as a pariah'

  19-01-2021 22:17 via thehill.com
  
  Attorney and vocal Trump critic George Conway on Tuesday hypothesized that Trump’s “influence will wane" as the president prepares to leave the White House this week. In an op-ed published in The Washington Post the day before President-elect...
  
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• Hawley delays quick confirmation of Biden's DHS nominee

  19-01-2021 21:31 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced on Tuesday he would place a hold on Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Hawley, who has come under fire recently amid allegations that he played...
  
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• Stefanik knocks Albany newspaper over 'childless' characterization

  19-01-2021 20:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday blasted Albany newspaper The Times Union for referring to her as “childless,” calling the characterization “truly heinous and wildly inappropriate.”The Times Union published a fictional blog post titled “...
  
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• Biden gets emotional at departure for inauguration

  19-01-2021 20:31 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday grew emotional and shed a few tears as he spoke at a military center named after his late son during a send-off from his home state of Delaware.After the speech in New Castle Biden will board a plane headed...
  
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• GOP Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Parkland school shooting as 'false flag' event on Facebook

  19-01-2021 20:13 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) described the Parkland, Fla., school shooting as a “false flag” event in a 2018 Facebook post uncovered by Media Matters. Greene made the remark while commenting on another user's comment on her own post. She...
  
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• Majority in poll say Trump will be remembered negatively

  19-01-2021 19:57 via thehill.com
  
  A majority of Americans say they believe President Trump will be remembered negatively in history, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday on Trump's last full day in office.Sixty-one percent of those surveyed said they think Trump will go...
  
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• Pence, other GOP officials expected to skip Trump send off

  19-01-2021 19:54 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Pence is not expected to attend a send off for President Trump at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, joining a host of other GOP officials who have declined to see the president off for his official departure from the White House.Trump...
  
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• Trump's '1776 Report' released on MLK Day receives heavy backlash

  19-01-2021 19:46 via thehill.com
  
  The 1776 Report — written by the commission ordered by President Trump in response to The New York Times’s 1619 Project — has received scathing rebukes from historians and civil rights groups since its release on Monday, a federal holiday honoring...
  
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• Trump's '1776 Project' released on MLK Day receives heavy backlash

  19-01-2021 19:46 via thehill.com
  
  The 1776 Report — written by the commission ordered by President Trump in response to The New York Times’ 1619 Project — has received scathing rebukes from historians and civil rights groups since its release on Monday, a federal holiday honoring...
  
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• Georgia Democrat introduces bill to bar Trump from Capitol after term ends

  19-01-2021 18:51 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) has introduced a bill to bar President Trump from entering the Capitol after his term in the White House is over.Williams introduced the measure on Jan. 13, the same day the House voted to impeach Trump on...
  
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• Dem lawmaker says GOP Rep. Boebert gave 'large' group tour days ahead of Capitol attack

  19-01-2021 18:45 via thehill.com
  
  A Democratic House member says that he and a colleague saw freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) give a “large” group tour of the Capitol days ahead of the Jan. 6 riot that left five people dead. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said on CNN Monday...
  
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• Ashley Biden says Melania Trump has not reached out to Jill Biden

  19-01-2021 18:27 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, said Tuesday that first lady Melania Trump has not reached out to her mother, incoming first lady Dr. Jill Biden, about arranging the traditional procedures for the transition of power. “I don...
  
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• FTC chairman Simons to step down this month

  19-01-2021 18:19 via thehill.com
  
  Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons said Tuesday he would be resigning from the government agency later this month.Simons said his resignation, announced a day before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, will be effective...
  
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• Cori Bush dismisses concerns of being 'co-opted' by establishment

  19-01-2021 17:49 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who worked as a Black Lives Matter organizer in Ferguson, Mo., before taking office, said in a new interview that she is not at risk of being “co-opted” by the party establishment.“It really bothers me that...
  
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• Yellen vows to use 'full array of tools' to fight Chinese economic abuse

  19-01-2021 17:32 via thehill.com
  
  Treasury Secretary-nominee Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the Biden administration is prepared to use the “full array of tools” necessary to curb China’s economic malfeasance, including a major investment in the U.S. economy.“We need to take on...
  
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• McConnnell, McCarthy accept Biden invitation to pre-inauguration church service

  19-01-2021 17:25 via thehill.com
  
  All four top-ranking members of congressional leadership have accepted President-elect Joe Biden’s invitation to attend a church service with him Wednesday morning ahead of his inauguration, according to multiple reports. Senate Majority Leader...
  
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• Former Trump intel chief Coats introduces Biden nominee Haines at hearing

  19-01-2021 17:02 via thehill.com
  
  Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who served under President Trump, on Tuesday introduced Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as DNI, at her Senate confirmation hearing.“After several conversations with...
  
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• Coronavirus response, economy top Americans' priorities for Biden administration

  19-01-2021 16:19 via thehill.com
  
  The economy and the coronavirus pandemic are the top issues Americans want President-elect Joe Biden to tackle upon his inauguration Wednesday, according to a recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Sixty-eight...
  
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• Pardon talk intensifies as Trump approaches final 24 hours in office

  19-01-2021 15:40 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is preparing to issue dozens of pardons before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in at noon on Wednesday, with the big question being whether Trump will preemptively pardon himself before he leaves office.Trump has been meeting with...
  
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• Trump's 1776 Commission defends nation's founding, compares progressivism to racism

  19-01-2021 15:22 via thehill.com
  
  Members of President Trump’s 1776 Commission are calling for “patriotic education that teaches the truth of America” and identifying “progressivism” and “racism and identity politics” among the challenges to America’s...
  
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• Majority in new poll worried and pessimistic about nation's future

  19-01-2021 14:36 via thehill.com
  
  A majority of American voters in an NBC News poll released one day before President-elect Biden's inauguration said they are pessimistic and worried about the U.S.Fifty-three percent shared the sentiment, while 44...
  
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• 200K flags placed on the National Mall ahead of Biden inauguration to represent missing crowd

  19-01-2021 14:26 via thehill.com
  
  Nearly 200,000 flags have been placed on the National Mall ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, signifying the tens of thousands of people who won't be able to attend this year's ceremony.The Presidential Inaugural Committee first...
  
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• Biden HHS pick Rachel Levine would make history as first openly transgender Senate-confirmed federal official

  19-01-2021 14:00 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday named Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), a nominee who could make history by becoming the first openly...
  
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• Biden transition approval above 65 percent ahead of inauguration: polls

  19-01-2021 13:50 via thehill.com
  
  A majority of Americans approves of how President-elect Joe Biden has handled the transition process since winning the November election, according to a pair of new polls released just before his inauguration. Approximately 68 percent of...
  
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• Biden eyes eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants: report

  19-01-2021 13:42 via thehill.com
  
  Immigration legislation that President-elect Joe Biden is expected to propose on his first day in office will reportedly include an eight-year path to citizenship for approximately 11 million people. An unidentified source told The...
  
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• The Memo: Biden prepares for sea of challenges

  19-01-2021 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden is about to take the reins of power amid huge challenges — and he will likely need some degree of cooperation from Republicans in order to address them.The coronavirus pandemic is raging as badly as ever. The economy is...
  
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• Biden's inauguration unprecedented in US history

  19-01-2021 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday will look like no inauguration before it in American history.Biden will take the oath of office in front of a sparse crowd amid a global pandemic, and with an unprecedented military mobilization...
  
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• Trump considers pardons for former New York Assembly speaker, Lil Wayne: NYT

  19-01-2021 01:20 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is reportedly considering issuing pardons on his last full day in office for rapper Lil Wayne and former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The New York Times reported that the names are among a list of pardons that the...
  
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• Trump moves to lift coronavirus travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil

  19-01-2021 00:56 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday moved to lift restrictions imposed on travelers from much of Europe and Brazil that were implemented last year to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.Trump issued an executive order terminating the travel restrictions...
  
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• Biden faces monumental task healing divided country

  19-01-2021 00:18 via thehill.com
  
  It won't be easy.That’s the sentiment many of Joe Biden's allies are expressing as he prepares to take the oath of office and help guide a bruised nation back from its darkest days in recent memory.But in interviews with more than a dozen allies,...
  
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