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McConnell relents on Senate rules, signals power-sharing deal with Democrats Jan 26, 2021

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Plus, House Democrats plan to focus impeachment trial on how rioters reacted to Trump’s remarks, and the first U.S. case of a highly transmissible Brazil coronavirus variant has been identified in Minnesota.
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Fight over the rules grinds the Senate to a halt, imperiling Biden’s legislative agenda Jan 25, 2021

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Plus, lawmakers in both parties lobby White House for a more targeted relief bill, and pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines.
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Biden administration to seek five-year extension on nuclear arms treaty in first foray with Russia Jan 22, 2021

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Plus, Biden signs order requiring masks on planes, buses, trains and at airports, and top Senate Republicans push to delay Trump impeachment trial.
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On his first day, Biden signs executive orders to reverse Trump’s policies Jan 21, 2021

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Plus, Democrats officially take control of a 50-50 Senate, and QAnon believers grapple with doubt and spin new theories as Trump era ends.
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Trump issues 143 midnight pardons and rescinds ethics rules Jan 20, 2021

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Plus, Uncertainty reigns in the Senate as Mitch McConnell says President Trump provoked the mob, and a dozen members of the National Guard are removed from inaugural duty.
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Historians may struggle to understand what the Trump era said about American democracy Jan 19, 2021

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Plus, QAnon adherents discuss posing as National Guard troops to infiltrate the inauguration, and Senate committees will hold hearings today for Joe Biden’s national security nominees.
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FBI screens U.S. troops for insider threats and pursues military veterans in extremist groups Jan 18, 2021

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Plus, President Trump plans to offer clemency to more than 100 people, and Global pressure mounts for release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Biden proposes $1.9 trillion in covid relief, as Trump team refuses to consult on vaccine rollout Jan 15, 2021

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Plus, Dozens of people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list came to D.C. on the day of the insurrection, and the Secret Service is spending $144,000 so agents protecting Ivanka Trump's house can go to the bathroom.

After the House impeaches Trump a second time, questions linger about what happens next Jan 14, 2021

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Plus, President Trump grows increasingly isolated, sullen and vengeful in his final days, and President-elect Biden reluctantly cancels his plans to arrive in Washington by train because of growing security concerns.

The second Trump impeachment is bipartisan Jan 13, 2021

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Plus, the Secret Service takes command today of all security preparations for the inauguration, and the FBI warned of a “war” at the Capitol the day before the mayhem.

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