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Trump returns to Washington for first time since 2020 defeat
The Republican continues repeatedly to push his lie in speeches that he was robbed of victory in 2020, but America First Policy Institute spokesman Marc Lotter...
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Biden makes emotional appeal for action on gun violence
He highlighted the story of a young student who smeared a dead classmate's blood on herself to hide from a gunman at a Texas elementary school, saying: 'Imagine what it would be like for her to walk down the hallway of any school again.'
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US Senate to vote Wednesday on abortion rights bill
Republican-controlled states have taken steps to restrict abortion rights in recent months, given that overturning Roe vs Wade would give states the ability to make their own laws on abortion.
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US Capitol riot probe to hold public hearings in June
Across eight hearings, key witnesses interviewed by the congressional probe will testify publicly for the first time on the alleged plot that led to the 6 January insurrection as well as the events of the day itself.
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Biden battles accusations of 'weakness' against US rivals
The Republican opposition, including its moderate fringe, have reproached Biden for ruling out preemptive sanctions against Moscow to discourage an attack on Ukraine.
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US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to block Capitol attack document release
Citing executive privilege, Trump had sought to prevent the records held by the National Archives from being given to the panel investigating the assault on Congress by his supporters.
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Martin Luther King's family joins call for US voting reform
King's son Martin Luther King III spoke at the march, warning that many states 'have passed laws that make it harder to vote' more than half a century after the activism of his father.
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Top US Republican McConnell lashes out at Biden over voting reform push
Biden, in a speech in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, called for a break in the Senate's supermajority rule so Democrats can override Republican opposition to voting rights reforms that he called crucial to saving US democracy.
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Biden dives into battle on voting rights in Georgia speech
Coming off a powerful speech last week to mark the 6 January anniversary of an attempt by Donald Trump's supporters to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Biden will argue in the state capital Atlanta that Congress needs to pass laws to protect the country's democracy.
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Biden tears into Trump on anniversary of 'insurrection'
After largely ignoring Trump for a year, Biden took off the gloves, describing the Republican as a cheat whose ego wouldn't let him accept defeat and whose supporters almost shattered US democracy when they stormed Congress to prevent certification of the election.
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Trump cancels 6 Jan press conference, Biden to address divided nation
Donald Trump's decision to ditch his controversial press conference in Florida means Americans will be spared a bitter split-screen moment on Thursday.
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A year after Capitol riot, Americans fear for their democracy: polls
The 6 January attack on the seat of Congress, led by supporters of Donald Trump, was 'a harbinger of increasing political violence,' and American democracy 'is threatened,' according to two-thirds of those surveyed for a CBS News poll.
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US may exhaust funds Oct 18 unless debt limit raised: Yellen
After that date, Treasury's funds "would be depleted quickly" and "it is uncertain whether we could continue to meet all the nation's commitments after that date," she said in a letter to congressional leaders.
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Four of Trump's allies summoned by parliamentary committee proving Capitol riot
Congressional investigators are closing in on the Republican billionaire, whom Democrats accuse of being responsible for the deadly attack on the seat of US democracy in Washington on 6 January.
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Biden urges new eviction pause as Delta spreads
The White House has instructed government agencies to do what they can to prevent evictions in properties in federal programs or with federal loan guarantees.
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US authorities scramble, trade blame as millions face eviction
Renters had been shielded from eviction for nearly a year as part of a government moratorium intended to keep people in their houses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Republicans oust Trump critic Cheney from leadership
Eighteen months before crucial midterms and three years before the next presidential race, the Republican Party punished one of its own for her refusal to embrace Trump's false claim that Democrats stole the 2020 election.
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Biden celebrates an America 'on the move again'
Lauding the success of mass vaccination against COVID-19, US President Joe Biden told Congress and the nation on primetime television that 'in America, we always get up.'
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Biden sets out 'once-in-a-generation' $2tn infrastructure plan
The plan called for sweeping upgrades to transportation, telecommunications and energy infrastructure, which the US leader said was both about revitalising an economy weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic and restoring its global competitiveness.
