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- January 31st
- How Moscow police's attempts to shut down pro-Navalny protests may have backfired
- Arkansas' Republican governor praises Biden administration's 'seamless' vaccine distribution
- 10 GOP senators to unveil alternative $600 billion COVID-19 relief package
- SNL decides Tom Brady is 'the only thing in America that still works' in latest cold open
- Trump's impeachment defense is out. Bannon is reportedly encouraging him to go to the Senate himself.
- January 30th
- South Carolina GOP censures Republican congressman over impeachment vote
- Biden reportedly expected to nominate judges with legal backgrounds 'historically underrepresented on the federal bench'
- Black Americans are getting vaccinated at levels lower than expected, state and city data shows
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she had a 'great' call with Trump, claims she has his support
- Ethiopia claims 'normalcy' in Tigray amid reports of looming 'humanitarian crisis'
- COVID-19 drug trials have struggled to recruit volunteers throughout pandemic
- CDC orders mask-wearing on all public transportation
- January 29th
- Wall Street has its worst week since October amid GameStop chaos
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says freedom is 'earned with the price of blood' in newly-resurfaced video
- HBO wants you to eat a $130 box meal while watching the reworked Justice League
- Ex-FBI lawyer gets no prison time for altering Carter Page email
- Rep. Cori Bush is moving her House office after alleged harassment from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
- FBI: Pipe bombs were placed at RNC and DNC headquarters night before Capitol riot
- Fauci calls coronavirus variants' arrival in the U.S. a 'wake-up call' to vaccine developers
- Cicely Tyson speaks with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest in interview taped 1 day before her death
- 30 percent of SolarWinds hack victims didn't run the software, CISA head says
- Johnson & Johnson says its COVID-19 vaccine is 85 percent effective at preventing severe disease
- Jon Stewart's 1st tweet is a defense of Redditors in the GameStop saga: 'This is bulls---'
- How to improve your mask game amid the new COVID-19 strains
- Democrats plan to make every House Republican take a vote on GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
- GM bets big on electric, says it will sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2035
- Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is 89 percent effective, but much less so against South African strain
- Trailblazing actress Cicely Tyson is dead at 96
- January 28th
- Capitol Police chief calls for permanent fencing in wake of riot
- The U.S. has its 1st confirmed case of the coronavirus variant from South Africa
- Facebook oversight board overturns 4 of the company's moderation decisions in its 1st rulings
- Donald Trump Jr. and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez agree on this 1 thing
- Pelosi signals support for reconciliation bill to pass coronavirus relief without Republicans
- New York AG: State undercounted nursing home COVID-19 deaths 'by as much as 50 percent'
- U.S. economy shrinks by 3.5 percent in 2020, the worst contraction since 1946
- Robinhood halts trading of GameStop and other heavily shorted stocks as hedge funds suffer
- Biden to reopen health insurance marketplace for special enrollment period
- Facebook seeks to scale back politics on the platform and 'turn down the temperature'
- Biden has reportedly started putting together his federal courts reform commission
- House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is visiting Trump in Florida, and both parties are apparently giddy
- Republicans disavow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'disgusting' comments, give her a committee seat
- Pubs ‘to stay shut until May’ under three-stage lockdown easing plan
- With Senate Republicans balking at convicting Trump, Democrats explore alternative censures
- Charity aims to help Holocaust survivors in Israel make it through the pandemic
- Colbert's Late Show playfully acts out reports that Mike Pence is 'couch-surfing' in Indiana
- Kevin McCarthy pleads with Republican lawmakers to 'cut this crap out'
- GOP Rep. Tom Reed backs sanctions on colleagues who use extreme rhetoric
- January 27th
- Cloris Leachman, award-winning Mary Tyler Moore Show star, dies at 94
- Biden's brother faces scrutiny for promoting relationship in law firm ad
- Fauci gets honest about the 'surrealistic experience' of working for Trump
- Why the Democratic Party is shifting toward supporting D.C. statehood
- DHS issues bulletin warning of 'heightened threat environment' in the U.S.
- John Kerry: American workers 'fed a false narrative' that shift to clean energy is 'coming at their expense'
- A Seattle medical center gave its 'major donors' vaccine priority
- How the Baseball Hall of Fame can solve its 'character clause' issue
- AMC Networks' stock might have gotten a boost thanks to confused Reddit users
- Proud Boys leader reportedly worked undercover with law enforcement to prosecute 13 people after 2012 arrest
- Career officials at the State Department are feeling snubbed by the Biden administration
- Kristen Stewart's Princess Diana revealed in new photo
- Amanda Gorman, Biden inaugural poet, is headed to the Super Bowl
- Young Rock trailer teases Dwayne Johnson's fictional 2032 run for president
- GameStop is currently worth more than American Airlines, thanks to Reddit, day traders, and Elon Musk
- Democrats are preparing for a party-line COVID-19 bill, hoping for bipartisan buy-in
- The Daily Show dramatizes the Trump-Fox News 'divorce,' suggests Fox News has already moved on
- Pentagon tied D.C. National Guard general's hands before Capitol siege
- Biden's inauguration got higher TV ratings than Trump's 2017 swearing-in
- Did the Proud Boys help plan, lead the Capitol siege? Prosecutors are looking, and the video looks damning.
- Trump's impeachment lawyer said he thinks 'the facts and the law will speak for themselves'
- Wisconsin pharmacist will plead guilty to COVID-19 vaccine sabotage
- California man arrested, accused of sending threatening messages to brother of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
- Sen. Patrick Leahy at home following brief hospitalization
- This year, no one was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Sen. Patrick Leahy hospitalized after feeling unwell
- More than 100 million coronavirus cases have been reported globally
- January 26th
- Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods chosen as best 2020 film by the National Board of Review
- Biden announces government's intention to increase total U.S. COVID-19 vaccine orders by 50 percent
- Trump's 2nd impeachment trial might be 'over before it even starts'
- Biden says George Floyd's death 'marked a turning point in this nation's attitudes toward racial justice'
- Biden has 1st call with Putin, brings up Navalny poisoning, election interference, and more
- Romney wants to preserve some of the damage from Capitol riot for posterity
- CDC finds 'little evidence' schools have 'contributed meaningfully' to coronavirus spread in communities
- Capitol Police chief apologizes for riot 'failings,' acknowledges 'we knew that there was a strong potential for violence'
- Pfizer will be able to deliver 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of May
- Trump himself suggested a former president can be impeached
- Jane Fonda to receive prestigious honor at the Golden Globes
- Chuck Schumer tried to unseat Susan Collins, and now it's personal
- Google says it won't donate to lawmakers who voted against certifying the election results
- MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell permanently banned from Twitter
- Cancer drug is 27.5 times more effective at treating COVID-19 than remdesivir, study suggests
- Apollo CEO Leon Black to step down after $158 million payments to Jeffrey Epstein disclosed
- UK changes rules on child refugees
- Late night hosts explain why Senate Republicans should convict Trump, mock Rudy Giuliani's legal mess
- Biden did not, in fact, remove Trump's 'Diet Coke button' from the Resolute Desk, White House clarifies
- Riots continue in the Netherlands over COVID-19 curfew
- Driver in Portland arrested after running down pedestrians, cyclists, killing at least 1
- Biden expected to soon announce executive actions to combat climate change
- McConnell drops filibuster demand, says power-sharing talks can move forward
- Ohio lawmaker who questioned hygiene of 'colored people' to lead state health committee
- 1st known U.S. case of Brazil COVID-19 variant found in Minnesota
- House delivers impeachment article to Senate
- January 25th
- Senate confirms Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary
- Possibility of Iran conflict spurred U.S. military to try to expand access in Saudi Arabia
- Surging global ice melt suggests sea level rise predictions are far too conservative
- Biden ramps up vaccine goal to 150 million doses in 1st 100 days
- AMC Theatres says it has raised enough money that imminent bankruptcy is 'off the table'
- Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy will reportedly preside over Trump impeachment trial instead of Chief Justice John Roberts
- Twitter is recruiting volunteer 'Birdwatchers' to monitor tweets for misinformation
- Biden officially reverses Trump's ban on transgender military members
- DOJ watchdog will investigate if officials tried to 'improperly' overturn the 2020 election
- A Harry Potter TV series could be headed to HBO Max
- Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming
- Supreme Court dismisses case alleging Trump illegally profited from his businesses while in office
- Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman won't run for re-election in 2022, citing 'partisan gridlock'
- Peacock strikes streaming deal with WWE reportedly valued at over $1 billion
- Inadequate immune responses force Merck to abandon COVID-19 vaccines
- Moderna working on booster shot to increase protection against South African coronavirus variant
- Rudy Giuliani hit with $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion over election 'disinformation campaign'
- Biden to sign 'Buy American' executive order
- AstraZeneca delivery delays threatens EU’s Covid vaccination target
- Fauci jokes he was 'the skunk' at Trump's COVID-19 picnic
- U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations have plateaued, but ICUs are full and struggling in much of the country
- Colleagues shocked that 'nerdy' Justice Department official joined Trump's election overthrow effort
- 3 reasons West Virginia's COVID-19 vaccination effort is working so well
- White House, bipartisan group of lawmakers discuss Biden's COVID-19 relief plan
- Chiefs, Buccaneers to face off in Super Bowl LV
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders is reportedly going to run for governor of Arkansas
- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tests positive for COVID-19
- Biden expected to lift ban on transgender people serving in military
- Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions
- January 24th
- Why all 4 potential Super Bowl matchups are uniquely intriguing
- In candid interview, Birx says she knew working with Trump White House would be the end of her federal career
- Romney tight-lipped on impeachment vote, but says Trump's actions warrant trial
- National Guard troops remaining in D.C. for impeachment trial confused by lack of clearly defined mission
- Trump's pressure on DOJ to sue states over election in Supreme Court reportedly 'got really intense'
- Austin directs Pentagon leaders to gather assessment of military's sexual assault prevention programs
- January 23rd
- 'No way' McConnell has had a post-Trump 'epiphany,' political scientist says
- China conducts unusual military flights in Taiwanese airspace
- Plan to oust acting attorney general seen as Trump White House 'in a nutshell'
- Navalny's wife reportedly among more than 1,000 detained in nationwide Russian protests
- Larry King, longtime radio and TV host, dies at 87
- Schumer sets Senate impeachment trial timeline after reaching agreement with GOP
- January 22nd
- Nearly 200 National Guard members have reportedly gotten COVID-19 since the Capitol riot
- Tom Brokaw is retiring from NBC News after 55 years
- Biden's next executive order will let people stay on unemployment if they quit an unsafe job
- Early data suggests coronavirus variant could be more deadly
- Trump's 2nd impeachment trial looks set to begin next week
- National Guard members back to sleeping on Capitol floor after brief banishment to parking garage
- Baseball legend Hank Aaron has died at 86
- The NFL will have 22,000 fans at the Super Bowl, including 7,500 vaccinated health care workers
- Majority of House GOP reportedly supports removing Liz Cheney from leadership after impeachment vote
- Fauci: Lack of candor and facts 'very likely' cost lives under Trump
- Mira Furlan, Babylon 5 and Lost star, dies at 65
- Dave Chappelle cancels shows after testing positive for COVID-19
- Biden's million-vaccinations-a-day plan won't contain COVID-19 until 2022, immunologists warn
- The Daily Show and Colbert's Late Show joke about Biden's Peloton and other 1st-day 'scandals'
- Trump's team fired the White House chief usher right before Biden took office, maybe at Biden's request
- Biden has stopped construction on Trump's border wall, but the fate of outstanding contracts is unclear
- Austria introduces measures to fight rising anti-Semitism
- Investigation opened into GOP lawmaker trying to bring a gun into the House chamber
- New financial disclosures show how hard Trump's hotels have been hit amid pandemic
- James Bond movie No Time to Die delayed another 6 months
- Democrats request investigation into Hawley and Cruz's role in Capitol riot
- January 21st
- Trump hires Butch Bowers as impeachment lawyer
- Biden signs 10 more executive orders aimed at coronavirus pandemic
- HBO reportedly eyes 'several' more Game of Thrones prequels
- Biden removes Trump's Diet Coke button from the Oval Office
- Trump's Facebook suspension to be reviewed by independent oversight board
- McConnell threatens to block Senate's power-sharing agreement if it doesn't preserve the filibuster
- 30 Rock star Jane Krakowski denies 'secret nine-month romance' with the MyPillow guy
- Pelosi rejects idea of dropping Trump impeachment to 'unify' country
- Eli Lilly antibody drug 'significantly' reduces risk of COVID-19 in nursing homes, study shows
- Biden's team reportedly realized after inauguration that Trump really had no vaccine distribution plan
- New jobless claims decline but stay high at 900,000
- Voting to convict Trump would cost McConnell his Senate leadership, GOP faction warns
- Fauci says U.S. 'stands ready to' support international COVID-19 response and will remain a member of WHO
- New coronavirus variants may cut vaccine effectiveness
- Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Jimmy Fallon say hello to President Biden, sing bye to that other guy
- In his last hour as president, Trump pardoned Jeanine Pirro's ex-husband
- The Proud Boys and QAnon conspiracists are starting to dump Trump
- Teen who bonded with Biden over stutter will share his story in new book
- Trump reportedly extended 24-hour Secret Service protection to his 4 adult children
- January 20th
- Biden signs wave of executive orders to immediately reverse Trump policies
- Harris swears in 3 new Democratic senators
- Biden's team reportedly fears the new COVID-19 variant is even worse than they thought
- There's a secret message for coders on the new White House website
- Trump made 30,573 false claims as president, by The Washington Post's count
- Amazon offers Biden help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Only a sprinkling of Trump supporters showed up at state capitols to protest Biden's inauguration
- China sanctions top Trump officials minutes after Biden is inaugurated
- QAnon believers are realizing their entire conspiracy was a hoax as Biden is sworn in
- Biden's inaugural poet wants to run for president in 2036
- Biden urges unity in inaugural speech: 'Politics doesn't have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path'
- Biden will unveil a massive immigration reform plan right after his inauguration
- Why Biden's bible is so big
- Watch Lady Gaga's stunning national anthem performance at Biden's inauguration
- Pence introduced at the inauguration as Trump arrives in Florida
- Bernie Sanders steals the inauguration with his grumpy chic outfit
- Watch Clinton, Bush, Obama arrive at Biden inauguration
- Biden asks Trump's surgeon general to step down before he's even sworn in
- Cheap, 'generic' drug reduces COVID-19 death risk by 75 percent, trials suggest
- Melania Trump reportedly didn't write her own thank-you notes for the White House staff
- Trump left a note for Biden in the Oval Office
- Trump bids everyone 'have a good life,' exits farewell stage to the 'YMCA'
- CNN anchors laugh as Trump's departing flight takes off to Sinatra's 'My Way'
- Israeli study suggests Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decreases virus transmission
- Trump's final mention of the pandemic as president includes racist conspiracy theory, downplayed deaths, and no regrets
- Trump leaves the White House for the last time as president
- Late night hosts joyfully celebrate their last night of Trump jokes, get ready to rib Joe Biden
- Biden's 1st presidential schedule is full of activity. Trump's final schedule has just 1 event.
- Colbert's Late Show remixes Biden's inauguration playlist into a not-subtle farewell message for Trump
- Trump issues last-minute order attempting to free his appointees from ethics commitments
- Trump pardons dozens of people, including rappers and a GOP fundraiser
- Trump pardons Steve Bannon, charged with defrauding Trump supporters
- Justice Department drops COVID-19 insider trading case against GOP Sen. Richard Burr
- Trump is reportedly just going up to people and asking if they want a pardon
- Trump reportedly discussed starting his own political party
- 12 National Guard members removed from inauguration duties
- January 19th
- Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton dies at 75
- Trump rewrites his presidency in farewell address
- Netflix climbs past 200 million subscribers as it beats forecast
- Mike Pence will be a no-show for Trump's send-off
- U.S. surpasses 400,000 COVID-19 deaths
- Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff to be sworn in Wednesday after Georgia certifies Senate runoff vote
- McConnell says Trump 'provoked' Capitol rioters
- U.S. officially declares China's human rights abuses against Uighurs a genocide
- Less than 40 percent of Trump voters want the coronavirus vaccine, poll finds
- New York City is days away from running out of COVID-19 vaccine doses, de Blasio warns
- The SAT is permanently dropping its optional essay and subject tests
- Mike Pompeo claims 'multiculturalism' is anti-American
- The Muppet Show is getting a long-awaited streaming release on Disney+
- 1st Capitol rioter charged with conspiracy, allegedly planned to storm state Capitols too
- Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly wants no part of Trump's impeachment trial
- Trump's White House staff and alumni are reportedly using the same excuse to skip his big sendoff
- Mets GM fired for sending explicit texts to female reporter
- The U.S. Postal Service had a terrible Christmas
- Stephen Colbert has theories about Trump's conspiratorial 'pillow talk' with MyPillow's Mike Lindell
- Late night hosts preview Trump's final pardon spree, other elements of his last day as president
- Melania Trump released a farewell video. So did Colbert's Late Show Melania Trump.
- Feds arrest Capitol rioter who allegedly broke into Pelosi's office, stole laptop, wanted to sell it to Russia
- Garth Brooks says he will play Biden's inauguration, calling it 'a statement of unity'
- Anthony Scaramucci says even he got an invite to Trump's D.C. sendoff
- Amid surge in COVID-19 deaths, air quality regulators lifted cremation limits in L.A. County
- Dominion threatens to sue MyPillow CEO over baseless claims of voter fraud
- Report: On 1st day in office, Biden to propose overhaul of immigration laws
- Census Bureau director to resign following criticism over data
- January 18th
- Giuliani claims he can't defend Trump in his 2nd impeachment trial because he's a 'witness'
- An 'influential' Palm Beach eye doctor is reportedly on Trump's clemency list
- Americans honor MLK with events altered due to pandemic
- Parler is back — sort of
- Biden chief of staff warns coronavirus death toll could soon reach 500,000
- January 17th
- January 16th
- Biden introduces new science team, says it's 'most exciting' announcement so far
- Why historians may 'suffer far from more holes' than usual while researching the Trump administration
- Trump reportedly began 'choreographing' premature victory speech weeks before election
- GOP officials are reportedly worried controversial pro-Trump House members could run for Senate, governor
- India launches massive vaccination campaign
- HHS Secretary Azar latest White House official to criticize Trump, plans to stick around to aid Biden transition
- U.S. carries out 13th and final execution under Trump administration
- January 15th
- Biden doubles down on promise to distribute 100 million vaccines in 1st 100 days
- NBA fines Kyrie Irving $50,000 over indoor party
- More transmissible coronavirus variant may be dominant strain by March — a bad sign for already overwhelmed hospitals
- FBI reportedly questioning dozens over killing of Capitol Police officer
- Trump's approval rating plunges to all-time low of 29 percent in new Pew poll
- The White House said it was unlocking a vaccine reserve — but it was reportedly already empty
- How 'Stop the Steal' organizers are still outsmarting Facebook's content moderators
- Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, and Foo Fighters set for Biden inauguration special
- Biden reportedly taps former FDA chief David Kessler to lead vaccine efforts
- FBI says over 100 people arrested for Capitol siege, including 'liberal activist,' Confederate flag bearer
- Capitol rioters intended to 'capture and assassinate elected officials,' prosecutors say
- Late night hosts break out the popcorn for Trump's predictable refusal to pay Rudy Giuliani
- U.S. carries out Trump's 12th federal execution
- Congress may award its highest honor to Capitol cop Eugene Goodman. But he wasn't the only 'hero.'
- Trump's team is reportedly trying to assemble a crowd for a 'major send-off' hours before Biden's inauguration
- Melania Trump is reportedly more than ready to leave the White House
- FBI reportedly looking into whether any Proud Boys played a role in organizing Capitol violence
- Classical pianist Joanne Rogers, widow of Mister Rogers, dies at 92
- Report: Dozens on FBI terror watch list went to D.C. on day of riot
- January 14th
- Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan includes another round of checks, boosted unemployment
- New York sues NYPD over alleged 'pattern' of excessive force during peaceful protests
- GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski: Trump 'incited violence' and House responded 'appropriately' with impeachment
- Secret Service reportedly had to use Obama's bathroom after being barred from Ivanka Trump's
- Chris Evans might be coming out of Captain America retirement
- 2020 ties for warmest year on record, continuing 7-year hot streak
- Jeff Bridges says tumor has 'drastically shrunk' after lymphoma diagnosis
- Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy dies at 81
- Getting coronavirus may prevent against reinfection for months, preliminary study finds
- New jobless claims climb to 965,000, the most since August
- Lindsey Graham is reportedly back in Trump's 'good graces' after breaking things off last week
- Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez set to perform at Biden's inauguration
- Johnson & Johnson trials show single-shot COVID-19 vaccine effective
- 'Camp Auschwitz' rioter, several police officers arrested, charged in Capitol siege
- After whistleblower complaints, Census Bureau drops last-ditch effort to strip out non-citizens
- US Secret Service screening inauguration troops for riot sympathisers
- 2 lawyers, Stephen Miller apparently wrote Trump's post-impeachment 'peace in our country' speech
- Late night hosts squeeze some dark humor out of Trump's historic 2nd impeachment
- Lindsey Graham is convinced we are on the slippery slope to impeaching ... George Washington?
- House members who evade new metal detectors will be fined $5,000 and up, Pelosi says
- Trump is reportedly stiffing Rudy Giuliani for his legal work to overturn the election
- Trump is now permanently banned from Snapchat, too
- Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged in Flint water crisis
- Feds warn that racist extremists, anti-government militias were emboldened by Capitol breach
- FBI warns police chiefs to be on high alert for extremists
- Trump asks those who believe in his 'agenda' to 'help promote peace in our country'
- January 13th
- Pelosi: Impeachment shows 'no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States'
- McConnell says there's not enough time to hold 'fair and serious' impeachment trial before Biden takes office
- 34 House Democrats call for investigation of 'concerning' Capitol tours day before riot
- The impeachment debate featured some terrible mask wearing by members of both parties
- GOP congressman explains impeachment support: Trump 'shrank from leadership when our country needed it most'
- Trump becomes 1st president in American history to be impeached twice
- GOP congressman questions whether any rioters attacked Capitol because of Trump. Video suggests they did.
- McConnell tells GOP he's undecided on convicting Trump
- Jared Kushner and Dan Scavino reportedly teamed up to keep Trump off fringe social media sites
- Trump sends statement to Fox News urging 'no violence … of any kind' ahead of inauguration
- House GOP leader McCarthy: Trump 'bears responsibility' for Capitol riot
- McConnell won't reconvene Senate for emergency impeachment trial
- Jim Jordan launches GOP case against impeachment by likening it to 'cancel culture'
- Pelosi says Trump is a 'clear and present danger' as impeachment debate begins
- Democrat Jason Crow calls out Republicans 'afraid' to impeach over death threats: 'Welcome to the club'
- Lindsey Graham seemingly takes a swipe at McConnell while solidifying opposition to impeachment
- Airbnb to cancel reservations in D.C. during week of Biden's inauguration
- Freshman GOP congresswoman believes Trump should be held accountable for Capitol riots but opposes 'rushed' impeachment
- Panic buttons in Ayanna Pressley's office were 'torn out' ahead of Capitol riot, chief of staff says
- Tom Hanks to host a primetime TV special for Biden's inauguration
- GOP congressmembers led 'reconnaissance' tours through Capitol before attack, Democrat says
- Hundreds of National Guard troops quarter in Capitol hallways, in 5 astonishing photos
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she had a 'close encounter' during the Capitol riot and 'thought I was going to die'
- U.K. begins large trial of new COVID-19 treatment inhaled into the lungs
- Bruce Willis reportedly asked to leave Rite Aid for not wearing a mask, acknowledges 'error in judgment'
- GOP leaders reportedly want to 'bury' Trump but avoid 'making him Jesus'
- Stephen Colbert wants to know what insurrectionist Republicans are offering in return for 'unity'
- Late night hosts get in their final Trump border wall jokes after his visit to Alamo
- How Brexit could help you avoid speeding fines on the continent
- Joint Chiefs pointedly remind military personnel Biden will be president, 'sedition and insurrection' are illegal
- U.S. carries out Trump's 11th federal execution, 1st female since 1953, after Supreme Court lifts stays
- 5th House Republican says she will vote to impeach Trump, and more are expected
- YouTube suspends Trump's channel for at least 7 days
- House passes measure urging Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, which he says he won't do
- Report: There's a 'better than 50-50 chance' McConnell would vote to convict Trump
- Several Republican lawmakers threw fits over new metal detectors at the Capitol
- Pence says he won't invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump
- New York City looking into canceling contracts with Trump Organization
- January 12th
- Rep. Liz Cheney, No. 3 House Republican, says she will vote to impeach Trump
- Trump crows 25th amendment is 'zero risk to me' while celebrating border wall construction
- McConnell reportedly believes Trump committed impeachable offenses
- FBI's 160 open case files related to Capitol riot 'just the tip of the iceberg,' official says
- Top GOP aide resigns, says Republicans 'put political theater ahead' of defending Constitution
- Coronavirus will live on after everyone's vaccinated, study suggests — but it won't be very dangerous
- U.S. will reportedly require all international visitors to show negative COVID-19 test result
- FBI report contradicts official's declaration that agency did not have prior intelligence Capitol riot would turn violent
- No one told Alamo, Texas, that Trump is visiting today
- Trump doesn't take responsibility for Capitol riot, insists speech was 'totally appropriate'
- 3rd House Democrat tests positive for COVID-19 following Capitol riot, blames mask-less GOP colleagues
- Israel is reportedly planning to provide COVID-19 vaccines for Holocaust survivors around the world
- How the Capitol riot could sink Trump's businesses
- Netflix to debut a new movie every single week this year
- Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and GOP megadonor, dies at 87
- Trump administration to reportedly recommend states open up vaccinations for everyone over 65
- 1st federal execution of a female inmate in decades delayed for mental evaluation
- Vaccine maker BioNTech reports potential multiple sclerosis breakthrough
- Chadwick Boseman's widow delivers moving speech accepting Gotham Awards honor
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers say post-Trump 'unity' is premature, Trump's Twitter ban is not
- Language-learning apps speak the right lingo for UK subscribers
- Trapped GOP lawmakers apparently had to go on live TV to get Trump's attention during the Capitol siege
- Trump is reportedly so angry aides are warning him against a self-pardon, he's put all pardons 'on hold'
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal tests positive for COVID-19, slams 'selfish' GOP lawmakers who refuse to wear masks
- Alabama crushes Ohio State to win 13th college football championship title
- Twitter removes more than 70,000 QAnon accounts
- Trump reportedly blamed 'antifa people' for Capitol siege, was told by GOP House leader no, 'it's MAGA'
- Trump, Pence meet for 1st time since Capitol riot
- Bill Belichick says he won't accept Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump
- Ken Jennings says 'no one will ever replace' Alex Trebek in debut as Jeopardy! guest host
- Ben & Jerry's is now making ice cream for dogs, too
- Gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park test positive for COVID-19
- January 11th
- Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf announces resignation
- State Department to investigate after rogue employee reportedly changed site to say Trump's term ends today
- Trump is reportedly 'gutted' about losing PGA Championship
- Biden hopes Senate can divide its time between his agenda, Trump impeachment
- Trump's approval rating falls 11 points as a majority of voters hold him responsible for Capitol riot
- Congresswoman tests positive for COVID-19 after sheltering in place with mask-less colleagues during Capitol riot
- Democratic Reps. Hoyer, Cicilline back sending impeachment article immediately to Senate
- House Democrats introduce impeachment article charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection'
- National Park Service to close Washington Monument for 2 weeks over inauguration security concerns
- Biden reportedly 'frustrated' with his coronavirus team as advisers worry 100 million vaccinations goal won't be met
- BioNTech now plans to deliver 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines in 2021
- Biden to nominate veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director
- Parler, the right-wing refuge from Twitter, is offline after being dumped by Amazon, CEO says
- Most of the pro-Trump Capitol mob figures infamously captured on film have already been arrested
- Marriott, Blue Cross Blue Shield halt donations to lawmakers who opposed certifying Biden win
- 2022 PGA Championship moved from Trump course
- Arnold Schwarzenegger has a pointed, personal warning about the 'broken men' who believed Nazi lies
- In 1st sermon since Senate win, Warnock says U.S. can't change until it faces the 'sickness of our situation'
- Attending physician: Lawmakers may have been exposed to COVID-19 during riot
- Sex and the City revival And Just Like That... coming to HBO Max
- Report: Before riot, NYPD, FBI warned Capitol Police about possibility of violence
- Pelosi says House 'will proceed' with legislation to impeach Trump
- January 10th
- D.C. mayor asks DHS to enhance, extend inauguration ceremony security
- Republicans maintain Trump's pre-election behavior wasn't harbinger of Capitol riot
- Clyburn suggests House may wait to send Trump impeachment article to Senate until after Biden settles into office
- Trump reportedly told Kelly Loeffler he'd 'do a number on her' if she didn't back Electoral College challenge
- China's state media says Pompeo 'crossed a dangerous red line' with latest Taiwan move
- Black boxes located as investigation into Indonesian jet crash continues
- January 9th
- Experts express concern about Biden's plan to release nearly all available vaccine doses
- Trump's phone call with Raffensperger reportedly wasn't the only one he made in hopes of overturning Georgia vote
- Republicans' arguments against 2nd Trump impeachment vary
- Liz Cheney's 'political capital has risen significantly' after blaming Trump for riot, colleague says
- Latest message from North Korea's Kim meant to light 'a fire under' Biden administration, experts say
- House reportedly planning to introduce article of impeachment Monday
- Indonesian passenger plane with 62 on board goes missing over Java Sea
- January 8th
- Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls for Trump to resign: 'I want him out'
- Lindsey Graham harassed by Trump supporters at airport after he recognizes Biden as president-elect
- New charges reportedly brought in pro-Trump riot, including for a Republican state lawmaker
- Pelosi says she spoke with Joint Chiefs chair about preventing 'unhinged' Trump from ordering a nuclear strike
- Trump confirms he won't attend Biden's inauguration
- Fox & Friends' Ainsley Earhardt says Trump supporters stormed Capitol because 'they don't want to be forgotten'
- GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he would consider Trump impeachment articles
- Dominion Voting Systems sues Sidney Powell for defamation
- U.S. economy loses 140,000 jobs in December, the 1st loss since April
- Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah: Trump is 'directly responsible' for Capitol riots
- Pfizer says tests show its COVID-19 vaccine is effective against new, more contagious variant
- Late night hosts don't think the pro-Trump Capitol insurrection was very funny, tell jokes anyway
- Washington Times corrects widely cited story claiming 'antifa' infiltrated Capitol siege, says 'neo-Nazis' ID'd
- U.S. sets record for most COVID-19 deaths in 1 day
- Capitol Police officer dies from injuries incurred 'physically engaging' with pro-Trump mob
- GOP Sen. Josh Hawley loses book deal, mentor, major donor after Capitol assault, gains 2 scathing editorials
- Wall Street Journal editorial board tells Trump his 'best path' is to resign
- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns in wake of Capitol riot
- Trump acknowledges a 'new administration' will soon be sworn in
- January 7th
- Capitol Police chief resigns following criticism for response to pro-Trump mob
- White House condemns Capitol siege in brief statement that doesn't mention Trump
- Pence reportedly expected to attend the inauguration as Trump potentially leaves for Mar-a-Lago
- Trump is reportedly polling aides on whether he should pardon himself
- Biden: Black Lives Matter protesters would have been treated 'very differently' than Capitol 'domestic terrorists'
- Pelosi joins Schumer in calling for Trump's removal from office
- Biden reportedly nominating Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as labor secretary, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for commerce
- Only 14 suspects were arrested by the Capitol Police, who are now trying to identify other trespassers via 'surveillance footage'
- Schumer calls for Trump to be removed from office via the 25th Amendment or impeachment
- Impeachment seemingly off the table as House, Senate depart until inauguration
- Barr rips Trump over Capitol riots: 'A betrayal of his office and supporters'
- Mark Zuckerberg announces that Facebook has blocked Trump from accessing his accounts 'indefinitely'
- MSNBC's Joe Scarborough calls for Trump's arrest over Capitol riots: 'He should be sent to jail today'
- Fox and Friends' Ainsley Earhardt hopes Trump can 'forgive' Pence for not overturning election
- Pro-Trump forums celebrated a December Trump tweet as a 'mobilization call' to 'storm the Capitol'
- Mick Mulvaney resigns from the Trump administration: 'I can't stay here'
- Trump aides reportedly conclude he is 'mentally unreachable'
- 'Where is Pence?' Pro-Trump mob tried to hunt down vice president, lawmakers in Capitol siege.
- Angela Merkel in talks to bring Russian Covid-19 vaccine to EU
- After certified electoral loss, Trump issues statement pledging an 'orderly transition on Jan. 20'
- Watch Wednesday's pro-Trump assault on the Capitol unfold in under 5 minutes
- Trump has reportedly been 'ranting about Pence,' who could still effectively fire him
- D.C. Police: 4 people died during pro-Trump siege of the Capitol, including woman shot by police
- White House counsel reportedly concerned Trump was committing treason
- Lindsey Graham dismisses fellow Republicans' Electoral College objections with a history lesson
- There has been a flurry of White House resignations — and more are expected
- Cabinet members are reportedly discussing invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump
- Kansas City Star: Sen. Josh Hawley 'has blood on his hands'
- GOP Electoral College objectors are starting to fold
- In wake of Capitol violence, Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's chief of staff, has resigned
- Twitter locks Trump's account for 12 hours, threatens a permanent ban
- Pence, not Trump, reportedly approved National Guard deployment after Capitol breach
- January 6th
- Trump asks his supporters who stormed the Capitol to 'remember this day forever!'
- Facebook removes Trump's tepid call for protesters to back down, arguing it 'contributes' to risk of ongoing violence
- Lawmakers are hoping to quickly return to Capitol to finish Electoral College certification
- Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah: 'The election was NOT stolen. We lost.'
- Republicans widely condemn Capitol mob, Trump over day's events
- Progressives call to impeach Trump again, expel lawmakers who tried to overturn election
- Pipe bomb reportedly found at RNC headquarters
- Democrat Jon Ossoff projected to win Georgia Senate seat
- White House aides reportedly try and fail to convince Trump to denounce storming of Capitol
- Mob breaks into Nancy Pelosi's offices during breach of the Capitol
- Biden calls on Trump to 'demand an end to this siege' in the Capitol
- Trump urges protesters to 'stay peaceful' minutes after criticizing Pence for not overturning electoral college results
- Romney tells Republican colleagues 'this is what you've gotten' as Senate shelters in breached Capitol
- Ted Cruz suggested the Senate hold a 'commission' to investigate election results. Bipartisan senators immediately tore him apart.
- Trump claims he'll lead march to the Capitol, only to slip back to White House in motorcade
- Trump supporters breach U.S. Capitol building in 'desperate coup attempt'
- Pence affirms he won't block certification of Biden's electoral vote as Trump simultaneously threatens him to do so
- Prominent conservative media blame Trump for 'going nuts' and costing GOP the Senate
- Why a Democratic Senate majority 'likely moots' Supreme Court ObamaCare challenge
- Georgia's likely new senators reminiscent of Black, Jewish 'coalition that defined the civil rights movement'
- Chris Christie: Trump's focus on election fraud claims 'certainly didn't help' GOP in Georgia
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied bail
- Republicans are 'privately furious' at Trump over the Georgia election losses
- Hong Kong police arrest 53 pro-democracy advocates, U.S. lawyer, under new national security law
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon have some fun with Pence's Biden certification dilemma
- Trailing behind Warnock, Loeffler says she still has 'a path to victory'
- Democrat Raphael Warnock claims victory over Sen. Kelly Loeffler in Georgia Senate runoff
- Kim Kardashian is reportedly planning to divorce Kanye West
- Trump denies report Pence informed him he can't overturn the election
- Dr. Dre reveals he's 'doing great' after suffering a brain aneurysm
- Georgia election official says if Perdue or Loeffler loses, it's due to 'Trump and his actions'
- With 1 candidate in self-isolation, the Georgia GOP watch party is a low-key affair
- Georgia's Senate races broke spending records
- Georgia secretary of state says runoffs hit 'new milestone for effectiveness and efficiency' at ballot box
- January 5th
- Jon Ossoff: Trump's call to Georgia secretary of state was a 'direct attack' on democracy
- Fauci thinks momentum will swing toward vaccinating at least 1 million people per day in U.S.
- When to expect Georgia Senate runoff results
- Proud Boys leader receives court order to stay out of D.C. ahead of pro-Trump rally
- Kenosha police officers involved in Jacob Blake shooting won't face charges
- 2021 Grammys postponed due to COVID-19 concerns
- Pennsylvania Republicans block duly elected Democrat from being sworn in to state Senate
- WHO says China has delayed process for allowing team in to investigate COVID-19's origins
- Scottish leader scuttles Trump's rumored Inauguration Day getaway: Golf is 'not … an essential purpose'
- Los Angeles paramedics told to conserve oxygen as 1 in 5 people test positive for coronavirus
- Cleveland Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski will miss wild-card game due to COVID-19
- FDA warns about risk of 'false negative results' in COVID-19 test used by Congress
- Tanya Roberts reportedly dies after representative rescinded earlier announcement
- California hospital conquers freezer failure to give out 600 expiring vaccine doses in 2 hours
- Trump's claim that Pence can 'reject fraudulently chosen electors' quickly shot down
- Trump administration reportedly passes over career prosecutor to replace Atlanta U.S. attorney who abruptly resigned
- Chinese billionaire Jack Ma reportedly 'lying low,' not missing
- Millions of Americans are waiting months to get unemployment checks. Some have been sidelined since March.
- FDA rejects potential changes to COVID-19 vaccine regimen
- Census apportionment data won't be ready before Trump leaves office, Justice Department official confirms
- Alex Trebek calls on viewers to help 'build a gentler, kinder society' in moving posthumous message
- Trump evidently thinks Pence can still hand him the election. That's very awkward for Pence.
- Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert dissect, have fun with Trump's 'pathetic' Georgia call
- UK to bring in airport Covid tests for arrivals
- America's COVID-19 vaccine effort is 'total chaos,' should add first come, first served option, vaccine expert says
- After getting vaccinated, New Orleans woman delivers a blunt message to non-believers
- Colbert's Late Show turns Trump's Georgia election call into a Stevie Wonder hit
- Trump rails against Supreme Court, GOP officials during Georgia rally
- Authorities say Wisconsin pharmacist who let vaccine spoil is 'an admitted conspiracy theorist'
- Perdue defends Trump's request to Georgia secretary of state, calls leak of recording 'disgusting'
- Police: Proud Boys leader arrested in burning of Black Lives Matter banner
- January 4th
- Tanya Roberts is still alive, representative says after previously announcing her death
- House votes to extend remote voting
- New York reports 1st case of U.K. coronavirus variant
- Kushner-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia, Qatar gets tepid reviews from analysts
- Georgia Republican election official debunks Trump's election conspiracy theories 'point by point'
- Boris Johnson announces new national lockdown in England amid 'alarming' COVID-19 variant spread
- Rep. Kay Granger tests positive for COVID-19 after receiving 1st vaccine dose
- Jeopardy! producer says Trebek was hospitalized a week before final episodes but insisted on not canceling them
- GOP congressmembers won't reject Electoral College vote because party 'depends' on it for presidential wins
- 2 of Trump's closest allies in the Senate turn against Republican plan to reject election results
- Why Kelly Loeffler's attack ads on Raphael Warnock may backfire
- Google workers unionize, saying the company has 'put profits ahead of our concerns'
- Why the new coronavirus strain is so dangerous, in 1 chart
- Why Trump may have Lindsey Graham to blame for Raffensperger call recording
- Georgia Republican lieutenant governor slams Trump's 'inappropriate' call
- Trump's loaded request that Georgia 'find' him enough votes to win could have legal repercussions
- Bond girl and That '70s Show star Tanya Roberts dies at 65
- Plea for public to help find secret Second World War bunkers
- British judge rejects U.S. extradition request for Julian Assange, citing suicide risk
- Trump reportedly giving Presidential Medal of Freedom to GOP allies Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan
- Nashville bomber mailed out packets that 'espoused his viewpoints,' FBI says
- Trump's official schedule says he will 'make many calls and have many meetings' Monday
- Listen to, read Trump's entire 'desperate' 65-minute call with Georgia election officials
- January 3rd
- Pelosi secures 4th term as House speaker
- Former FDA commissioner suggests 'dual strategy' to expedite COVID-19 vaccinations
- Phone recording reveals Trump pleading with Raffensperger to 'find' thousands of Georgia ballots for him
- It didn't even take an hour into the 117th Congress for drama to unfold on the House floor
- 5 NFL games that will decide the playoff picture
- Experts urge patience with vaccine strategy, expect rollout to gain steam soon
- Pelosi supporters 'a little nervous' about House speaker vote but believe enough lawmakers will be present
- January 2nd
- Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Westphal dies at 70
- U.S. officials are reportedly privately worried Russia stole blueprints for U.S. blackout restoration
- Cruz, 10 GOP senators to oppose electoral votes 'unless and until' an 'emergency 10-day' audit
- India approves first 2 COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use
- Iran to enrich uranium up to 20 percent 'as soon as possible'
- Fauci not in favor of expanding gap between COVID-19 vaccine doses
- Judge rejects GOP lawsuit against Pence
- January 1st
- Senate overrides Trump's veto of defense bill
- A record 3 million people voted early in Georgia's Senate runoffs
- United States surpasses 20 million COVID-19 cases
- Pope Francis wishes 2021 is 'a year of peace, a year of hope'
- Here's how the world welcomed 2021
- Canadian official resigns after taking Caribbean vacation: It was a 'dumb mistake'
- Pharmacist arrested, accused of intentionally allowing COVID-19 vaccines to spoil
- Microsoft says Russian hackers accessed more than initially reported
- Georgia GOP Sen. Perdue quarantines ahead of runoff after COVID exposure
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