Republicans Raise First Objection in Congress to Biden Win

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers mounted their first official challenge to Joe Biden’s presidential election win Wednesday, objecting to state results from Arizona as they took up Donald Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the election results in an extraor...
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California Man Charged in Attack on Republican Club Office

LOS ANGELES — A California man has been charged with arson in a firebomb attack on a local Republican club office. The U.S. Attorney's Office said 23-year-old Carlos Espriu of Palm Desert was expected to appear in federal court on Friday. He faces one fe...
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Far-Right US Politicians Label Lockdowns Anti-Constitutional

SPOKANE, Wash. — In deeply conservative eastern Washington state, a prominent state lawmaker kicked out of his Republican Party caucus labels the coronavirus as a foreign bio-weapon, accuses Marxists of using the pandemic to advance totalitarianism and rails a...
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Pelosi Shreds Trump’s Speech. Right There on the Podium.

WASHINGTON — And then she tore up the speech. No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was printed on in two. "It was a manifesto of mistruths." — House Speaker Nancy...