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January 17, 2021

Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday

Democrat Alex Padilla, now California’s secretary of state, will serve the final two years of her term.
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January 17, 2021

Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push

The plans draw swift condemnations from the Palestinians.
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January 17, 2021

D.C. officials try to strike balance between First Amendment, securing inauguration

There will be two protests with fewer than 100 demonstrators at each.
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January 17, 2021

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try

The company attempted its first demonstration launch in May.
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January 17, 2021

In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity

He plans a series of executive actions in his first hours after his inauguration.
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January 17, 2021

Kamala Harris to be sworn in by Sotomayor at inauguration

The first Black, South Asian and female vice president will take her oath of office from the first Latina justice.
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January 17, 2021

Democrats build impeachment case, alleging ‘dangerous crime’

A Senate trial could begin as soon as this week.
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January 17, 2021

Biden’s long political evolution leads to his biggest test

He will inherit stewardship of a nation wrenched by pandemic, seismic cultural fissures and an opposition party’s base that considers him illegitimate.
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January 17, 2021

Dorothy Schmidt Cole, oldest living Marine, dies at 107

She enlisted as one of the earliest female reservists after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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January 17, 2021

Banking heir Benjamin de Rothschild dies at 57

He oversaw the empire started by his father in 1953.