Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador follow suit.
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Maine Republican House member leaves party in dispute over committee assignments
Rep. John Andrews of Paris and Sen. Rick Bennett of Oxford both expressed displeasure with their party’s legislative leadership after having committee requests denied.
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Biden picks Buttigieg as transportation chief, ex-Michigan governor as energy secretary
The president-elect has pledged to spend billions making major infrastructure improvements and on retrofitting initiatives that can help the U.S. battle climate change.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
McConnell congratulates Biden as president-elect
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday as the president-elect.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says as he aims to unify divided nation
The president-elect says democracy has been ‘pushed, tested, threatened’ by President Trump and his baseless claims of a rigged election, but it proved to be ‘resilient, true, and strong.’
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Nation & World
Maine’s presidential electors cast votes in divided outcome
Joe Biden took 3 of Maine’s 4 electoral votes, and President Trump took the other because he carried the 2nd Congressional District.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Attorney General William Barr to step down before Christmas, Trump says
The president has been unhappy since his attorney general announced that the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
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Democrats squeezed as COVID-19 relief talks continue
Top allies of President-elect Joe Biden came out in support of a $748 billion plan offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and hinted they won’t insist on including $160 billion for states and local governments.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
Early in-person voting could be even more important in the Jan. 5 runoffs because of the short time frame for voters to request and send back ballots by mail.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
National lawyers group seeks to sanction Texas AG, colleagues who sued to overturn Biden’s win
The nonpartisan Lawyers Defending American Democracy said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Republican state attorneys general filed an ‘abusive lawsuit’ that pushed groundless theories that erode confidence in vital institutions.