As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered in Washington, Wednesday to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud.
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Lawmaker: Tax fertilizer to clean up farm pollution in southeastern Minnesota
Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul, wants to revive a plan to have farmers pay more to help reduce nitrate.
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Trump and DeSantis will hold dueling campaign events in Iowa with the caucuses just six weeks away
Ron DeSantis plans on Saturday to complete his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa's 99 counties, a timeworn tactic for presidential candidates hoping to make their mark in the leadoff state over months mingling with voters at the state's diners, cookouts and Pizza Ranches.
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With the expulsion of Santos and ouster of McCarthy, the House is making unexpected history
The House is making history this year in ways that Republicans could hardly have envisioned when the party took control.
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House expels Santos, just 6th expulsion in chamber's history
The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a blistering ethics report on his conduct heightened lawmakers' concerns about the scandal-plagued freshman. Santos became just the sixth member in the chamber's history to be ousted by colleagues, and the third since the Civil War.
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Biden is heading to Hollywood for a major fundraiser featuring Steven Spielberg and Shonda Rhimes
President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his first since strikes by writers and actors effectively ground his fundraising to a halt in the heart of the entertainment industry, which has long served as the ATM for the Democratic Party.