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Pence welcomes futile bid by G.O.P. lawmakers to overturn election
Jan 03, 2021 14:27Vice President Mike Pence signaled support for a futile Republican bid to overturn the election in Congress next week, after 11 Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory when the House and Senate meet to formally certify it.
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The humiliation of Mike Pence
Jan 02, 2021 11:50US Representative Louie Gohmert became the latest Republican to file a long-shot lawsuit attempting to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s victory — this time by suing Vice President Mike Pence. The last-ditch legal effort, filed recently, came from Gohmert, an eight-term congressman from Texas, along with 11 Arizona residents who had been nominated by that state’s Republican Party to serve as electors.
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Great hero, general of hearts (3)
Jan 01, 2021 12:17Special feature on the 1st martyrdom anniversary of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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For COVID-19 vaccines, some are too rich — and too poor
Dec 31, 2020 06:14A few months from now, a factory in South Africa is expected to begin churning out a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine each day in the African country hardest-hit by the pandemic. But those vials will probably be shipped to a distribution center in Europe and then rushed to Western countries that have pre-ordered them by the hundreds of millions. None have been set aside for South Africa.
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US must commit to arms reduction if it wants North Korea to do so
Dec 31, 2020 06:05North Korea says the only way it will give up its nuclear weapons is if the U.S. “abandons its hostile policy,” — in other words, takes reciprocal steps toward arms reduction — but so far, Washington has made no moves nor indicated any intention of moving toward that goal.
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Great hero, general of hearts (2)
Dec 31, 2020 05:58Special feature on the 1st martyrdom anniversary of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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Unbelievably cruel: Sanders slams Trump's intransigence as millions lose unemployment lifeline
Dec 30, 2020 16:15While the US president golfed, Americans suffered. "People are losing their extended unemployment benefits," said the senator from Vermont. "They're going to be evicted from their apartments because the eviction moratorium is ending."
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Trump undermined civilian control of the military. With his Pentagon pick, Biden has too
Dec 30, 2020 16:11Americans have always been skeptical of concentrated government power, and concentrated military power is at the top of the list.
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'Surge on a surge': Fauci leads health officials warning of post-holiday coronavirus spike
Dec 30, 2020 11:53The United States will most likely experience a "post-seasonal" spike in coronavirus infections largely due to holiday travel and gatherings, current and former U.S. health officials said. "We very well might see a post-seasonal—in the sense of Christmas, New Year's—surge... a surge upon a surge," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and an incoming chief medical adviser to President-elect Joe Biden, on CNN's "State of the Union."
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Trump’s wrecking ball of a transition
Dec 30, 2020 11:17US President Donald Trump’s 11th hour decision to blow up the stimulus negotiations has also jeopardized much needed financial relief for millions of Americans. Rather than showing a genuine effort to pressure Republicans to agree to legislation House Democrats passed in May, which would have provided $1,200 checks for individuals and up to $6,000 per household, Trump decided to intervene only after Congress finally agreed on individual payments of $600 – saying he wanted $2,000 checks instead.