Politics

WATCH: Congress certifies Trump reelection with electoral vote count

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Matt Brown, Associated Press

The proceedings unfolded Monday without violence or mayhem, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.

Here's where Jan. 6 trials stand on the fourth anniversary of the Capitol riot

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

Jan. 6 trials, guilty pleas and sentencings have continued chugging along in Washington's federal court despite Trump's promise to pardon rioters, whom he has called “political prisoners" and “hostages” he contends were treated too harshly.

Harris will preside over certification of her defeat to Trump four years after he sparked Capitol attack

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Harris will be joining a short list of other vice presidents to oversee the ceremonial confirmation of their election loss as part of their role of presiding over the Senate.

Biden to speak, meet with families in New Orleans following the French Quarter attack that killed 14, injured 30

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Biden on Monday will visit the city where an Army veteran drove a truck into revelers in the French Quarter, killing 14 and injuring 30 more.

How a Fox News report fueled false claims by Trump and others about the New Orleans suspect

By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact

The suspected driver in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans was a U.S. citizen and U.S. Army veteran. But within hours of the deadly attack, President-elect Donald Trump, Republican leaders and social media influencers speculated that he had…

Biden signs bill that raises Social Security payments for millions of Americans

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs.

As potential TikTok ban looms, content creators who rely on the platform wait in limbo

By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

The fate of TikTok is keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision from the Supreme Court that could upheld their livelihoods.

Biden administration notifies Congress of planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The weapons package would add to a record of at least $17.9 billion in military aid that the U.S. has provided Israel since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, launched the war.

WATCH: Funeral service for Jimmy Carter held at Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta

By Bill Barrow, Jeff Amy, Kate Payne, Associated Press

Jimmy Carter's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global…

WATCH: Biden honors Hillary Clinton, Bill Nye, Magic Johnson and others with Medal of Freedom

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

President Joe Biden will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.