

Politics Jan 19

As President Trump leaves office, a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll shows that just 38 percent of Americans approve of his presidency, while 57 percent disapprove of his job performance. Peter Wehner, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy…
Politics Jan 19

The certification by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger officially seals Warnock and Ossoff's victories. They defeated Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the Jan. 5 runoffs.
By Ben Nadler, Associated Press
Nation Jan 08

On Jan. 6, for the first time in more than two centuries, Congress was attacked and overrun, this time by its own citizens. The PBS NewsHour's anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff talks to correspondents Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz and…
By Judy Woodruff, Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz, Yamiche Alcindor, Rachel Wellford, Vika Aronson, Gretchen Frazee, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry
Politics Jan 08

Friday's concession brings Georgia's two U.S. Senate runoffs that will deliver Democratic control of the chamber one step closer to an end.
By Ben Nadler, Associated Press
There were serious questions Thursday about security in and around the Capitol and why there weren't better preparations ahead of time. William Brangham reports.
Jan 07

By Ben Nadler, Associated Press
GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to the position a year ago to replace outgoing Sen. Johnny Isakson, posted a video to social media Thursday evening saying that she had called Raphael Warnock to congratulate him.
Jan 07

By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Associated Press
Pence, as the session came to an end, said the count “shall be deemed a sufficient declaration" of Biden's victory, but offered no words of congratulations to the incoming administration. It capped an extraordinary day of chaos, violence and division…
Jan 06

By Associated Press
Now that Arizona is out of the way, Congress will reconvene as the joint session and make its way through the rest of the states that have objections.
The Utah senator said those who continue to support Trump’s “dangerous gambit” by objecting to the results of a legitimate, democratic election “will forever be seen as complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy.″…
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