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BREAKING: JOE BIDEN WINS Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects, after a victory in Pennsylvania puts the Scranton-born Democrat over 270 #CNNElection
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Adam Johnson, the man seen carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern during the Capitol siege, has been arrested in Florida
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BREAKING: JOE BIDEN WINS Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects, after a victory in Pennsylvania puts the Scranton-born Democrat over 270 #CNNElection
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Fulton County releases a mug shot following former President Donald Trump's fourth arrest this year
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5 living former US Presidents expand their hurricane relief effort to include Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
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Biden's ABC town hall had about 1 million more TV viewers than Trump's on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC. It's a result virtually no one in the business expected.
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Trump appears to be skipping a side-event at the G20 virtual summit focused on pandemic preparedness. The President has just arrived at his golf course in Virginia.
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Officials say Richard Barnett, the man photographed sitting at House Speaker Pelosi's desk during the Capitol siege, has been arrested in Arkansas
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A Pennsylvania man, accused of throwing a fire extinguisher that struck a Capitol Police officer during last week's deadly siege, has been arrested and charged in federal court
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A growing number of GOP leaders believe President Trump should be removed from office before January 20, either by the 25th amendment or impeachment
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"When I raise my hand, I am aware of all the women who are still in silence." - Actress Viola Davis references the #MeToo movement during the Women's March in Los Angeles
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Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney calls for the nation to "get behind" President-elect Biden and says he has seen no evidence of voter fraud
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Kamala Harris is sworn in as the first woman, first Black person and first South Asian to hold the office of US vice president. Follow live updates:
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Joe Biden names Kamala Harris as his running mate, making her the first Black and South Asian American woman on a major US party's presidential ticket
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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern wins second term in landslide election victory
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Former President Bush congratulates President-elect Biden on his win and says while Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges, the 2020 election was "fundamentally fair" and its outcome was clear
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CNN PROJECTION: Joe Biden wins Michigan, reclaiming another "blue wall" state President Trump won in 2016 and narrowing Trump's path to 270 electoral votes #CNNElection
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ICE arrests rapper 21 Savage, alleging he was born in England and has been in the US illegally since 2006. The Grammy nominee has long said he's from Atlanta.
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Elon Musk restores Donald Trump's Twitter account following the results of a poll on the platform
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More than 100 of Justice Ginsburg's former clerks meet her casket at the Supreme Court steps
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Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020's Person of the Year
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Twitter says it has locked President Trump’s account for 12 hours, and warned for the first time that it may suspend him permanently
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Twitter says it has permanently suspended President Trump's account because of "the risk of further incitement of violence"
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Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton volunteer to get their eventual Covid-19 vaccines on camera to promote confidence in its safety
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CNN PROJECTION: President-elect Joe Biden wins Arizona, widening his electoral vote lead over Donald Trump #CNNElection
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The DC attorney general's office has notified Donald Trump Jr. that it would like to interview him as part of its investigation into misuse of his father's inaugural funds
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Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell says he'll vote for Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election
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Joe Biden plans to announce his 12-person coronavirus task force on Monday, two sources with knowledge say
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A judge has ruled that all three defendants in the Ahmaud Arbery case will stand trial on all charges
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After a statewide audit, Georgia election officials have confirmed President-elect Biden's victory over Trump
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The Kroger grocery chain says people will still be required to wear masks in its stores across the US, despite the reversal of mask mandates in Texas and Mississippi. Follow live updates on the pandemic:
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Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, who sold more than 65 million albums worldwide and won eight Latin Grammys in his illustrious career, dies at 81
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Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd
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In a heated exchange, Dr. Fauci challenges Sen. Rand Paul's assertion that New York's current low positivity rate is attributable to "community immunity": "If you believe 22% is herd immunity, I believe you're alone in that"
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Survivors of the Florida school shooting announce a nationwide, student-led march in Washington on March 24 to push for gun control
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A massive federal climate change report that was due next month is out today. It warns of devastating health and economic costs to the US.
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Assault-style weapons are banned in Canada effective immediately, Prime Minister Trudeau said. The move comes after a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 22 people.
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Dr. Fauci says his words in a new Trump ad touting the President's pandemic response are "out of context" and used without his permission
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For the first time, an object in our solar system has been found more than 100 times farther than Earth is from the sun. It's probably a dwarf planet that takes more than 1,000 years to orbit the sun. And it's called "Farout."
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Biden is on the cusp of winning the US presidency after passing Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Follow live updates:
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Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said his magazine's story about Trump calling Americans who died in battle "losers" and "suckers," was just the tip of the iceberg
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The Biden administration is "exploring ways to speed up" release of $20 bills featuring Harriet Tubman after the Trump administration delayed the move
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Students at multiple Florida schools are walking out of class to show support for the survivors of the Parkland shooting
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Robert Mueller confirmed that President Trump asked staff to falsify records relevant to the investigation
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Newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a staunch Trump supporter, says the state's "elections should be decertified." Asked if that applied to her election on the same ballot, she said, "We're just talking about the President's race."
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A federal judge says rules limiting DACA applications and renewals are invalid because the acting DHS secretary who signed them was not serving legally
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CNN PROJECTION: President-elect Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the traditionally red state, and Donald Trump wins North Carolina. This brings the final electoral vote tally to 306 for Biden and 232 for Trump #CNNElection
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Florida school shooting survivor Cameron Kasky challenges Sen. Marco Rubio: "Can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the NRA?" #StudentsStandUp
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The Trump administration has rejected California's request for a disaster declaration for six destructive wildfires, including a massive central California wildfire that has become the single largest in state history
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New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister Monday to represent what's shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been sworn in as America's 46th president. He is addressing the nation now. Follow live updates:
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Scotland has become the first country to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in public facilities
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky turned down an offer from the US to evacuate from the capital city Kyiv, the Ukraine embassy in Britain said on Twitter. According to the embassy, Zelensky said: "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride"
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James Shaw Jr., 29, was identified as the man who charged the Waffle House killer and wrestled away his rifle. "He saved many lives," a police spokesman said.
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Rep. Justin Amash becomes the first Republican in Congress to call for Trump's impeachment and accuses AG Barr of intentionally misleading the public
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Two men involved in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery have been arrested and face murder and aggravated assault charges
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The Mississippi State House passes a resolution to begin the process to change the state's flag, which features a Confederate emblem
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Former President Obama discusses his conversation with John McCain about speaking at his funeral, joking that “it showed… his sense of humor… After all, what better way to get a last laugh than to make George and I say nice things about him to a national audience.”
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Simon & Schuster has announced it will no longer publish a planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, one of the Republican lawmakers who led objections to Congress certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory
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President Trump now admits he sent Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information on his political opponents, despite denying it during impeachment
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CNN PROJECTION: Joe Biden wins Nevada, adding to his electoral vote total after winning the presidency #CNNElection
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CNN Poll: Trump will leave office with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with more Americans than ever in support of removing him from office
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The White House has been locked down as protesters arrive at Pennsylvania Avenue/Lafayette Park
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A federal judge has blocked the Texas governor's directive that ballot drop boxes be limited to one per county
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HISTORIC FIRST: New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the youngest woman elected to Congress, CNN projects #CNNElection
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"Black Panther" actor Chadwick Boseman has died at 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer
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Donald Trump has just become the first US President to be impeached twice following a vote in the House of Representatives
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Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and showed the world what great apes can do, dies in her sleep at age 46
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Drugmaker Pfizer says early data from its Covid-19 vaccine shows it is more than 90% effective, a result that's much better than expected
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An independent autopsy into the death of George Floyd found that he died from "asphyxiation from sustained pressure," which contradicts the county medical examiner's preliminary report
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Queen Elizabeth II, a beacon of stability after more than 70 years on the British throne, dies at 96, Buckingham Palace announces.
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Two police officers have been suspended in Buffalo, New York, after knocking down an elderly man during protests
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Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith told Morehouse College's graduating seniors he would pay off their student loans, about $40 million
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After Trump reversed his position on a G7 statement, Sen. McCain said to US allies: "Americans stand with you, even if our President doesn't"
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US Army says it will not allow proposed route of Dakota Access Pipeline, a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe
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The Supreme Court rejects Texas' and President Trump's bid to overturn the election and block the ballots of millions of voters in battleground states
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Trump administration informs Joe Biden they are ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter obtained by CNN
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Vice President Harris to become first woman with presidential power while Biden is under anesthesia for routine colonoscopy
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All 12 boys and their soccer coach are rescued from the flooded caves in Thailand where they were trapped for nearly three weeks. Follow live updates:
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House Speaker Pelosi announces leaders of Congress have decided to resume the joint session tonight to certify President-elect Biden's win once the Capitol is "cleared for use"
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Aerial footage shows the turnout at various March for Our Lives events across the US today
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Congress has affirmed President-elect Biden's victory after rioting by a pro-Trump mob at the Capitol delayed proceedings
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CNN PROJECTION: Joe Biden wins New York #CNNElection
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The FBI is investigating the alleged harassment of a Joe Biden campaign bus last Friday by motorists displaying Trump 2020 flags
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One America News Network, one of President Trump’s favorite media outlets, has been banned from posting new videos to YouTube for a week for spreading Covid-19 misinformation
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Eighty-five infants under the age of 12 months have tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county
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Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places in the country to make its presidential preference known
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Argentina has become the first major country in Latin America to legalize abortion
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Twelve boys and their soccer coach have been found alive in a cave in Thailand after going missing nine days ago, an official says. Follow live updates:
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign trying to invalidate millions of Pennsylvania mail-in votes
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Four children who disappeared in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed on May 1 have been found alive, Colombia's president says
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In a historic move, a judge orders the USPS to begin treating all election mail as first-class mail and undo any changes made by the postmaster general
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Anthony Bourdain is dead. The chef, storyteller and Emmy-winning host of CNN's "Parts Unknown" is dead of suicide at age 61.
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CNN PROJECTION: Democrat Raphael Warnock defeats incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, leaving control of the Senate up to the winner of the second seat in Georgia #CNNElection
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Trump "might also want to open the US Constitution once in a while. If he did, he'd find a thing called the First Amendment... the right of the people peaceably to assemble," Joe Biden says. "That's America... not using the American military to move against the American people."
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Nancy Pelosi is reelected to lead Democrats in the House
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Plans are being made for Joe Biden to deliver a prime-time address tonight. Follow live updates on presidential results:
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NASCAR says it is banning the flying of Confederate flags at its races
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A New York state judge has ordered a tax firm that has worked with former President Trump to turn over more documents to the New York attorney general as part of her office's investigation into the Trump Organization
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