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“Gifts from the Heart” is the theme of President Joe Biden’s first White House Christmas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
‘Gifts from the Heart’ is Biden White House Christmas theme
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Actor Matthew McConaughey isn’t running for Texas governor after months of publicly flirting with the idea of becoming the latest celebrity candidate. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Matthew McConaughey won’t run for Texas governor in 2022
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Former Congresswoman Carrie Meek, with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, center, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami, on Oct. 10, 2004. Meek died Sunday. She was 95. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS)
Carrie P. Meek, 5-term Florida representative, dies at 95
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Donald Trump Pressured DOJ To Reverse Election Results, Documents Show
Trump investigation enters crucial phase as prosecutor’s term nears end
First lady Jill Biden, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff arrive to assemble Thanksgiving meal kits during a visit to DC Central Kitchen on Tuesday in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President, VP and spouses assist food kitchen for holiday
Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA) speaks at a press conference on Medicaid expansion with other democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 23rd, 2021.
Bourdeaux in matchup against McBath says she has incumbent’s edge
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., celebrates the House's passage of President Joe Biden's expansive social and environment bill Friday with other Democrats at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
$1.9 trillion Build Back Better clears House with help of Georgia Democrats
The House voted Wednesday to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword, an extraordinary rebuke that highlighted the political strains testing Washington and the country.
UPDATE: House censures Rep. Paul Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, leaves her office on Capitol Hill on Feb. 4. To date, Greene has received notices of fines totaling $60,500 for not abiding by a mask mandate that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put in place. Greene is challenging the fines in court. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
Georgia Reps. Greene, Clyde rack up thousands in mask fines
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and President Joe Biden appear on a screen as they hold a meeting via video link. Biden opened the virtual meeting by saying the goal of the two world leaders should be to ensure that competition between the two superpowers "does not veer into conflict." (Yue Yuewei/Xinhua via AP)
China hails Xi and Biden talks, after year of growing strain
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President Joe Biden looks up after signing the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure bill with bipartisan audience
UPDATE: Trump ally Bannon appears in court on contempt charges
Woman convicted of trespassing at Trump’s club deported to China over weekend
Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy won’t seek reelection
Beto O'Rourke to Run for Governor of Texas
Democrat Beto O’Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022
Steve Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying Jan. 6 subpoena
Trump defends mob who hunted down Pence during Capitol attack: report
UPDATE: Court temporarily delays release of Trump’s Jan. 6 records
A Florida man is facing up to five years in prison after being convicted of threatening Congress members. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Florida man convicted for threatening members of Congress, DOJ says
Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities
Federal judge refuses Trump request to block Jan. 6 records
Investigation finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act
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Social media pays tribute to former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland after his death
Former VA administrator and Georgia senator Max Cleland dies at home
Rep. Gosar under fire for anime attacking Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more Trump associates in probe
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President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the NH 175 bridge over the Pemigewasset River to promote infrastructure spending Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Woodstock, N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Opinion: Biden edges toward trio of major legislative victories
July 13, 2021 Rome - U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during an Election Integrity Townhall meeting in Rome. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Opinion: No mask could be a very costly choice for Greene
Supporters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin gather for an election night party in Chantilly, Va.,Tuesday , Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Opinion: Without Trump, GOP can still win
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In this image from House Television, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joins other Democratic members on the House floor late Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington, as the House approves a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. (House Television via AP)
Georgia Democrats applaud House passage of infrastructure bill Republicans opposed
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, center, flanked by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, left, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-South Carolina, updates reporters after a day of delays in the vote to advance President Joe Biden's domestic policy package. The House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects late Friday after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
UPDATE: Dems end deadlock, House hands Biden infrastructure win
James O'Keefe of Project Veritas speaks at the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas. Federal agents searched the New York homes of people tied to the conservative group Project Veritas months after the group received a diary that a tipster claimed belonged to President Joe Biden’s youngest daughter, its leader said Friday. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)
FBI searches homes tied to Project Veritas over diary probe
World leaders react to siege at U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists
Judge questions Trump lawyers trying to shield Jan. 6 papers
A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to Republican candidates, including former President Donald Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, right, and others. The Campaign Legal Center filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Washington on behalf of Giffords, a gun control nonprofit founded by former Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Lawsuit: NRA illegally funded Trump, other GOP candidates
This 2018 portrait released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows special counsel John Durham. A Russian analyst who helped provide information for a dossier of research used during the Trump-Russia investigation has been arrested as part of an ongoing special counsel investigation, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. The arrest of Igor Danchenko occurred Thursday and is part of Durham's probe into the origins of the Russia investigation, according to the person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to discuss it by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP, File)
Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier is arrested
Demonstrators set fire to a mock U.S. flag in a rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy, commemorating the anniversary of its 1979 seizure in Tehran, Iran. The embassy takeover triggered a 444-day hostage crisis and break in diplomatic relations that continues to this day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran marks anniversary of 1979 takeover of U.S. Embassy
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin tosses a signed basketball to supporters at an Election Night party early Wednesday in Chantilly, Virginia, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Bad omens for Democrats
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks to supporters Tuesday in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Adams wins NYC mayor; Wu makes history winning Boston mayor
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Demonstrators set fire to a mock U.S. flag in a rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy, commemorating the anniversary of its 1979 seizure in Tehran, Iran. The embassy takeover triggered a 444-day hostage crisis and break in diplomatic relations that continues to this day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran marks anniversary of 1979 takeover of U.S. Embassy
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin tosses a signed basketball to supporters at an Election Night party early Wednesday in Chantilly, Virginia, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Bad omens for Democrats
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks to supporters Tuesday in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Adams wins NYC mayor; Wu makes history winning Boston mayor
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin arrives to speak at an Election Night party early Wednesday in Chantilly, Virginia, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Youngkin’s Virginia win jolts Democrats; tight race in New Jersey
A protester holds a sign reading "Defund the Police," outside Hennepin County Government Plaza during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on Aug. 24, 2020, in Minneapolis. (Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency
It may be an odd-numbered year but Tuesday’s elections aren’t sleepy, local contests. Voters in Virginia are weighing in on a governor’s race that could rattle President Joe Biden and Democrats in Washington. In Minneapolis, a city still shaken by George Floyd’s murder will vote on whether to disband its police department and create a new public safety agency. School board races across the country have become the new battlegrounds for partisan debates over race. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Governors and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s national elections
Stacey Abrams speaks during a rally with Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAullife during a rally last month in Fairfax, Virginia.
Governor’s race in Virginia leaves lessons for Georgia
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, speaks with reporters during a news conference Monday on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Manchin wavers on Biden’s plan, rebuffs progressives
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