Joe Biden greets voters, including a woman with a son in the military, at the South Carolina Democratic Party Convention in June 2019. (Melina Mara/The Post)
Biden had his sights on the White House from a young age. But unlike some of his predecessors, Biden has shown striking empathy, regularly blowing up his schedule by hanging back to clasp the shoulders of those who’d lost children, or keeping donors waiting while he spent time with a kid who stuttered.
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Saundra Rogers fought for Nelson Orellana Garcia ever since he arrived in the United States 26 years ago.
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The 45-page report, released on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, is largely an attack on decades of historical scholarship, particularly when it comes to the nation's 400-year-old legacy of slavery. Most of those listed as authors lack credentials as historians.
Martha MacCallum's news show is moving to 3 p.m. Morning co-host Brian Kilmeade is getting the first chance to replace her. (AP)
With viewership faltering since November, last year’s top-rated cable channel will try out pundits for a 7 p.m. slot once devoted to news. In the running: Maria Bartiromo.
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President-elect Joe Biden, center, campaigns with Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff in Atlanta on Sept. 15. (Joshua Lott/The Post)
Newly inaugurated vice president Kamala Harris is expected to swear in the new senators Wednesday, along with her successor.
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Md. Gov. Larry Hogan got the Moderna vaccine on Monday. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Post)
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The mob that descended on the Capitol on Jan. 6 was filled with people posting footage of their whereabouts and offering their reasoning for storming the building. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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