President Trump claimed without evidence that the nation’s election system was “under coordinated assault and siege” and that it was “statistically impossible” for him to have lost to President-elect Biden.
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With most leading Republicans and Democrats firmly united in their opposition to President Trump’s demands, he is waging an uphill battle that, if nobody blinks, could result in the first veto override of his presidency.
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He worked to modernize his nation’s institutions and create a centralized government for Europe, only to be voted out of office and disappointed by the European Union.
Zhou Xiaoxuan accused the presenter of groping and forcibly kissing her, in a case whose significance is drawing comparisons to that of Harvey Weinstein.
The businessman has been arrested four times this year but until now had not been denied bail, underscoring the crackdown on the democracy movement.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization.
The week’s second major storm will slam the East Coast late Friday into Saturday.
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The agreement followed a years-long Justice Department investigation into claims that some stations don’t accommodate wheelchair users or people with limited mobility.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney says agency documents show the problem is more extensive than reported and is threatening the commerce secretary with a subpoena.
Coronavirus-related hospitalizations and fatalities, which tend to lag spikes in cases, are also trending upward across the region.
Nearly all 500,000 tests were returned to the manufacturer, acting health secretary Dennis Schrader said.
A federal lawsuit accuses Stafford County of intentionally blocking the cemetery. County officials say they’re worried it will contaminate nearby wells.
Governors and state lawmakers across the country are working to authorize millions of dollars in new coronavirus stimulus aid, aiming to plug gaping holes in their local economies before the end of the year.
Private payrolls added just 307,000 jobs last month, according to ADP, far less than the 475,000 forecast, data shows.
Desmon, a family-run firm in Italy, is ramping up production to meet demand for highly specialized freezers needed to transport and store the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at extremely cold temperatures.
The president's early-year budget plan had called for the raise along with proposals to reduce the value of retirement benefits.
According to data on the government’s Paycheck Protection Program, about 600 mostly larger companies, including dozens of national chains, received the maximum amount allowed under the program of $10 million.
The National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon's bid to delay a hearing on a unionization vote by Alabama warehouse workers into the next year as the company ramped up its anti-union offensive.
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