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Hawley Becomes First Senator Committed to Challenging Electoral College Results

by USNN2020December 30, 2020February 26, 2025

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Trump Team Wants to Present ‘Specific Evidence’ on Jan. 6: Campaign Adviser Jason Miller

by USNN2020December 30, 2020January 12, 2021

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Betsy DeVos on 1619 Project: Revisionist History Indoctrinating Young American Minds

by USNN2020December 30, 2020March 27, 2025

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Trump Campaign Asks Supreme Court to Set Aside Wisconsin’s Election

by USNN2020December 30, 2020June 20, 2024

Economy

IRS and Treasury Begin Sending Stimulus Checks to Millions of Americans

by USNN2020December 30, 2020February 26, 2025

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Arizona GOP Chair: ‘All on the Shoulders of Vice President Mike Pence’ in Elector Fight

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

Congress

Growing Number of GOP Senators Back $2,000 Stimulus Checks After House Passes Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020February 26, 2025

National News

72 Percent of Republicans See Trump as Model for Future of GOP: Poll

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

President Donald Trump called on GOP leaders in the Senate not to override his veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after the House was able to. “Weak and tired Republican ‘leadership’ will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass. Say goodbye to VITAL Section 230 termination, your National Monuments, Forts (names!) and Treasures … 5G, and our great soldiers being removed and brought home from foreign lands who do NOTHING for us,” he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “A disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to Big Tech. Negotiate a better Bill, or get better leaders, NOW! Senate should not approve NDAA until fixed!!!” The Senate is slated to take up the bill starting at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, although Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would slow down the NDAA veto override to get a vote on the $2,000 stimulus payments to people. The House passed the $2,000 stimulus check bill on Monday night. The NDAA was passed in the Senate in an 84-13 vote, meaning that Sanders’ efforts to fillibuster will likely be overcome. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said he would join Sanders’ efforts to slow down the measure. “I will be joining @BernieSanders in blocking the defense bill until we get a vote on $2,000 in direct cash relief. That relief passed in the House today with 44 Republicans voting for it. Senate Republicans must do the same and get the American people the help they need,” Markey wrote on Twitter. About a week ago, Trump vetoed the NDAA because it failed to change or remove Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been flagged by him and other Republicans as an enabler of censorship by tech companies such as Facebook or Twitter. “Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions,” he said in a Dec. 23 statement after vetoing the measure. “It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.” The NDAA, he said, goes against his foreign policy mandate. “Not only is this bad policy, but it is unconstitutional,” he added in a statement at the time. “Article II of the Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and vests in him the executive power. Therefore, the decision regarding how many troops to deploy and where, including in Afghanistan, Germany, and South Korea, rests with him.”

Congress

Trump Calls on GOP Senators Not to Override Veto of Defense Spending Bill: ‘Get Better Leaders’

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Requires Lower Courts to Exclude Illegal Aliens From Census Count

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

Healthcare

CDC Sets New Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations for People With Underlying Medical Issues

by USNN2020December 29, 2020March 1, 2025

Congress

House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of 2021 Defense Policy Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

NATIONAL NEWS

Malicious Actors Impersonating Senior US Officials, FBI Warns

By Naveen Athrappully Malicious actors are impersonating government officials to secure sensitive information and steal funds, the FBI said in an alert on Dec. 19. “Activity ...

DOJ Seeking Appeals on Dismissals of Criminal Cases Against James Comey, Letitia James

By Troy Myers The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing the dismissal of a pair of criminal cases against New York Attorney General Letitia ...

Small Plane Crashes Into New Hampshire Condominiums

By The Associated Press NASHUA, N.H.—A pilot was taken to the hospital with injuries Wednesday after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in ...

6 More Fraud Suspects Indicted in Minnesota, as $18 Billion in Medicaid Billing Is Reviewed

By Janice Hisle U.S. First Assistant Attorney Joe Thompson announced indictments against a half-dozen new suspects in a pair of recently identified welfare fraud schemes. Speaking ...

Trump Announces $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividends’ to Military Members

By Jacob Burg President Donald Trump on Dec. 17 announced that more than a million military service members will receive a $1,776 “warrior dividend” bonus ...

FAA Says It Will Commit $6 Billion to Air Traffic Control Modernization by Dec. 31

By Jacob Burg The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to commit $6 billion by the end of the year to upgrades to the nation’s air ...

Officials Release Enhanced Video Footage of Brown University Mass Shooting Suspect

By Jack Phillips Authorities released new video footage and a new timeline late Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting at Brown University over the ...

Police Detain Person of Interest in Deadly Brown University Shooting

By Jacob Burg A person of interest is in custody over the shooting at Rhode Island’s Brown University on Saturday that left two people dead ...

2 Dead, 8 in Critical Condition in Brown University Shooting; Suspect at Large

By Ryan Morgan Two people are dead and eight others are hospitalized in critical condition following a shooting on the Brown University campus in Rhode ...

Land Along Southern Border Is Transferred to Navy to Become Part of ‘National Defense Area’

By Jacob Burg The Trump administration said on Dec. 10 that it would transfer roughly 760 acres of public land along the U.S.-Mexico border in ...

Trump Says US Has Seized Oil Tanker Off Coast of Venezuela

By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump said on Dec. 10 that the United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in what ...

Student Sues North Carolina School District After Tribute to Charlie Kirk Is Censored

By Tom Ozimek A North Carolina high school student and her parents have sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, alleging the district violated her constitutional ...