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Ted Cruz warns of ‘generational damage’ in Georgia

They outperformed expectations in the 2020 Senate, House and state legislative races, but Republicans have found themselves in the fight of their lives with Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoffs, a contest that they warn could keep Democrats in power indefinitely.

January 3, 2021

Andrew Cuomo opens Bills game, not restaurants

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing accusations of pandemic hypocrisy for revamping his public-health order to allow fans at next week's Buffalo Bills playoff game while keeping a lid on the state's struggling restaurants.

January 3, 2021

Sen. Ted Cruz to Democrats calling for his arrest over election audit: ‘Calm down’

Sen. Ted Cruz had a message for Democrats suggesting the Texas Republican should be tried for treason for calling for an emergency election audit: Calm down.

January 3, 2021

Sen. Kelly Loeffler: ‘We won’t get a second chance’ if Democrats win Georgia Senate races

Sen. Kelly Loeffler warned that if Democrats take control of the federal government, they will change the rules to prevent another party from ever taking power again.

January 3, 2021

CNN’s Tapper calls out Jon Ossoff for smear about Kelly Loeffler: ‘That wasn’t true’

Jake Tapper called out Jon Ossoff for repeatedly accusing Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of campaigning with a Klansman during the Georgia Senate runoff election.

January 3, 2021

Surgeon general optimistic despite ‘pretty scary’ virus death projections

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Sunday that projections of post-holiday novel coronavirus deaths are "pretty scary," but expressed optimism that the situation will improve.

January 3, 2021

Pelosi faces tight House speaker vote amid more Republicans, progressives

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces a tight vote for another two years atop the leadership with a smaller Democratic majority.

January 3, 2021

NYC mayor de Blasio blasted for COVID hypocrisy with Times Square dance

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was accused again of COVID hypocrisy, this time for dancing with his wife in a nearly empty Times Square on New Year's Eve.

January 3, 2021

Xavier Becerra, Gina McCarthy eye dishwasher regulation restoration

Those agitating for faster dishwashers may see their hopes go down the drain with the incoming administration. Two Biden administration picks -- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Natural Resources Defense Council President Gina McCarthy -- are leading the legal fight to reverse the Trump administration's recently approved rule creating a new product class for speedier, high-performance residential dishwashers.

December 31, 2020

Alveda King, MLK niece, rejects Raphael Warnock’s claim to ‘King family legacy’

As senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Rev. Raphael Warnock has played up his connection on the Georgia Senate campaign trail to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., but Alveda C. King is having none of it.

December 30, 2020

Republican ad blasts ‘phony’ Warnock with police footage of domestic dispute

The National Republican Senatorial Committee released an ad Wednesday featuring police camera footage of a domestic dispute between Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock and his distraught then-wife.

December 30, 2020

Massachusetts overrides Charlie Baker abortion-rights bill veto

The Massachusetts legislature succeeded Tuesday in overriding Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of legislation establishing a right to abortion and expanding access to late-term procedures as blue states continue to erect a pro-choice firewalls against a right-trending Supreme Court.

December 29, 2020

Black Lives Matter PAC support undercuts Georgia Democrats on police funding

Georgia Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock both insist they oppose defunding the police, a message that might be more convincing if they didn't enjoy staunch support of the Black Lives Matter PAC.

December 28, 2020

Hunter Biden, Eric Swalwell China ties ding Ossoff

Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is fighting Republican attacks over his business ties to China as the Georgia runoff election nears, but the Hunter Biden and Eric Swalwell scandals involving Beijing aren't making it any easier.

December 27, 2020

Me who? Andrew Cuomo accuser’s fast-fading charges make mockery of ‘believe all women’

If you blinked -- or if you watch CNN -- you may have missed Lindsey Boylan's harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, another sign that the #MeToo movement has lost its mojo when it comes to Democratic political luminaries.

December 27, 2020

Jon Ossoff’s China ties compound Democratic Party’s Hunter Biden, Eric Swalwell woes

Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is fighting Republican attacks over his business ties to China as the Georgia runoff nears, but the Hunter Biden and Eric Swalwell scandals involving Beijing aren't making it any easier.

December 26, 2020

California churches indoor worship ban fate lies with three-judge panel

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected late Thursday a San Diego-area church's request to lift a state ban on indoor worship for Christmas, all but extinguishing the last hope of California churches hours before the Friday celebration.

December 24, 2020

Lindsey Boylan, Andrew Cuomo accuser, sexual harassment charges fade fast

If you blinked -- or if you watch CNN -- you may have missed Lindsey Boylan's harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, another sign that the #MeToo movement may have lost its mojo when it comes to Democratic luminaries.

December 22, 2020

AOC angers Ilhan Omar, Rand Paul by getting vaccine early

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was outraged Monday when Sen. Rand Paul told her she should have waited her turn for the novel coronavirus vaccine, even though Rep. Ilhan Omar said essentially the same thing.

December 21, 2020

Martin Baron, Washington Post executive editor: ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ stays after Trump

The Washington Post unveiled "Democracy Dies in Darkness" a month after President Trump was sworn into office, but even though Mr. Trump may be on the way out, the slogan is staying.

December 21, 2020