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Vice President Mike Pence reads the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November s presidential election during a joint session of Congress, after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite /Pool/Getty Images/TNS)
Trump retreats from his job, and Pence fills the void as ‘acting’ president
WASHINGTON Frustrated by the loss of his Twitter account and forced to accept that he soon must leave office, President Donald Trump has effectively stopped doing his job, delegating daily responsibilities to Vice President Mike Pence while hunkering down with a shrinking group of acquiescent aides and contemplating additional presidential pardons.
In our news wrap Friday, COVID-19 has now killed more than 2 million people worldwide since it emerged in China just over a year ago, White House says President Trump will depart Washington on the morning of the inauguration, the timing of the Trump s impeachment trial remains undecided, thousands of migrants in Honduras have started north in the year’s first caravan to the United States.
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Judy Woodruff:
In the day s other news: COVID-19 has now left more than two million people dead worldwide since it emerged in China just over a year ago.
The pandemic passed that milestone today, led by the U.S. death toll of 390,000. Meanwhile, the CDC forecast that the COVID variant first seen in Britain may become predominant in the U.S. by March.
Speaking with Fox News host Laura Ingraham Friday, Paul claimed that efforts to impeach Trump after he incited the mob last week were purely a partisan thing.