In Georgia, Bidenâs Presidency Meets An Early Defining Moment
Biden has sold himself to Americans as an uniter and a seasoned legislative broker. He s aware of the stakes on Jan. 5.
Bill Barrow
ATLANTA (AP) â Usually itâs a presidentâs first midterm election that reorders a White Houseâs political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office.
Two runoffs Tuesday in Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and, thus, how far the new president can reach legislatively on issues such as the pandemic, health care, taxation, energy, and the environment. For a politician who sold himself to Americans as an uniter and a seasoned legislative broker, the Georgia elections will help determine whether heâs able to live up to his billing.
U.S.-Backed Airstrikes Are Killing People In Yemen. This Is Their Impact.
President Donald Trump has resisted bipartisan efforts to end the American role in the war, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives. President-elect Joe Biden says he will change course.
Video credit: Skye Fitzgerald, director, Spin Film
Ahmed Elhubbish, a middle-aged Yemeni living in Yemen’s capital city of Sanaa, wants to know what his children Abdul Rahman, Khalid, Wasim and Siham did wrong.
Last year, they were killed in an airstrike launched from thousands of miles above them by sophisticated machinery from continents away. What could make them targets for the coalition led by Saudi Arabia and supported by the U.S. that has been bombing Yemen since 2015?
GOP Fissures Over Trump s Electoral College Challenge Of Biden
The effort to subvert the will of voters is forcing Republicans to make choices that will set the contours of the post-Trump era and an evolving GOP.
Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging Republicans not to try to overturn the election, but not everyone is heeding him. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri vows to join House Republicans in objecting to the state tallies. On the other side of the party’s split, GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska warns such challenges are a “dangerous ploy” threatening the nation’s civic norms.
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A couple weeks ago, a friend shared a link with me that has been going around the internet. You may have seen it. There are several images set in a garden scene with a bench, and there are toddlers in various states of despair, screaming and wailing as a person dressed as the Grinch, Dr. Seuss’ beloved Christmas villain, sneaks up on them while hamming it up for the camera.
“Legendary,” read the caption, followed by the laugh emoji ― the one where the eyes are squinted and streaming and the face is tilted too. Ha.