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As top Democrat on Senate Rules Committee, Minnesota's Klobuchar to be front and center at inauguration.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar took center stage Wednesday at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and used her introductory address to remind Americans that democracy cannot be taken for granted.

Shutterstock In the lead-up to the 2016 election, former president (and, at that moment, aspiring first gentleman) Bill Clinton trotted out a stump speech line at an event for his wife, telling reporters, “I am tired of the stranglehold that women have had on the job of presidential spouse.” Four years later, when presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to pick a woman as his vice president—and to bean-count his cabinet to ensure that it met a level of racial and gender diversity that reflected America itself—he perhaps did not think of the trailblazing first he might be furnishing...

BALTIMORE — As with many death row inmates, the final days before Dustin John Higgs’ scheduled execution Friday are marked by a flurry of last-minute legal appeals to spare his

BALTIMORE — As with many death row inmates, the final days before Dustin John Higgs’ scheduled execution Friday are marked by a flurry of last-minute legal appeals to spare his