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The meeting where the issue of appointing Powell was raised included lots of yelling and screaming as some were accused of not doing enough to try to overturn the election results. The meeting comes amid concern by senior White House officials that Trump is increasingly listening to his most fringe advisers and might abuse his power as president in the last weeks in office. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, for example, has publicly floated the idea of imposing martial law and Trump asked about the idea at the Friday meeting. The White House counsel, Pat A. Cipollone, and the Wh...

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As lawmakers continue negotiations through the weekend, there is lots of frustration that many of them have no idea what the deal will actually include as the leaders negotiate. “It’s beginning to reach the point of absurdity,” Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said on Friday. Other lawmakers also did not hide their frustration that the negotiations on what would be the largest relief package since spring was taking so long. “This is ridiculous,” said Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut. “We should have a deal — we should’ve had a deal a long time ago. It’s unc...

Only days earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had scoffed at the suggestions that a new lockdown was needed, saying those who were calling for it wanted to “cancel Christmas.” But he backtracked on Saturday saying that a faster-spreading strain of COVID-19 currently making the rounds had forced him to reconsider as he imposed a strict lockdown on London and most of southeast England. “It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you we cannot proceed with Christmas as planned,” Johnson said. The prime minister said the surge in cases “is being driven by the new variant o...