The multilayered effort to steal the election on Jan. 6, 2021

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) outlined a useful mnemonic for understanding what happened on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Georgia prosecutor requests special grand jury in probe of Trump’s efforts to overturn state’s election results

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said the move is necessary to compel some witnesses to testify.

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Republican Rep. Long falsely claims Democrats ‘rigged the election’ in Senate campaign ad

Long, locked in a competitive GOP primary, attacks Democrats and echoes former president Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

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Biden’s marathon Q&A forces White House to play cleanup — twice

On two important issues — Ukraine and the legitimacy of future elections — Biden proved that maxim that “the problem is I sometimes say all that I mean.”

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Jan. 6 committee seeks testimony from Ivanka Trump to discuss her father’s attempt to overturn the election results

The committee is focused on efforts to pressure Vice President Pence to reject Joe Biden’s victory when he presided over the electoral vote count in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announces run for Democratic nomination for governor

Healey joins a Democratic field vying to replace Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R), who said he would not seek reelection this year.

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Georgia GOP gubernatorial hopeful David Perdue calls for law enforcement unit focused on election crimes

Perdue, who is challenging Gov. Brian Kemp (R), has backed baseless claims by former president Donald Trump of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

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Iowa, Texas Republicans hail benefits from Biden infrastructure bill they opposed

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The most brutal new poll number for Biden

A new NBC News poll on Biden's one-year anniversary shows him falling short of all his recent predecessors on a key question.

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McConnell waves off voting concerns since Black people turn out as heavily as ‘Americans’

Setting aside the awkward framing, the argument itself is flawed in a familiar way.

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