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President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One in this December 2020 file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

House approves Trump’s $2K checks, sending to GOP-led Senate

By LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One in this December 2020 file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Trump signs coronavirus relief bill after days of tension

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from Georgia Jon Ossoff waves as he leaves a polling place after voting early in Atlanta on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. For the second time in three years, Jon Ossoff is campaigning in overtime. The question is whether the 33-year-old Democrat can deliver a win in a crucial Jan. 5 runoff with Republican Sen. David Perdue. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Hunter Biden, Eric Swalwell China ties ding Ossoff

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE-In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, Georgia Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff grabs signs to give out during a drive-thru yard sign pick-up event on, in Marietta, Ga. For the second time in three years, Jon Ossoff is campaigning in overtime. The question is whether the 33-year-old Democrat can deliver a win in a crucial Jan. 5 runoff with Republican Sen. David Perdue. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Jon Ossoff’s China ties compound Democratic Party’s Hunter Biden, Eric Swalwell woes

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington. President Donald Trump’s deep imprint on the federal courts is a rare point of agreement about the president across the political spectrum. With a major assist from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump and his White House staff relentlessly, almost robotically, filled nearly every opening in the federal judiciary, undeterred by Democratic criticism. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump’s impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term

By MARK SHERMAN and KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump's motorcade arrives at Trump International Golf Club, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020, file phoot President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The most improbable of presidents, Donald Trump reshaped the office and shattered its centuries-old norms and traditions while dominating the national discourse like no one before. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

A small tree has been decorated for the Christmas holiday, with the U.S. Capitol seen behind it, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Christmas Eve $2,000 stimulus check push fizzles out in the House

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020, file phoot President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The most improbable of presidents, Donald Trump reshaped the office and shattered its centuries-old norms and traditions while dominating the national discourse like no one before. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump sows chaos for Congress, departs for Florida

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020, file phoot President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The most improbable of presidents, Donald Trump reshaped the office and shattered its centuries-old norms and traditions while dominating the national discourse like no one before. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens COVID relief bill, testing loyalty of GOP

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the state's next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California gets Latino US senator, some Black leaders angry

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Tech-averse Missouri Senate makes changes because of virus

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and his wife Franki Roberts attend the dedication ceremony for the monument dedicated to Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Washington. Sen. Pat Roberts, delivered his farewell speech on the Senate floor Dec. 10, 2020 after 40 years in Congress. Roberts, is winding down a Washington career that spans ten presidencies, beginning in 1967 as an aide to two Kansas Republicans, Sen. Frank Carlson and later Rep. Keith Sebelius. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh File)

Kansas’ Sen. Roberts exits Congress after a half century

By BRYAN LOWRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, while Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, listens at left. “There will be another major rescue package for the American people," McConnell said in announcing an agreement for a relief bill, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, that would total almost $900 billion. “It is packed with targeted policies to help struggling Americans who have already waited too long.” (Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Mitch McConnell says Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks will receive floor consideration

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this file photo, then-Republican candidate for Georgia's 14th Congressional District seat Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to a man during a campaign rally Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Roswell, Ga. Mrs. Taylor Greene won the election but is now facing a House Democrat's resolution that she be expelled from the House in light of previous endorsements of social media posts calling for violence against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, plus previous statements supporting QAnon and other conspiracy theories. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Marjorie Taylor Greene: House Republicans’ Electoral College challenge looms as Trump loyalty test

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Arizona Senate to require masks next legislative session

Associated Press

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Alex Padilla picked by Gavin Newsom to fill Kamala Harris Senate seat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden pauses as he speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden hopes virus deal is glimpse of deal-making to come

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press