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In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, photo, candidate for U.S. Senate Sen. David Perdue speaks during a campaign rally, in Cumming, Ga. Perdue is hoping years spent as one of Donald Trump's biggest defenders pays off in Georgia, a state the president lost in last month's election. Perdue and Georgia's other senator, Republican Kelly Loeffler, are both campaigning for Jan. 5 runoff elections that will decide control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) **FILE**

Perdue seeks payoff from Trump loyalty in Georgia runoff

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Dusk falls over the Capitol, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Washington. Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

$900B COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is seen at the U.S. Capitol at night after negotiators sealed a deal for COVID relief Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, in Washington. Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana.

$900B COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sen. Kelly Loeffler speaks at a campaign rally in Cumming, Ga. Loeffler’s tight embrace of President Donald Trump and the far right while fighting to hold on to her U.S. Senate seat is not exactly what allies of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp envisioned when he appointed her to the position in 2019. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Loeffler’s wealth, Trump loyalty face scrutiny in Georgia

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Democrats rally ahead of passage of H.R. 1, &quot;The For the People Act,&quot; at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019. Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., the bill's sponsor, stands behind Pelosi at left. The bill aims to expand voting rights, limit partisan gerrymandering, strengthen ethics rules, and limit the influence of private donor money in politics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How H.R. 1 allows Democrats to threaten democracy

By Matt Waters

In this Jan. 30, 2010, photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, with his son Hunter, right, at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Hunter Biden case turns intelligence professionals into partisan activists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., at Valdosta Regional Airport, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to return to Georgia to support GOP Senate candidates

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Oregon lawmakers return to Capitol to address virus relief

By SARA CLINE - Associated Press

Illustration on Chinese spy infiltration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

China’s relentless spying on Mr. Swalwell’s neighborhood

By Jed Babbin

Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

Hunter Biden evidence suppressed by media, Silicon Valley allies

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In a photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Whitmer's administration on Friday lifted a prohibition on in-person instruction at Michigan high schools and said movie theaters and other entertainment venues can reopen with capacity restrictions following a decline in coronavirus cases. Universities and colleges can let students return to campus next month, with a request to wait until Jan. 18 to restart face-to-face classes. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)

Michigan lawmakers, governor agree to $465M in virus aid

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks past reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Congress averts shutdown; fight continues over pandemic aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, marijuana buds are sorted into a prescription jar at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. A New Jersey Assembly voting session that had been scheduled for Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, that was to include a measure setting up the new recreational marijuana market has been canceled, Assembly Speaker Speaker Craig Coughlin said Friday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

New Jersey lawmakers give blessing to marijuana marketplace

By MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

Feinstein says she hasn’t considered leaving Senate early

Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a &quot;Save the Majority&quot; rally on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Mike Pence tells Georgia voters: ‘If you don’t vote, they win’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a &quot;Save the Majority&quot; rally on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

GOP places focus anywhere but Atlanta in Georgia runoffs

By BEN NADLER and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies before a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Donald Trump blasts Christopher Krebs, former DHS cybersecurity director, over election fraud

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Democratic Georgia Senate challenger Jon Ossoff addresses supporters during a rally with the Rev. Rafael Warnock in Atlanta on the first day of early voting for the senate runoff Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Biden tells Georgia he needs a Democratic Senate to govern

By BILL BARROW and AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

In this March 15, 2013, file photo, a Facebook employee walks past a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Facebook lifting pause on political ads for Georgia runoffs

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday, Dec. 8. 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

McConnell congratulates Biden as president-elect

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times