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Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sen. David Perdue speaks during a campaign rally on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Cumming, Ga. Perdue and Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff are in a runoff election for the Senate seat in Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Ga. Sen. Perdue boosts wealth with well-timed stock trades

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, center, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, left, and Sen. David Perdue, right, wave at individuals at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. Pence arrived on Friday to support Loeffler and Perdue, who are both facing a runoff election in January. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

David Perdue: Georgia is the last line of defense against ‘radical’ Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Women picked for most top roles in Vermont Legislature

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James, left, greets supporters in Farmington Hills, Mich., Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

John James concedes to Gary Peters in Michigan Senate race

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, left, President Trump's personal lawyer, listens to Sidney Powell during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Georgia election fraud claims fuel GOP fears of losing Senate

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., arrive for the third day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP

Dianne Feinstein out as Judiciary Committee top Democrat

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

New York Democrats claim supermajority in state Senate

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks during her weekly briefing, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi wants Senate hearings for Joe Biden’s nominees before Inauguration Day

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Campus police reform in progress after George Floyd killing

By HANA IKRAMUDDIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, file photo, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. Blinken is the leading contender to become President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team's planning. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Antony Blinken leading pick as secretary of state for Biden

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., takes the stage before Vice President Mike Pence during a Defend the Majority Rally, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 in Canton, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Sen. Loeffler quarantining after mixed COVID-19 test results

By Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, center, speaks as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listen during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Sanders and Warren, the faces of the Democratic Party's far-left wing, are at risk of being excluded from the senior ranks of President-elect Biden's administration as the incoming president balances the demands of his party's progressive base against the political realities of a narrowly divided Senate. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Sanders, Warren under scrutiny as Biden weighs Cabinet picks

By STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

State commissioner of administration Jay Dardenne wears a mask as he testifies before the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee, in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, May 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana virus aid programs run dry with requests pending

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., gives his opening statement during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican Senate Health committee chairman says the Trump administration should provide President-elect Joe Biden access to transition materials -- particularly on COVID vaccine distribution --- “to ensure a smooth” transfer of power. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

The Latest: McConnell proposes shifting funds to COVID aid

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GOP wins court order on mail ballots in state Senate contest

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

Caucuses retain leaders; incoming GOP assemblywoman defects

By SAM METZ and MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

Republican supporters wait for U.S. Senate Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Sen. David Perdue to speak during a campaign rally on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) **FILE**

Georgia Senate runoff hopefuls lob accusations over campaign cash

By James Varney - The Washington Times

NJ cannabis bill advances, but lawmakers differ on details

By MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Hunter Biden had deep business ties with communist party-linked Chinese tycoon: new Senate report

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times