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With election over, Biden eyes parting blow to Putin war chest

President Joe Biden is weighing major new sanctions against Russia’s energy sector in his final weeks in office, four people familiar with the matter said, as the administration considers a parting blow in its financial war against Vladimir Putin.

Georgian lawmakers hand presidency to far-right former soccer star

Georgia's governing lawmakers on Saturday handed the presidency to a former soccer star turned far-right politician, setting up a standoff with the sitting president and deepening the country's political turmoil after weeks of protests and a disputed parliamentary election.

Trump won. The celebrations started. Then the trouble began

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Former congressman Matt Gaetz greeted his admirers Thursday night on the lawn outside Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, freshly named as the president-elect’s pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer despite an outstanding House investigation into allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl.

Reeling from election losses, Democrats cast blame on each other

Two weeks removed from a set of losses that sent Democratic leaders into a tailspin, the years-long ideological battle between the progressive left and centrists has once again come to a head as both sides fight to shift blame and take the reins of the future direction of the party.

Republicans win control of House, cementing GOP trifecta under Trump

Republicans cemented their control of the House on Wednesday after holding onto a handful of critical seats in Arizona and California and defeating incumbent Democrats in key battleground districts, handing the GOP a governing trifecta in Washington to enact President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

Biden, Trump to meet at White House on Wednesday

President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, extending a presidential tradition to his onetime rival that Trump did not offer four years ago after Biden defeated him.