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Newly revealed call details how Trump pressed Georgia investigator to find vote fraud
The then-president asked a Georgia law enforcement official to find evidence of fraud with absentee-by-mail ballots. He told her: "When the right answer comes out, you'll be praised."
Majority approves of Biden's handling of pandemic, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds
Sixty-two percent approve of the job the president is doing handling the pandemic, but he gets a lower 49 percent overall job approval rating, signaling potentially tough legislative fights ahead.
Biden sets goal of July 4th to 'mark independence from this virus'
President Joe Biden is aiming for the country to begin to find a degree of normalcy and begin to move on from the coronavirus pandemic by the July 4th holiday, Biden announced in his first prime-time address Thursday night from the White House on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic.
Nursing home residents can get hugs again, feds say
Nursing home residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can get hugs again from their loved ones, and all residents may enjoy more indoor visits, the government said Wednesday in a step toward pre-pandemic normalcy.
Reporter acquitted in case seen as attack on press rights
Jurors have acquitted an Iowa journalist who was pepper-sprayed and arrested by police while covering a protest in a case that critics have derided as an attack on press freedom and an abuse of prosecutorial discretion. 
Signs of the times: Months after the election, yard signs still causing a ruckus
The 2020 election is over, but in some Minnesota communities, the campaign is still sparking controversy — in people’s yards. And cities are now rethinking their election sign restrictions.