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Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's win over Trump

Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's win over Trump

Wisconsin finished a recount of its presidential results on Sunday, confirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome in court even before the recount concluded.
by The Associated Press

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With no action in Washington, states race to offer pandemic relief

With no action in Washington, states race to offer pandemic relief

Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak.
by The Associated Press

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Minneapolis council members want significant cut in police budget

Minneapolis council members want significant cut in police budget

Three Minneapolis city council members want to shift millions of dollars from the police department to alternative public safety programs. The mayor has “significant concerns” about the proposal.
by Dan Gunderson

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Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

Among Biden’s plans: Lifting the Trump administration’s near-total ban on military service for transgender people, barring federal contractors from anti-LGBTQ job discrimination, and creating high-level LGBTQ-rights positions in the federal government.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

U.S. appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a case expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court if Trump appeals.
by The Associated Press

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