US news from the Guardian
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Event at the Lincoln Memorial offers ‘national moment of unity’ to honor the lives lost to Covid-19, tweets Jill Biden – follow live
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Video message touts Trump’s accomplishments but does not acknowledge successor’s legitimate election win
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Trump hints at a possible political future during farewell address even as he awaits the start of his second Senate impeachment trial
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Biden says ‘I know these are dark times but there’s always light’ amid heavy security for scaled-down event after Capitol attack
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Warm winter weather and powerful winds have led to an early start for 2021’s fires, following a record-breaking year of blazes in 2020
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Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, acknowledged the violent mob that attacked the Capitol earlier this month was “provoked” by Donald Trump
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My father, Salman Alodah, is among the thousands of prisoners of conscience in Saudi jails, say researcher Abdullah Alaoudh, writing with commentator Abderrahmane Amor
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Hope is Power
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Sarah Thomas will cap her sixth NFL season by becoming the first female to officiate the Super Bowl in the league’s history
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A Russian-American climber who went missing last week while trying to scale a mountain amid harsh winter weather in northern Pakistan has been found dead
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The Mets have fired Jared Porter after he confirmed an ESPN story that he sent graphic, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter
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The swimmer won gold medals for his country in Athens and Beijing. Then his patriotism took an ugly turn
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Janet Yellen for treasury secretary and Antony Blinken for state secretary as Trump’s second impeachment looms
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Biden’s nominee for treasury secretary tells lawmakers that "the smartest thing we can do is act big" on the next coronavirus relief package, adding that the benefits outweigh the costs of a higher debt burden.
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But sources say neither Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon or president himself are on the list
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More than 500 book industry professionals have added their names to a call for publishers not to sign up veterans of the departing president’s government
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Incoming Treasury secretary’s speech boosts markets with call on Republicans to back Joe Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus plan
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Influential IEA cuts forecasts for rebound in market as new lockdowns bite
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Melania Trump says the 'past four years have been unforgettable' but fails to mention the incoming Joe Biden administration
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A new video released by the New Yorker shows pro-Trump intruders inside the US Senate chamber on 6 January, with some photographing documents and facing off with police
What is Ivanka Trump's legacy? Enabling her father's odious actions