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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., leads a Senate procession through the Rotunda to the House Chamber for a joint session of congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington. Walking behind her is Sen. Chuck Grassley R-Iowa. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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On Jan. 6, lawmakers remember the carnage of 2021 in sharply different ways

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FILE - In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The U.S. has repatriated a Kenya man held for 17 years without charge at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The move leaves 15 other men still waiting for release from Guantanamo after being cleared of wrongdoing after long detentions. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen after more than two decades without charge

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The U.S. has transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A person walks near the Washington Monument during a winter snow storm in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Can Washington handle two weeks of high-security pomp along with a heavy burst of snow?

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For the first time, the District of Columbia is hosting three so-called National Special Security Events in a two-week span: Monday’s congressional certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral win, this week’s state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter and then Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.

FILE - RFK Stadium is visible from Air Force One as it takes off from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Biden signs RFK Stadium land bill into law, a step toward potential Commanders stadium in Washington

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President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that transfers the land that includes the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to city control.

Cars drive past a roundabout hoisting the new Syrian flag after the ousting of the Assad regime, in Salam City, formerly called Baath City after the ruling party, in Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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US eases restrictions on Syria while keeping sanctions in place

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The U.S. on Monday eased some restrictions on Syria’s transitional government after Islamist insurgents ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his proposed 2025-2026 $322 billion state budget during a news conference at California State University, Stanislaus in Turlock, Calif., Monday, Jan. 6,2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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After 2 years of shortfalls, California governor proposes $322B budget with no deficit

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $322 billion budget without a deficit.

FILE - Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on recent bank failures, on Capitol Hill, March 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Top Federal Reserve bank regulator, under fire from GOP, to step down next month

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The Federal Reserve’s top financial regulator said Monday that he would resign next month, avoiding a potential confrontation with the incoming Trump administration and Republicans in the Senate.

Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., after a joint session of Congress confirmed the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Congress is ready to certify Trump's election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day

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FILE - Former President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool, File)
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Judge denies Trump's bid to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it

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President-elect Donald Trump was thwarted Monday in his bid to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money case while he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict.

FILE - A staff enters doorway next to Nippon Steel logo at the company's Kashima Plant in Kashima, Japan on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ayaka McGill, File)
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Nippon, US Steel file suit against Biden administration, union, and rival after $15B deal scuttled

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Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.

FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump's White House return

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Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio is urging President-elect Donald Trump to pardon him over the Jan. 6 insurrection as Trump’s return to power has thrown into question the future of the Jan. 6 cases.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stop at the site of the deadly New Years truck attack, in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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Biden visits makeshift memorial in New Orleans where attack began that killed 14 and injured 30

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President Joe Biden has visited a makeshift memorial at the site of the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans as he visits the city to meet with grieving families.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announces a plan that would allow people to repeal and enact state law without legislative involvement during a news conference in the state Capitol building in Madison on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
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Evers’ plan to let Wisconsin voters repeal and create state laws meets GOP resistance

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement met opposition from the Republican leaders of the Legislature, who signaled that the idea is likely to be rejected for a second time.

President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it

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President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters.

Vice President Kamala Harris hands the certification for Virginia to teller Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., during joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Harris calls it a 'good day' for democracy as she oversees peaceful certification of Trump's victory

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Vice President Kamala Harris says Jan. 6, 2025, was a “good day” for democracy as she oversaw the peaceful certification of Donald Trump's victory.

President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Biden says Americans shouldn't forget the 2021 Capitol attack but there won't be a repeat this time

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President Joe Biden is decrying efforts to downplay a mob of Donald Trump supporters overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block certification of the election in 2020.

President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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As he prepares to leave office, Biden urges incoming Democratic lawmakers to reach across the aisle

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President Joe Biden is calling on incoming Democratic lawmakers to always be mindful of other people's perspectives — even when they may be wrong.

President Joe Biden departs the East Room of the White House after signing the Social Security Fairness Act, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed

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President Joe Biden has signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees.

FILE - Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Lawmakers brace for Trump's promised Jan. 6 pardons. Some are urging restraint

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The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has a new focus as lawmakers brace for the prospect that Donald Trump may soon pardon many of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes for their actions related to the riot.

FILE - Vice President Mike Pence returns to the House chamber after midnight, Jan. 7, 2021, to finish the work of the Electoral College after a mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in Washington and disrupted the process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump's win boosts Republicans' faith in elections -- for now

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Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump rallied his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol and urged his vice president to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory.

FILE - Commuters wait to drive through the Holland Tunnel into New York City during morning rush hour traffic, in Jersey City, N.J., March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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Driving into Manhattan? That'll cost you, as new congestion toll starts Sunday

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New York’s new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan is starting up after it withstood years of political wrangling, a last-minute pause and a flurry of legal challenges.