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If Dems pick up both seats in Tuesday's Georgia runoff elections, they will wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Republicans. If Republicans win one, they will retain it.

Saturday's total of 299,087 new cases marks a new single-day high for the U.S. Meanwhile, vaccination campaigns are off to a disorganized start.

The 117th Congress will be the most diverse group of federal lawmakers yet.

The vote was 216 for Pelosi, 209 for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.

The conversation was the latest in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost.

A growing number of Republicans are working to overturn Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump, and a surge of COVID-19 infections is imposing limits at the Capitol.

Eastern cities such as New York and Philadelphia rank far higher on the risk for tornadoes than tornado alley stalwarts Oklahoma and Kansas.

Spray paint on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's door in Kentucky on Saturday read, “WERES MY MONEY.” “MITCH KILLS THE POOR" was scrawled over a window.

Trump’s refusal to accept his election defeat and the effort to subvert the will of the voters has become a defining moment for Republicans and is tearing the party apart.

Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and how far Biden can reach legislatively on issues like the pandemic, health care, taxation, energy and the environment.

The events of 2020, however significant, had an effect on everyone. NPR's Morning Edition wanted to know what helped get people through the tough times.

In less than two months, the country doubled its total number of infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The CDC urged people to find an alternative option for celebrating the holiday — with an aim to avoid large crowds and indoor gatherings.

Will a woman's constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy soon be a thing of the past?

Leaders of the federal effort Operation Warp Speed said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.