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Det. Joshua Jaynes, who secured the search warrant for Taylor's apartment, and Det. Myles Cosgrove, who investigators said fired the shot that killed her, have been fired.

Lawmakers had convened for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the Electoral College results but protests erupted outside and government buildings were evacuated.

His victory makes him the youngest U.S. senator and gives Democrats control the Senate for the opening of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency.

Coronavirus vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

President Trump has demanded total loyalty from Republicans, but nowhere more dramatically than in Georgia where the last thing the GOP needed was an intra-party fight.

Tuesday's voting will help determine President-elect Joe Biden’s capacity to enact what may be the most progressive governing agenda in generations.

"Military and some civilian leaders have been in constant damage control over the last four years. The old 'cleanup on aisle 4, then 6, then 8,'" a retired officer says.

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.