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Trump recorded begging Georgia official to overturn Biden victory

The conversation caught on tape on Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost.

03/01/2021

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Pro-Trump Republican senators in final bid to overturn Biden win

The outgoing president's baseless fraud claims and refusal to accept his election defeat has become a defining moment for Republicans and is tearing the party apart.

02/01/2021

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Swimmers in Massachusetts brave the cold waters for the New Year

People run into the cold sea in South Boston, Massachusetts, to mark the New Year. This year's official polar plunge was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic but groups of swimmers gathered at M Street beach to brave the 4°C water.

02/01/2021

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US Congress overrides Trump's defense bill veto in 'resounding rebuke'

It is the first time since Donald Trump became president that the Republican-controlled Senate dismissed his veto.

02/01/2021

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New York 2021: Times Square's famous ball drop brings in the New Year

The ball is coated with a computerised system of LED lights.

01/01/2021

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Euroviews. Trump's Blackwater pardons could fuel retaliation on anniversary of Soleimani's assassination ǀ View

As has been the case in the past, Donald Trump doesn’t see the links between his impulsive, corruption-driven decisions, like the Blackwater pardons, and threats to US national security.

01/01/2021

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Case of UK coronavirus strain detected in Florida, US

Health authorities in Florida have reported finding evidence of a case of a newer, apparently more contagious strain of coronavirus which was first seen in England.

01/01/2021

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California records America's second case of the new COVID-19 variant

The first case was confirmed in a man in his 20s in Colorado. He is not believed to have travelled recently.

31/12/2020

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Girlfriend of Nashville bomber told police he was 'making bombs'

Police went to Anthony Warner's house after the accusation but he did not answer the door. On Wednesday, the Nashville police chief admitted: "Hindsight is 20/20."

31/12/2020

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Coronavirus: US reports first case of new COVID-19 variant in Colorado

The man, in his 20s, is currently in isolation in Denver. Authorities say he has no travel history.

30/12/2020

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Vote over Trump's call to increase COVID-19 relief checks is blocked

The US president said relief checks for millions of Americans should be increased - but Republicans blocked such a vote in the Senate.

30/12/2020

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Biden criticises pace of US coronavirus vaccine rollout

US President-elect Joe Biden said that at the current pace, it would take years to vaccinate Americans.

29/12/2020

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Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight

American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in US skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes.

29/12/2020

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New Yorkers highlight what they don't want to carry into 2021

Their wishes were made as part of the annual Good Riddance Day.

29/12/2020

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Nashville police release video footage of December 25 explosion

Officials on Sunday named Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the man behind the mysterious explosion.

29/12/2020

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US House vote to override Donald Trump's defence bill veto

If the Senate votes along a similar line to the House, this could mark the first veto override of Donald Trump's presidency.

29/12/2020

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Nashville bombing suspect told neighbour: 'The world won't forget me'

Investigators are still trying to find a motive for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, Tennessee.

29/12/2020

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Nashville bombing suspect identified as Anthony Quinn Warner

Police are now hunting for a motive after the 63-year-old's DNA was found at the scene of the blast. He is believed to have killed himself in the explosion.

28/12/2020

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Donald Trump finally signs $900bn (€737bn) COVID-19 relief package

Some experts estimated that 14 million Americans would have lost subsistence payments if the president had failed to sign a bipartisan coronavirus relief bill.

27/12/2020

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Suspect home searched in FBI probe into Nashville explosion

The motive behind the bomb blast has yet to be found but FBI agents have converged on a house of interest in the Nashville suburbs.

27/12/2020

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MIllions in US on brink of losing job benefits as shutdown looms

Congress has approved a $900 billion stimulus package but President Trump is blocking it.

25/12/2020

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Nashville hit with explosion believed to be 'intentional'

Three people were hurt on Friday when an explosion rocked a mostly deserted street in central Nashville.

25/12/2020

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Trump vetoes defence bill, setting up possible override vote

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the annual defence policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress.

24/12/2020

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New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies

Trump pardoned more than two dozen people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law.

24/12/2020

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Trump threatens to reject massive COVID-19 relief package

Donald Trump threatened to reject a massive COVID-19 relief package, stating that there was not enough money for Americans in it.

23/12/2020

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Trump pardons Blackwater contractors convicted of massacre in Iraq

The former Blackwater guards were serving lengthy sentences for their part in the 2007 shooting that left 14 Iraqi civilians dead and 17 others wounded.

23/12/2020