• House Democrats are on track to begin next year with the slimmest majority in decades. Now members on the progressive left and party moderates must decide whose policies should govern.
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• A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry offered congratulations at his regular daily briefing. China had been one of the last major nations to hold out recognizing Biden will be the next president.
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• Francis has been outspoken in his calls for more global action on confronting climate change and helping immigrants and refugees — positions shared by the president-elect.
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• Democrat Joe Biden is president-elect, but Republicans made gains down the ballot in the House and outperformed the polls in Senate races.
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• Barr specified that reviews can be conducted only if there are “clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities” that would affect the outcome of a state’s election result.
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• Record turnout, a president who won’t accept the outcome and likely divided government. Beating President Trump may turn out to be easier than governing for President-elect Biden.
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• A long tradition of presidential pets will be revived in January. And a little history will be made, too: President-elect Joe Biden’s younger dog will be the first rescue dog in the White House.
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