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As the House prepared to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package as early as Friday night, Democrats were searching for a Plan B to raise the minimum wage.
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 Sen. Tom Cotton on Friday said that former President Donald Trump has a "big role" in the future of the Republican Party and warned that President Biden is trying to "unravel" Trump's accomplishments.
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 House Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., lashed out at Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough Friday after she rejected a progressive-backed proposal to include a federal minimum wage hike in President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
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 President Biden warned Friday that the rise of COVID-19 variants could lead to a surge in cases in the coming weeks, even as his administration makes progress on its goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in its first 100 days in office.
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 Montgomery County JailJessica Watkins, an Oath Keeper accused of preparing and training for at least two months to "fight hand to hand" to take over the Capitol, spoke out publicly for the first time in court Friday, claiming she plans to leave the far-right paramilitary group behind.
"My fellow Oath Keepers have kind of turned my stomach against it," Watkins said during an afternoon detention hearing. "We're done with that lifestyle ... I did it out of love for my country but it's time to let all of that go."
Watkins, a 38-year-old Army vet, is among several Oath Keepers who have been charged with conspiring and recruiting others to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress met to certify President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory. She pleaded not guilty during Friday's hearing.
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 White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended President Biden's decision to issue an airstrike against Iranian-backed forces in Syria in retaliation for recent attacks on American service members, saying it was a "proportional military response."
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