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Biden issues executive orders to undo several Trump policies

Hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to keep the US in the WHO, end the entry ban from mostly Muslim-majority countries, bolster environmental protections and strengthen the fight against Covid-19.

Now that Trump is impeached again, what's next?

The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, with 10 members of the Republican Party joining 222 Democrats.

How Donald Trump shot himself in the foot

President Trump's near total loss of political legitimacy is a crisis of his own making.

US House urges Pence to oust Trump as impeachment looms

Vice President Pence has raised to objections to invoking the 25th Amendment, a move that involves Pence and a majority of Trump's Cabinet declaring that Trump is unable to perform his duties.

Democrats seek second Trump impeachment amid Republican doubts

Democratic members of the House of Representatives are introducing articles of impeachment on Monday, which had drawn 190 co-sponsors so far. However, they need at least 17 Republican votes to impeach Donald Trump.

Will Trump be the first US president to be impeached twice?

With Joe Biden focusing on a smooth transition and only 12 days to go in President Trump's term, officials on both sides are trying their best for a second impeachment or for VP Mike Pence to take over as president.

Warnock wins first Georgia run-off as Dems inch towards Senate control

Democrats needed both their candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, to prevail in order to control the Senate to back a Biden presidency.

Republican-led Senate to decide on Trump’s $2,000 virus relief cheques

President Trump’s push for $2,000 cheques for Americans struggling with Covid-19 related income loss rests with the Republican-controlled Senate after the Democrat-led House voted to increase the stipends from $600.

Trump refuses to sign Covid-19 bill, millions without jobless benefits

A partial US government shutdown will begin on Tuesday unless Congress can agree a stop-gap government funding bill before then.

Several US states hit Google with third antitrust lawsuit

The suit says Google made deals to shut out competitors and set out to lock out rivals by muscling its search and advertising systems into users' everyday appliances.

US Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit challenging Biden victory

The justices of the country's top court in a brief order rejected the bid by Texas to file the extraordinary challenge targeting the US presidential election results from Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Biden to start naming cabinet picks Tuesday as Trump resists

Biden's chief of staff Ron Klain declined to say which posts the president-elect would announce, though Biden said last week he has already decided on a person for the key position of Treasury secretary.