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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) heads back to her office after leaving the house floor on December 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump signed a COVID relief bill and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government shutdown.

House votes to overturn Trump’s veto on $740bn defence bill

Democrats joined by 109 Republicans who side against president

Biden

Biden warns of Trump officials’ ‘roadblocks’ to transition

<p>The New York Post had endorsed Donald Trump for second term, asking people to 'make America great again and again’</p>

New York Post turns on ‘insane’ Trump months after endorsing him

<p>Reporter Geraldo Rivera appears on the “FOX & Friends” All American Concert Series at FOX Studios on 24 August 2012 in New York City</p>

Trump labelled ‘entitled frat boy’ by Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera

Who’s who in Biden’s Cabinet?

President-elect has filled out the nominees for his administration

<p>US President-elect Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with the United States Conference of Mayors at the  Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on 23 November 2020</p>

Donald Trump announces his decision for the US to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House in 2017

What is the Paris Climate Accord and why has Trump withdrawn US?

<p>President Donald Trump has been accused of  “incitement to insurrection” by the House</p>

Can Trump run again in 2024 election?

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How ‘megalomaniac’ Ivanka and Jared will still win if Trump loses

With real estate investments worth up to $700m, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner will not need to work if they are forced from the White House - but what will they do? Harriet Alexander writes

<p>Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at the White House with Hope Hicks</p>

<p>Joe Biden will be president-elect of the United States projections say</p>

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Can Joe Biden unite America?

Jill Biden could become first first lady to have full-time job outside White House

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Meet Dr Jill Biden, the woman who could become America’s First Lady