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Lawmakers were recalled from their Christmas recess to discuss new restrictions that took effect at midnight as part of England’s third national lockdown. They are expected to approve the government’s stay-home order and other measures.

Lawmakers were recalled from their Christmas recess to discuss new restrictions that took effect at midnight as part of England’s third national lockdown. They are expected to approve the government’s stay-home order and other measures.

The choice of a judge is unusual and may reflect an effort by the president-elect to bring in an apolitical leader to bolster the Justice Department’s independence from politics.

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With brazen breach of 2015 nuclear accord, Islamic Republic exerts ‘calibrated strategy of pressure’ on West, analysts say

Cannabis stocks soar, Big Tech sinks following Georgia elections  CNN Georgia Senate Election: Live Map and Results  The New York Times Georgia election results won’t shake the stock market: David Bahnsen  Business Insider Four years later in Georgia, Trump implosion destroys the Republican

Results in Georgia echoed what happened nationwide in the U.S. presidential election.

Israel hasn’t won the war against COVID, but its battle plan helped score victory against the flu, which doctors feared would overwhelm the health service

President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people familiar with the selection process said Wednesday.

Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney was confronted in an airport by supporters of President Trump. But Romney saved his stronger words for Trump himself. (Image credit: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)