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Donald Trump has rarely said so little for so long.

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers from both major political parties lobbied White House officials Sunday for a more targeted relief bill as they questioned the need for some of the items included in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's pitch for bipartisan unity to defeat the coronavirus and resurrect the economy is crashing into a partisan buzz saw on Capitol Hill, where Republicans and Democrats can't agree on ground rules for running the Senate - let alone pass a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will not be removed from office before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - A last-ditch effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the election thrust Washington into chaos Saturday as a growing coalition of Republican senators announced plans to rebel against Senate leaders by seeking to block formal certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

Congressional Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, face high-stakes decisions in coming days over two giant pieces of bipartisan legislation that President Donald Trump savaged this week.

Senior lawmakers resolved a major standoff late Saturday night, clearing the way for Congress to pass a nearly $1 trillion economic relief package, after Democratic leaders and Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., struck a compromise over his proposal to rein in the lending powers of the Federal Reserve.

WASHINGTON - Senior congressional lawmakers attempting to complete an emergency coronavirus relief package this weekend slammed into a major roadblock on Saturday over Republican demands to limit the authority of the Federal Reserve.

Some Republican state officials are newly open to expanded voting options after such moves proved popular and the party's down-ballot candidates won in a high-turnout election, despite President Donald Trump railing against the changes.

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden, a state-college graduate who was once the poorest man in the U.S. Senate, is facing accusations of elitism from Republicans after defeating a billionaire incumbent with an Ivy League degree - a sign of how the politics of populism have been upended and redefined by President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's effort to persuade state and local Republicans to help him in overturning the election has so far run into a quiet resistance that could mark a coming end to his attempt at an unprecedented power grab.