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Busloads of migrants land on Vice President Harris’ doorstep on freezing Christmas Eve

Busloads of Latin American migrants found themselves freezing on Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington, D.C., doorstep on Christmas Eve.

Tribune News Service

Migrants dropped off at Vice President Harris' home on Christmas Eve

Washington D.C. declared a public emergency in September in response to Texas, Arizona and other states sending thousands of migrants to the nation's capital.

Axios

Buses from Texas drop off migrants in frigid Washington, DC

Local organizers in Washington say three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve

The Independent UK

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'Just call me Fred': Upton says farewell to House after 36 years

WASHINGTON — After 36 years in Congress, Republican U.S. Rep. Fred Upton has emptied his three offices, turned in the keys and shipped 102 boxes of his papers to the University of Michigan's library.

Tribune News Service

5 takeaways from Commanders’ loss to the 49ers

Here are five takeaways from Washington's loss at San Francisco.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Commanders fall 37-20 to the 49ers

The 49ers dominate the Commander in the second half.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Major King County drug bust nets $10 million worth of meth, fentanyl, heroin

BURIEN, Wash. — Quinn, a 2-year-old golden Labrador retriever, worked his first drug bust Wednesday, helping a team of veteran Burien police and King County sheriff's detectives score an estimated $2.5 million worth of crystal meth, fentanyl and black-tar heroin before it could be cut up and dispatched across Western…

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Commanders and 49ers tied 7-7 at halftime

The Commanders and 49ers are locked in a defensive battle at halftime.

USA Today Sports Media Group

McConnell declares win, Paul cries ‘abomination’ as year ends with two still apart

WASHINGTON — Kentucky’s two Republican senators ended the year’s legislative session about as far apart as they began it.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Alex Ovechkin moves to 2nd in NHL goals with 802, passing Gordie Howe

The Washington Capitals star scored goals 801 and 802 Friday night to move into second place on the NHL career list. Only Wayne Gretzky, with 894 goals, has scored more.

WEKU

China Blasts US Defense Bill While Taiwan Welcomes It

China blasted an annual US defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat" while Taiwan welcomed the legislation, saying it demonstrated US support for the self-governing island that China says must come under its rule. “China deplores and firmly opposes this US move,” the Foreign Ministry said in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cabinet members discussed asking Trump to resign after Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — In the days after assault on the U.S. Capitol, some members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet talked about asking him to resign or invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him from office, according to testimony released Friday night.

Tribune News Service

Ivanka Trump testified father’s call with Pence saddened her

WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump told investigators for the Jan. 6 House committee that she was saddened by an Oval Office phone call she overheard in which her father tried unsuccessfully to convince Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn their election loss.

Tribune News Service

Bidens visit patients at Children's National Hospital

President Joe Biden has accompanied his wife, first lady Jill Biden, to Children's National Hospital in Washington

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House Jan. 6 panel pushes for Capitol Police changes, funding

WASHINGTON — The final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol added to bipartisan calls for changes to the U.S. Capitol Police that protects the building and members of Congress.

Tribune News Service

Presidential transition process changes head to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The landmark overhaul of the Electoral Count Act isn’t the only way the omnibus spending bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk seeks to avoid a repeat of 2020’s post-election chaos.

Tribune News Service

Most members phone it in as House passes spending package

WASHINGTON — Whether it was because of holiday plans, a “bomb cyclone” or the fact that some of them won’t be doing this job in a few weeks, the House was definitely not packed for the final votes of the year as the chamber passed the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending…

Tribune News Service

House clears omnibus spending package as end nears for 117th Congress

WASHINGTON — The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending and a bevy of unrelated legislation lawmakers wanted to pass before the end of the current Congress.

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House Jan. 6 panel's report says Rudy Giuliani called Alaska Sen. Sullivan twice before election certification vote

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani had two calls with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, before Congress voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to the House Jan. 6 committee's final report.

The Independent UK

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike

The drawn-out saga of Title 42 has been chaotic at the U.S.-Mexico border

Los Angeles Times

'Catfish' cop used his father as a reference to get job as deputy

WASHINGTON — Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl and killed her grandparents and mother before taking his own life, used his own father as one of three character references on his application for a job as a sheriff’s deputy.

The Independent UK

‘High risk of clash’ between Russia and US, says ambassador – with diplomatic relations in ‘ice age’

However, the Russian ambassador to Washinton says that prisoner swaps between the two nations have been effective

Tribune News Service

Matt Calkins: Time for Seahawks' DK Metcalf to show he is worth the money

RENTON, Wash. — No Tyler Lockett. No running game in sight. No margin for error left in the season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Some big-time bids are coming in for the Washington Commanders

With the first round of bids due this week, bidders for the Commanders are offering more than expected. A lot more.

France 24

North Korea fires ballistic missiles, denies supplying arms to Russia

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles in the latest in a flurry of sanctions-busting weapons tests, South Korean officials said Friday, hours after Washington accused Pyongyang of delivering arms to the Russian private military group Wagner.

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