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'Just move on': Republicans grapple with post-Trump future

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer
    For the first time in more than a decade, Republicans are waking up to a Washington where Democrats control the White House and Congress, adjusting to an era of diminished power, deep uncertainty and internal feuding.

Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education'

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer
    President Joe Biden revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote "patriotic education" in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda.

Twin suicide bombings rock central Baghdad, at least 32 dead

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press
    BAGHDAD (AP) — Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travel

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

World leaders laud US return to climate fight under Biden

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press
    BERLIN (AP) — World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned.

Biden's US revives support for WHO, reversing Trump retreat

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press

Powerball jackpot winner worth $731.1M sold in Maryland

    BALTIMORE (AP) — A single Powerball ticket sold in Maryland is the winner of an estimated $731.1 million jackpot, the fifth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

US jobless claims decline to a still-high 900,000

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, lowering claims to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to further job cuts in a raging pandemic.

Analysis: For Biden, chance to turn crisis into opportunity

By JULIE PACE AP Washington Bureau Chief
    WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 11 weeks since Election Day, the collision of crises confronting President-elect Joe Biden have gone from staggering to almost unimaginable.

China labels Pompeo 'doomsday clown' over genocide claims

    BEIJING (AP) — China's Foreign Ministry described outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday as a "doomsday clown" and said his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity was merely "a piece of wastepaper."