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The power Donald Trump holds as a former president will be put to the test on Thursday, as a federal judge is set to hear arguments on whether Trump can keep secret records from his White House about his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

In Tuesday’s elections, Republican candidates surged in blue states, cities rejected major police reform and suburban voters showed their independence. The major takeaways? This is a more moderate and centrist country than activists on either the right or left let on, and Donald Trump fever may be breaking.

Vice President Kamala Harris will pursue US efforts to strengthen a recently mended French-American relationship during a trip to Paris next week, where she will also attend a pair of international conferences.

If there was a silver lining for Democrats’ disastrous Tuesday night, it was learning a year ahead of time just how imperiled their hold on power really is.

President Joe Biden will deliver remarks Wednesday afternoon regarding the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s authorization of the Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a major shift, announced on Wednesday that four weeks of paid family and medical leave will be added back into the social spending bill, after Democrats had previously scrapped the provision from the package.

A federal judge has ordered a January 6 defendant to be released from the DC jail after an unannounced inspection by US Marshals last month showed mistreatment of detainees and increased the judge’s concern that a defendant with cancer would not be treated properly.

The Senate will take a procedural vote on Wednesday to move toward opening debate on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, but Senate Republicans are expected to block the measure.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday received an unwelcome wake up call for his still-new presidency as the Democrat arrived back in Washington from a European excursion suddenly facing a transformed political landscape.

Minneapolis voters have decided to keep the city’s police department intact after protests against George Floyd’s killing last year, CNN projects.