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America’s running political conversation defaults to the sitting president. Today, Joe Biden’s legislative struggles, pandemic management and weak approval rating drown out most everything else.

CNN’s Jim Acosta takes a look back at the largest political stories from 2021.

Nearly a year after his failed coup attempt, Donald Trump’s habit of putting his own political gain over truth is playing out again as the ex-commander-in-chief and his associates seek to delay and defy the House select committee probing the January 6 insurrection.

Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich on Friday sued the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot to prevent it from obtaining his financial documents from JP Morgan, which is also named in the lawsuit.

The Justice Department this week released a three-hour video of a battle between rioters and the police at the US Capitol Building on January 6 where rioters brandished weapons, officers were viciously beaten, and a member of the mob died on Capitol steps.

More than 800 faith leaders are urging President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats to pass voting rights legislation in 2022, writing in a letter released Thursday that the issue needs to be the administration’s “number-one priority” after measures stalled in the Senate.

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik says he is planning to publicly release some documents requested by the House select committee investigating January 6.

President Joe Biden says he supports making an exception to the Senate filibuster rules in order to pass voting rights legislation.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that a rematch against former President Donald Trump in 2024 only increases his desire to run for reelection.

The Biden administration is considering extending the pause on federal student loan payments, which were set to restart on February 1.