Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Monday, January 25, 2021

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

Schumer sees next big U.S. COVID-19 relief bill passing in 4-6 weeks
The U.S. Senate is aiming to approve some coronavirus relief before former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial begins in early February, but Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned a comprehensive deal may be four to six weeks away.

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Biden predicts vaccine available to general public in spring - updates
Gaetz-Cheney feud reflects wider GOP faction fight
Stop the Steal organizer charged in Capitol riot

Founder of pro-Trump 'Walk Away' campaign charged in connection with Capitol insurrection
Biden to approach U.S.-China relations with 'patience'

Biggs introduces bill to bar government from gathering info identifying COVID-19 vaccine recipients

Biden signs executive order aimed at strengthening American manufacturing
Fauci the highest paid out of 4M federal employees

Republicans are worried about raising money for 2022 House races as corporations cut donations following riot

Chicago Teachers Union vote against in-person learning, defying district (video)
Poll: Majority of Americans support Trump impeachment and conviction

Biden puts the 'daily' back into the administration's intelligence briefings

UN chief warns of 'existential threats' to climate, biodiversity
Georgia legislators, citing Reuters report, want every jail death investigated

Stimulus checks, unemployment and more: Here's the aid that's coming from Washington -- and what might be coming soon

Capitol rioter says he was following Trump orders, apologizes to AOC for threat

Feds track plans to attack members of Congress during Trump impeachment
WH warns of 'unemployment insurance cliff' as it increases pressure for relief bill
Trump lawyer Giuliani faces $1.3 billion lawsuit over 'big lie' election fraud claims

Harriet Tubman on the $20? Treasury Department to move forward with effort delayed by Trump

Biden Is Vowing to Reopen Schools Quickly. It Won't Be Easy - NY Times

Rupert Murdoch rails against 'awful woke orthodoxy' while accepting award
Why Sarah Huckabee Sanders may lose race for Arkansas governor
Stimulus jitters dent Wall Street's early gains; Nasdaq hits record

Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns

Florida police officer fired after Facebook posts supporting Capitol riot, mocking BLM
Nikki Haley blasts media's 'bias' for not asking tougher questions of Biden admin

5,000 National Guard troops to stay in DC through mid-March
Dollar advances as investors shy away from risk

Oregon man arrested after trashing store, spewing Islamophobic slurs in viral video
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Senator Patrick Leahy to preside over Trump's second impeachment trial

U.S. House to bring Trump incitement charge to Senate, launching second impeachment trial
MAGA media looks to turn White House briefing room into a battlefield

Vaccines emerge as top priority as Biden, Congress try to craft a Covid relief bill

Americans still awaiting coronavirus stimulus checks as Biden reportedly offers $4B to Central America

Poll: Majority of Americans support Trump impeachment
Psaki condemns left-wing violence in Pacific Northwest

Former Trump officials and other GOP lawyers urge senators to 'consider the evidence' in impeachment trial

Dominion sues Rudy Giuliani for defamation, doesn’t rule out suing Trump

Leahy, not Roberts, to preside over impeachment trial
Biden’s blitz of executive action continues

DOJ watchdog launches probe into whether officials tried to overturn election

White House condemns violence amid Portland, Seattle riots: 'Smashing windows is not protesting'

Judge asks Biden administration to clarify deportation pause order

U.S. Senate aims to pass COVID-19 bill ahead of Trump trial: lawmaker

Supreme Court dismisses two cases challenging Trump’s business conflicts

Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle

California Lifts Stay-At-Home Orders: 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel'

Fauci and Birx tell interviewers about the 'nonsense' of the Trump years

How to watch the article of impeachment being delivered to the Senate

Ohio's U.S. Sen. Rob Portman won't run for re-election; Republican cites 'partisan gridlock'
Portman’s exit signals uncertainty for Senate GOP
Horowitz launches inquiry into 'improper' efforts to 'alter' election

Here are the executive orders Biden has signed so far

Poll finds 1-in-3 believe false claims voter fraud led to Biden win

McCarthy questions Biden's change of mind on coronavirus travel bans as new restrictions announced

Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like - NY Times
Unemployment Is Much Worse Than You Think — Here’s Why

Politics live updates: Sen. Leahy, not Supreme Court chief justice, expected to preside over impeachment trial
House Dems try Trump impeachment trial again
Hawley files ethics counter-complaint against seven Dem senators

Meghan McCain: Katie Couric, others calling for 'deprogramming' Republicans can go to hell'

White House staff welcomes new first family: 'The residence has life again'

Biden overturns Trump ban on transgender people serving in U.S. military
Meghan McCain responds to Katie Couric: 'I don't need to be deprogrammed'

Janet Yellen's Senate confirmation vote to be treasury secretary set for Monday

Biden administration ramping up efforts to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

Biden's 1st 100 days live updates: House to deliver article against Trump to Senate
In net neutrality victory lap, Ajit Pai says Dems admitted he was right

Capitol Riot Puts Spotlight on 'Apocalyptically Minded' Global Far-Right - NY Times

Buy American: Biden to direct federal government to purchase more U.S.-made goods

Republicans plan voting overhauls after Biden's win

Gaetz traveling to Wyoming to take aim at Cheney amid uproar over her Trump impeachment vote

Meet the other American who was impeached and tried after leaving office

With Trump gone, U.S. Supreme Court pulls plug on anti-corruption cases
Gensler clashed with SEC investor-advice rule in sign of changes to come at regulator
Tacoma is latest target of antifa
Twitter launches user forum to combat misinformation

Former top administration officials lobby to convict Trump (video)
Biden will keep all options on table with Russia's handling of Navalny: press secretary
Most in new poll support Trump impeachment, want Senate conviction

Will Democrats eliminate the filibuster in the Senate? What to know
Some Trump aides stuck with him till the end. Now they're screwed.
Navalny’s team calls new protests in Russia for his release

Biden to replace White House doctor with long-time physician

Feds track plans to attack members of Congress during Trump impeachment

1 in 5 Americans have confidence Biden can unite the country: poll
Arizona GOP’s wholehearted embrace of Trumpism

Kerry on climate talks: 'I regret that my country has been absent'

Biden's Solicitor General Faces Tough Choices On Trump Supreme Court Positions
Andy Biggs bill would ban federal funds going to mask and vaccine mandates

Yemen's Houthis protest against Trump's terrorist label

Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits

GOP Oklahoma state lawmaker says he's been 'flooded' with angry calls over Bigfoot hunting bill

Oil prices edge higher on U.S. stimulus hopes, supply concerns
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AP source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial

House sending Trump impeachment to Senate, GOP opposes trial

U.S. rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit

Russian hack of US agencies exposed supply chain weaknesses

16 senators from both parties meet with White House on COVID-19 relief plan

Members are quitting 'sad' Mar-a-Lago after Trump loses

Lawmakers move to oust extremists from military

Dutch police detain 240 nationwide as anti-lockdown protests turn violent

Biden believes China is committing genocide against the Uighurs

AP source: Biden to drop Trump’s military transgender ban

Dem senator says 'of course' Senate should consider ending filibuster if Republicans obstruct

'We can't wait:' Biden administration fights for $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan

Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa

Bipartisan group of senators pushes back on Biden Covid plan

More than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden's coronavirus response: poll

Michael Cohen bets Trump has secret 'pocket pardons'

Trump adviser says former President is not considering launching a third party

Sen. Cotton: China sanctions are 'insidious escalation' of 'effort to influence American policy'

Sarah Huckabee Sanders to announce run for governor of Arkansas

Social Media Fueled Russian Protests Despite Government Attempts To Censor

Chuck Schumer: McConnell wont 'dictate' what Senate does

California campaign to fire Newsom nears threshold needed for ballot

Biden talks NATO, climate change in first presidential call with France's Macron

Biden to ban travel from South Africa, reinstate restrictions on Brazil and U.K.

AP source: Biden to drop Trump’s military transgender ban

US judge blocks release of Tennessee man in Capitol riot

Biden's chief of staff insists Trump admin had no vaccine plan

Transportation officials weigh options to enforce Biden's mask requirement for travelers

Growing number of GOP senators oppose impeachment trial

Billionaire wealth soars as millions fall into poverty, Oxfam says

Five examples of media's sycophancy for Biden on inauguration week

Tech companies are leaving Silicon Valley for cheaper cities

Italy's prime minister close to resignation, aims at creating new government: papers

Kremlin: U.S. encouraging Russians to break the law

Tarlov: Republicans continue to paint Biden as 'radical person' (Video)

Biden is planning a busy week of executive action. Here's what you need to know

As Israelis Flock To UAE, They See A New Precedent: Peace Deals Without Giving Ground

Lawyer who posted Facebook advice on getting away with murder suspended

White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief

Biden may force American taxpayers to foot bill for San Francisco homeless hotels

Mexican President López Obrador tests positive for Covid-19

Biden's authority is on the line already in first full week of presidency

UN agency reports China surpassed US in foreign direct investments in 2020

5 people, including pregnant woman, killed in mass shooting

Trump ran for president to help his brand

New Georgia senators carry John Lewis' influence with them

Dollar pauses its decline on fresh virus worries

Biden and son Hunter attend first mass as president in DC

FAA employee and Snapchat live-streamer among two facing new charges in connection with Capitol riot

BP's oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution

Richard Grenell: Trump told me he wants to run again

Menendez to renew push for protecting Venezuelans from deportation

Russia Navalny protests: Kremlin hits out at West as it downplays rallies

Coronavirus News and Updates:
Updated: 4:00 PM CST

U.S. new COVID cases down 21% in past week, deaths fall from peak

What's at stake for China — and the world — as WHO scientists piece together Covid's origins

Anger and grief as United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000
Pandemic downturn is over for the rich but not the poor: Oxfam

NY Democratic Governor Cuomo says some COVID restrictions may be lifted imminently
In Beverly Hills and beyond, wealthy and well-connected push for vaccine access
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Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine protects against new UK and South African variants, but plans to test new booster shot
CVS completes first round of COVID-19 vaccination at 8,000 U.S. nursing homes
US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up

Fauci says drop in Covid cases not due to vaccine: 'We don't want to get complacent'

Live updates: White House will hold regular public health briefings starting Wednesday
Coronavirus live updates: Fauci describes what it was like working with Trump
EU locks horns with AstraZeneca on vaccine deliveries amid 'supply shock'
Fauci: U.K. coronavirus variant leads to worse infections
China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines

Merck Stops Developing Both Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates

Covid: Dutch PM Mark Rutte condemns curfew riots as 'criminal violence'

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France's new COVID-19 hospitalisations and ICU treatments rise sharply
In ambulances, an unseen, unwelcome passenger: COVID-19
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U.S. to escalate tracking of COVID variants as confirmed cases top 25 million

Coronavirus live updates: California investigates death hours after vaccination; Chicago teachers refuse to return to classrooms

Full Transcript: Dr. Deborah Birx on "Face the Nation," January 24, 2021

Australia approves Pfizer vaccine, warns of limited global AstraZeneca supply

Covid-19: Top adviser warns France at 'emergency' virus moment
Mexico’s president says he’s tested positive for COVID-19

From factory to faraway village: behind India's mammoth vaccination drive

China's daily COVID cases rise, driven by previously asymptomatic patients

Biden pushes for coronavirus testing reset with $50B plan