Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Sunday, January 17, 2021

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

Statehouses, US capital brace for potentially violent week
The threat of extremist groups descending on statehouses across the country in demonstrations Sunday prompted some governors to roll out a massive show of force and ramp up security, less than two weeks after a mob overran the nation’s Capitol. ...

Biden team preparing for 'any scenario that should arise' on Inauguration Day

U.S. capitals gird for pro-Trump armed protests as FBI flags risk of violence

'Accountability for lies and lawbreaking': Biden's bipartisanship will be tested

Online misinformation about the US election fell 73% after Trump's social media ban - BI

Deceptions in the time of the ‘alternative facts’ president

Sasse says QAnon 'destroying the GOP' in new op-ed

Washington, D.C., locks down as inauguration events kick off

Schiff says 'massive intelligence and security failure' led to Capitol breach

For Trump, 68% oppose a self-pardon; Biden sees positive marks for transition: POLL

A Biden presidency could bring a wave of policy shifts. Here are the ones you likely care about.

Democrats won't commit to impeachment timeline after sounding alarm about Trump

Impeachment managers: Trial is referendum on Trump ever holding office again

CNN Poll: Republican Party favorability dips as most want party to move on from Trump
Schiff: No reason Trump should get intel briefings ever again

Away days give Pence chance to leave Washington and forget Trump turmoil

On Biden's Inauguration Day, Trump Will See Himself Out

Kremlin critic Navalny takes off on plane to Russia despite arrest threat

Police detain Kremlin critic Navalny on return to Russia

In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity

Americans see democracy under threat — CBS News poll

Biden adviser defends liberal agenda items in $1.9T coronavirus relief plan, dodges on ending filibuster

Biden will wait for recommendation on sharing secrets with Trump

Lindsey Graham predicts radical first 100 days
There were many Americans who predicted Trump's policies would lead to violence

Giuliani associate told ex-CIA officer a Trump pardon would 'cost $2m’ – report - Guardian

The Senate gets to call the shots for Trump's impeachment trial

Giuliani says he's on Trump's impeachment team, would argue voter fraud claims

Karl Rove: A Giuliani defense for Trump would 'raise the likelihood' of Republicans convicting him

Impeachment needed to bar Trump from running for federal office: Rep. Joaquin Castro

Debt cloud hangs over Trump post-presidencyhttps://news.yahoo.com/giuliani-associate-told-ex-cia-135627935.html

One Sentence in Biden Stimulus Plan Reveals His Health Care Approach - NY Times

Rioters who love their guns could lose them if convicted of felonies in US Capitol siege

Biden inauguration: Executive orders to reverse Trump policies

Social Media Site Gab Is Surging, Even As Critics Blame It For Capitol Violence

How Trump's most consequential policies have changed America

Biden's Cabinet picks: Full list

Poll: Majority blame Trump for Jan. 6 rioting, but not most Republicans

In His Inaugural Address, Biden Seeks To Move Past 'American Carnage'

Gen. Milley key to military continuity as Biden takes office

Kamala Harris is "clear-eyed" about the job ahead: "It is not gonna be easy"

Pompeo will leave State Department as a Trump loyalist to the very end

Author: Meadows is history's worst White House chief of staff

N. Carolina cities begin passing historic LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws

USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Americans, braced for violence at the inauguration, see democracy damaged after Trump

LIVE UPDATES: What to know as DC locks down for Biden's inauguration

U.S. Vice president-elect Harris set to resign Senate seat on Monday

Lindsey Graham: Pardoning Capitol rioters would 'destroy' Trump
Durbin says he won't whip votes for Trump's second impeachment trial

POLITICO Playbook: Chuck Todd to Republicans: Quit ducking the Sunday shows

Inside look at how 25,000 National Guardsmen are arriving in Washington, DC

GOP Congresswoman on voting to impeach Trump: "I felt like I had to"

'Keep your movement alive,' Graham tells Trump – politics updates

The fight to avert one last execution on Trump's watch

Trump should not be prosecuted for Capitol riot incitement, Comey says

Parler CEO: 'No indication' Big Tech threats were serious until last minute

Incoming White House chief of staff grilled on whether Trump allies should attend Biden's inauguration

Biden tax-hike proposals face bumpy road ahead

Florida data scientist in battle with state over Covid dashboard plans to turn herself in

Gunmen kill two female Supreme Court judges in Afghanistan: police

Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government

Young leaders ask incoming Biden administration for a seat at the table

Booker: It would be 'constitutionally dangerous' not to conduct full Trump impeachment trial

Capitol protest tracker: Here's a live look at capitols across the US

Trump approval remains stable, Republicans unmoved after Capitol violence, poll finds

Deaths, self-immolation draw scrutiny on China tech giants

Democrats haunted by ghosts of Obama’s DNC

California sent $10B fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment claims

LIVE UPDATES: Trump approval rating hits record low following Capitol riots, impeachment

Trump's acting secretary of defense is working to install a Trump loyalist as the top lawyer for the NSA just days before the president leaves office - BI

Transcript: Gov. Jim Justice on "Face the Nation"

House GOP lawmaker: Trump 'put all of our lives at risk'

Boston Fed’s Rosengren: Biden stimulus a big package but I think it’s appropriate

D.C. Mayor Bowser says focus must shift to 'domestic white terrorism'

Paleologos on the Poll: Inauguration Day isn't the end of the Trump era. It's just the beginning.

Biden to reverse Trump’s Muslim ban on inauguration day

Examining Joe Biden’s gun control agenda (video)

California city officials pull down 'White Lives Matter' sign

Woman arrested at inauguration checkpoint in D.C. said she was cabinet member, police say

Raskin: I am not going to lose my son in 2020 and country in 2021

As nation braces for armed protests, First and Second amendments intersect — or collide

Transcript: Rep. Adam Schiff on "Face the Nation"

Antifa supporter plotted armed attack on pro-Trump protesters: FBI

McMaster: Trump running again would be 'terribly divisive'

Music producer and murderer Phil Spector dead, 81

Powerball jackpot increases to $730 million, Mega Millions rises to $850 million

Springsteen, Miranda set for inaugural gala

Coronavirus News and Updates:

The Latest: Biden aide says virus vaccine plan on track

Bayer aims to help CureVac with COVID-19 vaccine output, says CEO

Americans criticize vaccine rollout as too slow— CBS News poll

Fauci: Weeks, not months before new vaccines are submitted for approval

Health officials confident Biden will deliver on promise of 100 million vaccines in 100 days

‘Little old West Virginia’ sets pace on vaccine rollout

We were cautious. And yet, somehow, my entire household got COVID-19.

Why are new coronavirus variants emerging in the U.S.?

Who is ‘essential’? Food and farm workers left in limbo in vaccine priorities

COVID-19 Supply Deal Lets Vaccine Maker Earmark Doses For Employees And Their Families

Thousands protest in Amsterdam against Dutch coronavirus lockdown

Trump admin enlists private firm to review some Covid-19 tests

German minister says COVID curbs should be eased for vaccinated people

The crash landing of 'Operation Warp Speed'

UK aims to give 1st COVID-19 shot to all adults by September

Austria extends COVID-19 lockdown, sees hard months ahead

Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts

Pandemic reveals tale of 2 Californias like never before

UK hopes to ease lockdown from March: minister