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President Donald Trump encouraged supporters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday in protest of his reelection defeat to remain peaceful," but he did not call for them to disperse.

The Dow and the S&P 500 hit record highs on Wednesday, as investors piled into financial and industrial stocks on bets a Democratic sweep in Georgia would lead to more fiscal stimulus and infrastructure spending.

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday with the Dow and the S&P 500 notching record highs as investors piled into financial and industrial stocks on bets that a Democratic sweep in Georgia would lead to more fiscal stimulus and infrastructure spending.

Cannabis stocks surged on Wednesday as Democrats won a key U.S. Senate race in Georgia and led in another, moving closer to a stunning sweep that would give them control of Congress and power to act on their promise to legalize pot.

Yediyurappa has been waiting for some time now to carry out the cabinet exercise, as he was asked by BJP president J P Nadda during their meeting in New Delhi on November 18, to wait for the clearance from the central leadership.

Indira Hridayesh, in response to the remark, said that she was ‘hurt and saddened’ with the kind of language and demanded that the BJP takes serious notice of the incident.

Though many in the political fraternity claimed that Mukul Roy is the man behind floating the ‘Nationalist Trinamul Congress Party’, he never endorsed it officially.

Global stock prices slipped and U.S. bond yields rose on Wednesday as investors braced for the prospect that Democrats could win both races in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia, handing them control of the crucial chamber.

Washington police banned the leader of a farright group from the city and made two arrests on Tuesday as protesters supporting President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the election gathered in the city.

Democrats controlling the House moved aggressively Monday to tighten their hold over the chamber despite their narrow margin, ramming through a rules package that limits the potential for embarrassing votes and caters to the partys progressive wing by wea...

With mounting desperation, President Donald Trump called on Republican lawmakers Monday to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when Congress convenes for a joint session this week to confirm the Electoral College vote.

The reference is to the announcement of 32 vice-presidents, 57 general secretaries and 104 secretaries in the state, far outnumbering the seats it is likely to contest in the elections.

The consequences of Georgias twin Senate runoffs are well known: Theyll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress.

Sources claimed that there are close to 60 MLAs who could feel the heat as the enquiry of the scam progresses. This includes several former Congress MLAs who had switched over to BJP in March this year.

Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the modest drop did little to dispel concerns that the U.S. job market and wider economy face an arduous recovery from the devastation inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Biden's victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes, which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of...