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The Hill reports: President Trump said in a tweet early Sunday that he will return to Georgia one day before two Senate runoffs in January that will determine control of the upper chamber. At a rally for Republican Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in Valdosta earlier this month, a defiant Trump insisted that the election was “rigged” against …

The Monroe News-Star reports: Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has been hospitalized in Monroe as his COVID-19 symptoms persist. Letlow, R-Start, announced Friday he tested positive for COVID-19 and was quarantining at his Richland Parish home. But on Saturday he was admitted to St. Francis Medical Center. “As a precaution and under the recommendation of his doctors, Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow is …

The Hill reports: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced Friday she’s reintroducing a bill to prohibit lawmakers from trading stocks as Democrats look to make the issue a key aspect of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs. The reintroduction of the bill by Warren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) coincides with scrutiny Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R) and David Perdue (R) are facing …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump signed a two-day government funding bill into law Friday night as Congress tries to buy time to strike a spending and coronavirus relief deal. The president inked the legislation to keep the government running about an hour-and-a-half before a midnight deadline to pass spending legislation. The stopgap measure would fund federal operations through Sunday until …

Mediaite reports: Senator James Inhofe (R- OK) said on Friday that he’s going to leave on Saturday and said Congress should get the stimulus deal done before then. Inhofe spoke on the Senate floor Friday, talking about a number of historical events that have happened in December 19th, before saying that day is his anniversary. And Inhofe made a point …

The Washington Post reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene, a newly elected GOP congresswoman from Georgia, said she will be among those who object to some Biden-won states’ electoral votes for president when they come before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Greene, who has espoused extreme conspiracy theories, including those held by QAnon followers, will be joining Rep. Mo …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: “It has gotten ridiculous — from death threats, (claims of) bribes from China, the social media posts that my children are getting,” Kemp said. “We have the ‘no crying in politics rule’ in the Kemp house. But this is stuff that, if I said it, I would be taken to the woodshed and would never see …

The Miami Herald reports: Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 13,148 additional cases of COVID-19, the most seen since mid-July. The state now has a total of 1,168,483 confirmed cases. Also, 101 new resident deaths were announced, bringing the statewide resident toll to 20,305. Florida has the third highest number of total confirmed cases in the country after Texas …

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) warned on Thursday that the government could briefly shut down over the weekend as talks over a sweeping deal to pass funding and provide coronavirus relief drag on. “I mean I’ve already — I know people who are gonna object to that, that want to keep pressure on the process until …

Just in from Bend The Arc: A newly-unearthed photo of Sen. Kelly Loeffler with yet another leader of a Georgia white supremacist group undermines Loeffler’s claim that she didn’t know the former KKK leader who heads the organization after she posed for a photo with him at a recent campaign event. Although Loeffler denied knowing former KKK leader Chester Doles, …

Mediaite reports: Senator Mitt Romney is the rarest of breeds currently serving in the U.S. Senate: an elected Republican willing to criticize President Donald Trump. The latest example came on Thursday afternoon after news broke of a massive cyberattack reportedly carried out by Russia. Romney was mocked when, during his 2012 bid for the White House, he named Russia as …

CNN reports: Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama wrote on Twitter Thursday that he tested positive for Covid-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms, the fourth member of Congress in the past week to announce a positive test for the coronavirus. “This morning I tested positive for COVID-19,” Rogers wrote in the tweet. “I immediately consulted with the Office of the …

Politico reports: Federal judges in Georgia will hear arguments Thursday in Republican-led lawsuits to restrict absentee voting ahead of next month’s Senate runoffs — the first salvos in a GOP effort to change voting rules for future elections following President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. Republicans have filed three lawsuits in the state ahead of the Jan. 5 runoffs, in …

“Don’t you think it’s time that we had Supreme Court justices that quit worrying about intimidation and quit worrying about threats and said, ‘We are here by God’s grace, we took an oath to God and we are going to follow the oath to our Constitution and our God and this mockery of an election is not going to define …

Mediaite reports: Marco Rubio became a top trending topic on Twitter after his complaint about Biden Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O’Malley Dillon’s “f**kers” comment went viral, and tens of thousands of Twitter users let Rubio know how they felt about his concerns. That complaint prompted a tsunami of blowback, including from journalists, celebrities, political and media figures, high-ranking Starfleet …

The Birmingham News reports: Rep. Mo Brooks’ pursuit to overturn the presidential election results by tossing out Electoral College votes in key battleground states will require at least one Senator to be successful when the new Congress convenes on January 6. Tommy Tuberville is a rookie senator who will be sworn into office on January 3, a mere three days …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 late Wednesday, just hours after he delivered a speech on the House floor. “Earlier this evening I learned that I have tested positive for COVID-19,” Wilson said in a statement. “Thankfully I feel fine and do not have any symptoms,” he said, adding that he …

The Washington Post reports: The Georgia Democratic Party on Wednesday criticized Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) for refusing to acknowledge Biden’s victory, one day after Mitch McConnell congratulated Biden. Georgia Democratic Party Chair Nikema Williams said Loeffler “must end her attacks on our democracy and join fellow members of her own party in accepting that outcome.” Earlier Wednesday, after voting early …

The Hill reports: Days after electors voted to make it official that Joe Biden is president-elect, and one day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) congratulated Biden on his victory, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said at a congressional hearing that the election “in many ways was stolen.” “The fraud happened. The election in many ways was stolen and the …

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) is out with a new biographical campaign video touting his family roots and his successful business career as he fights to hold on to his seat ahead of a Jan. 5 runoff against Democrat Jon Ossoff. The biographical information is nearly identical to a video he put out in 2014, with a …