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Attorney General Jeff Sessions will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. The presser comes as Sessions receives mounting criticism for meeting with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign. He said during confirmation hearings that he had "no contact with the Russians".

Donald Trump says he still has "total" confidence in Sessions.

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President Biden has made the COVID-19 crisis and a post-Trump return to national unity and traditional democratic ideals his top priorities. From vaccinations to stimulus to schools, Biden is seeking bipartisan compromise while showing a willingness to use executive authority and bare Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate to implement his policies. Republican leaders are navigating deep party divisions over if and how to move beyond former President Trump.

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