A congressional exercise in the peaceful transfer of power devolved into deadly chaos when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. Hours after the riots, Congress reconvened and certified President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Photo: Carol Guzy/ZUMA Wire
What Mattered This Week: January 4-8, 2021
A quote attributed to Vladimir Lenin reads, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” And then there’s 2021. In the first full week of this budding year, a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, Democrats took control of the Senate, Congress locked in Joe Biden’s victory and in one day the pandemic stole 4,000 U.S. lives. Read up on these and more of the week’s top stories — and, if you’d like, join us in taking some deep breaths.
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