Friday, Jan. 8, 2021

Two members of President Trump's cabinet resigned on Thursday. Democrats in Congress say it's not the secretaries who need to go, but Trump himself. Many signs suggested this week's pro-Trump rally would be a riot. Why didn't authorities seem to believe it? And the pandemic continues to drag the job market down. The Labor Department says 19 million Americans are still depending on unemployment benefits.

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