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"The United States welcomes the reciprocal and fair exchange of cultural programs with PRC officials and the Chinese people, but one-way programs such as these are not mutually beneficial," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed some new restrictions on the common commercial pesticide chlorpyrifos, while refusing to ban the chemical despite it being linked to brain damage in children.

The Trump administration has reportedly refused to extend Friday's deadline for the parent company of TikTok to divest U.S. assets.

"All I can say is there was a clerical error in Harrisburg," Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Quinn said after his signature was erroneously included on a letter demanding that Congress dispute President-elect Joe Biden's win.

"It is totally his decision and it's of no personal consequence to me," President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday when asked if he hoped President Donald Trump would attend his January 20 inauguration ceremony.

"These tremendous fundraising numbers show President Trump remains the leader and source of energy for the Republican Party," Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said in a statement on Thursday.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress have agreed to a version of an annual defense funding bill that does not include a repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides protections for social media companies like Facebook and Twitter to moderate their content.

A witness for the Trump campaign said Thursday that he "can't testify to" voter fraud taking place in Georgia while testifying at a hearing on behalf of the campaign, which claims without evidence that massive voter fraud handed victory to President-elect Joe Biden.

"Encouraging anybody not to vote is ridiculous," Georgia voting system implementation manager Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, said in reaction to calls to boycott crucial Senate runoff elections in the state from supporters of President Donald Trump.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday insisted that Dr. Anthony Fauci would "never work in public policy again" in a "well functioning society" over his early comments about China's information sharing during the initial outbreak of COVID-19.

"I think it's ridiculous that you're play acting to be a lawyer when you have no legal degree," Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a House hearing on Wednesday.

The Fox News opinion show "Hannity" was watched by an average of over 1 million viewers in the key 25-54 demographic for the first time ever during the election month.

"[The reason] we haven't been able to get anything is that he, Mitch McConnell, is blocking it," said Austan Goolsbee, a former Obama economics adviser.

"It's been an amazing four years," President Donald Trump reportedly told Republicans gathered during a Christmas event at the White House on Tuesday night.

"I think if he would have been publicly empathetic, he would have won by a landslide," Parscale said.

Houston, Texas residents could soon be eligible for a one-time $1,200 payment, similar to the COVID-19 relief payment many Americans received earlier in the year.

"He's been receiving advice from these fringe scientists and doctors who pursue the wrong kinds theories," Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

"If you want to make sure this nutjob Tanden doesn't become the director of the budget, in charge of the Office of Management and Budget, then make sure we win in Georgia," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said during a Monday night appearance on Fox News.

GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska reportedly called on President Donald Trump to concede to President-elect Joe Biden on Monday, while noting that the presidential election that took place more than three weeks earlier was now "over."

Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey appeared to ignore a call as his phone played "Hail to the Chief," a ringtone he previously said was reserved for President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, while he signed papers certifying President-elect Joe Biden's win in the state on Monday.

The Supreme Court seemed skeptical of the reasoning behind what may be the Trump administration's last major legal battle in the nation's highest court on Monday.

A Texas fertility doctor reportedly claims that he did nothing wrong when he inseminated patients with his own "fresh" sperm after frozen sperm from out-of-state donors failed to work.

"I respect the voice of the voters in South Dakota, however in this case I believe the process was flawed and done improperly," Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom said in a statement explaining a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the voter-approved legalization of marijuana.

"It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon," President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday.

"For the last four years it's been 'resistance,'" Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said of Democrats on Tuesday. "It's like they're some kind of weird Star Wars freaks that had watched too many Star Wars movies."

President Donald Trump is the overwhelming favorite to be the 2024 GOP nominee for president, should he choose to run again after losing to President-elect Joe Biden, according to a new poll.

Experts are urging the public to be informed that promising new COVID-19 vaccines that may soon be available could provoke severe, but temporary, side effects in some who receive them.

"We'd have more degrees of freedom," New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Tuesday after being asked whether the passage of a new COVID-19 relief bill would lead to businesses being shut down to mitigate the spread of the virus.

"The box was more expensive than the present I got," former South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy told Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) while describing a Christmas gift he had received from the senator during a Monday night discussion on Fox News.

"The election was stolen and President Trump won by a landslide," President Donald Trump's legal adviser Jenna Ellis claimed during an MSNBC appearance on Monday.