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    **EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT YEAR TO 2021** Supporters of President Donald Trump rally outside the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to protest the presidential election results. Congress anxiously prepared for a marathon session on Wednesday to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, after Republican loyalists to President Trump confirmed they would object to the results of at least three battleground states the Democrat won.  (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT17 XNYT17

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