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On Monday, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) issued a statement titled "Washington is Broken," suggesting that he's against the stimulus agreement that would include $600 in direct payments to Americans.

Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said that while he's "glad" the package doesn't include state and local funding sought by Democrats, "vital programs are being attached to an omnibus spending bill that mortgages our children and grandchildren's futures," and that "I've repeatedly voted against enormous and wasteful spending bills."

On Monday, congressional leaders finally unveiled the text of the coronavirus stimulus package.

The bill is 5,593 pages, meaning it is basically impossible for any member of Congress to read the legislation prior to voting on it this evening.

Attorney General William Barr had his final press conference as his tenure in President Donald Trump's administration comes to a close. Barr tried to dispel any myths being spread about election fraud and other conspiracy theories spread by Trump and his personal legal team. But according to one former federal and state prosecutor, it's "too little, too late."

"Easy to find your principles on the way out the door. Where was any of this throughout the prior two years of dishonesty and political cronyism?" asked Elie Honig.

One of President Donald Trump's election attorneys lashed out at Attorney General William Barr on Monday.

Barr, who's leaving office to spend more time with his family, spoke publicly for the final time before leaving office in a press conference.

White House adviser Ivanka Trump on Monday encouraged supporters to "fight for Trump" at a rally in Georgia for Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

"Georgia will decide whether our children will grow up under an oppressive government or whether America will remain the land of the free," Trump said at the rally in Milton. "I think we know what Georgia's going to decide."

Failed Republican Washington gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp, who lost to incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee by more than 500,000 votes in November, is still refusing to concede that he lost his race.

Additionally, reports the Seattle Times, Culp's campaign spending is raising eyebrows even among some members of his own party.

A group of armed extremists reportedly clashed with law enforcement officers at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday.

The incident occurred during a so-called "Stop the Steal" rally outside the Capitol building that was taking place as Oregon lawmakers held a special legislative session to consider measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police in Virginia Beach apologized over the weekend after they handcuffed and detained an innocent Black man while he was eating with his family at a shopping mall.

In a Facebook post on Saturday, Kiara Love shared video of the incident from inside Lynnhaven Mall.

President Donald Trump is starting to believe his own conspiracy theories about his election loss, according to a White House reporter.

Associated Press correspondent Jonathan Lemire told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the president is increasingly leaning on outsiders as his circle shrinks inside the White House, and those allies are feeding him wild claims about election fraud and unconstitutional remedies to his loss.

The latest plot by Donald Trump's attorney, Sidney Powell, is that the president should sign an executive order demanding Powell be allowed to inspect the electronic voting machines in states where she demands it to uncover the fraud they're both convinced is there.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman reported Sunday that Powell spent a second night at the White House Sunday as Trump is pondering what his next legal move is. Thus far, he has lost every lawsuit he's attempted except one in which he asked that his campaign representatives be able to stand closer to tables where counting was being done.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman reported Sunday that disgraced former lawyer to President Donald Trump was spotted at the White House on Sunday evening.

Trump has thought about naming Powell as a special counsel to investigate election fraud in his final month of office. Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance explained on MSNBC Sunday that it isn't possible.