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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP — Game starts 8 p.m.

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TOP STORIES

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TRUMP’S FUTURE — With impeachment pressure mounting, the House is speeding ahead to try to oust President Donald Trump from office. Democrats are pushing first for the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to remove Trump from office. After that, impeachment proceedings are set for Wednesday. By Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 1,010 words, photos, video.

CAPITOL BREACH-STATEHOUSES — State capitols across the country are under heightened security after the siege of the U.S. Capitol last week. The FBI warns of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. By David A. Lieb. SENT: 900 words, photos. With CAPITOL BREACH-FBI WARNING — FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests. SENT: 760 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — The U.S. enters the second month of the biggest vaccination effort in history with a major expansion of the campaign, opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate a larger and more diverse pool of people. By Lisa Marie Pane, Patty Nieberg and Julie Watson. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.

TRUMP-HOMELAND SECURITY — President Trump’s acting head of the Department of Homeland Security resigns, leaving the post earlier than planned and as the nation faces a heightened threat from domestic terrorism from extremists seeking to reverse the November election. Chad Wolf says he was compelled to leave by court rulings that found he could not legally hold the position, among other reasons he did not specify. By Ben Fox. SENT: 150 words, photo. UPCOMING: 500 words by 7 p.m.

CAPITOL BREACH-THE IMAGERY — Many in the mob that attacked the Capitol did so while livestreaming, posting on Facebook and taking selfies, turning the Capitol into a theater of real-time far-right propaganda. Journalists also documented the chaos. Taken together, the fragmented feeds from Wednesday’s incursion form a tableau of an ill-conceived insurrection. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 1,360 words, photos. Abridged version also available.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP — Top-ranked Alabama goes for another national title for Nick Saban, this time going up against No. 3 Ohio State in the final game of a pandemic-altered season. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo. UPCOMING: Game starts 8 p.m. With T25-COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL — Final AP Top 25 is released. UPCOMING: 400 words by 8:30 p.m.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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HOTEL-CONFRONTATION — A white woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone and tackled him at a New York City hotel appears to back off her apology in a TV interview. SENT: 510 words, photos.

TRUMP-SOCIAL MEDIA BANS — The conservative-friendly social network Parler is booted off the internet over ties to last week’s siege on the U.S. Capitol. SENT: 600 words, photos. With MEDIA-TALK RADIO — Report: Company tells radio hosts to stop stolen election talk. SENT: 150 words.

LOTTERY JACKPOTS — After a long stretch of relatively paltry prizes, U.S. lottery players now have a choice of jackpots that offer combined prizes of more than $1 billion. SENT: 320 words.

VATICAN-WOMEN — Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass. SENT: 470 words, photo.

SPAIN-STORM AFTERMATH — The Spanish capital of Madrid tries to get back on its feet after a 50-year record snowfall. SENT: 560 words, photos.

TRUMP-BELICHICK — President Trump plans to honor New England coach Bill Belichick with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. SENT: 200 words, photos.

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MORE ON THE CAPITOL ATTACK

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PENCE — Last week it was President Trump putting intense pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to block election certification. This week, it’s House Democrats trying to put the squeeze on Pence, asking him to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. UPCOMING: 800 words by 7 p.m., photos.

CAPITOL BREACH-EXPLOSIVES — As thousands of President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, federal agents were also working to detonate two pipe bombs found at the Republican and Democratic national committees. The focus on the insurrection temporarily shifted attention away from the explosives threat. SENT: 620 words, photos. (Replaces CAPITOL BREACH-PIPE BOMBS from 2 p.m. digest.)

CAPITOL BREACH-BUSINESS BACKLASH — Corporate America is hitting pause on its financial relationship with Republicans, with some of the biggest names in business announcing temporary suspensions of political donations in the aftermath of the assault on Capitol Hill. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.

CAPITOL BREACH-GIULIANI — Rudy Giuliani faces possible expulsion from the New York State Bar Association over incendiary remarks he made to President Trump’s supporters before they stormed the Capitol. SENT: 430 words, photos.

MELANIA TRUMP — Breaking her silence of several days, Melania Trump says she is “disappointed and disheartened” by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week by supporters of her husband. SENT: 450 words, photos.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — California’s coronavirus catastrophe reaches a new level as data show the nation’s most populous state has recorded more than 30,000 deaths since the pandemic began. SENT: 650 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-HERD IMMUNITY — The World Health Organization’s chief scientist warns that even as countries roll out vaccinations, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year. SENT: 520 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — The U.K. opens seven mass vaccination centers as it moves into the most perilous moment of the pandemic, with exhausted medical staff reeling. SENT: 590 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA-WHO — China says experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive Thursday for an investigation into the origins of the pandemic. SENT: 690 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-GORILLAS — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park test positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates. SENT: 380 words.

BIDEN-VACCINATION — President-elect Joe Biden receives his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, three weeks after getting his first one. SENT: 510 words, photos.

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UNITED STATES-POMPEO — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes to U.S.-government funded airwaves to deliver a full-throated defense of the Trump administration’s presentation of its foreign policy and its support for democracy abroad. By Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee. SENT: 780 words, photo.

BIDEN-CIA DIRECTOR-BURNS — William Burns, a well-known figure in diplomatic circles around the world, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the CIA, a selection likely to be embraced by the rank and file at the nation’s premier spy agency. SENT: 790 words, photos.

BIDEN INAUGURATION — The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden will be held on the same risers in the same spot at the U.S. Capitol where a violent, pro-Trump mob descended last week. SENT: 900 words, photos.

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INTERNATIONAL

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UNITED STATES-CUBA — The Trump administration re-designates Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism” in a move that hits the country with new sanctions shortly before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. SENT: 940 words, photos.

BIDEN-UKRAINE-SANCTIONS — The Trump administration sanctions more than a half-dozen associates of a Ukrainian lawmaker blamed for interfering in the 2020 presidential election by releasing edited audio recordings of President-elect Joe Biden. SENT: 320 words.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Israel advances plans to build 800 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move that could strain ties with the incoming Biden administration. SENT: 530 words, photo.

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MISSISSIPPI-FLAG — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signs a bill that gives the state a new flag that has a magnolia and that no longer carries the Confederate battle emblem. SENT: 700 words, photos.

2020-CENSUS — The Trump administration misses a deadline for giving Congress numbers used for dividing up congressional seats among the states. SENT: 570 words, photo.

FEDERAL EXECUTIONS-MONTGOMERY — An inmate is set to die Tuesday for killing a pregnant woman and cutting her baby from the womb. Lisa Montgomery would be the first woman put to death by the federal government in six decades. SENT: 880 words, photo.

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BUSINESS

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GADGET SHOW-GOING VIRTUAL — The CES gadget show kicks off this week, but thanks to the pandemic, it will be in a radical new format — a “virtual” show taking place only in cyberspace. SENT: 920 words, photos.

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INSECT DECLINE — Scientists worry that the world is losing about 1% or 2% of its insects each year from climate change, insecticides and other killers. By Science Writer Seth Borenstein. SENT: 460 words, photos.

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MEDIA-NEWS NETWORKS — Fox News Channel has dramatically reshuffled its daytime lineup and is adding a new opinion hour at 7 p.m. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 500 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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EAGLES-PEDERSON FIRED — The Philadelphia Eagles fire coach Doug Pederson less than three years after he led them to the franchise’s only Super Bowl title. SENT: 500 words, photos.

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