Congress to take up bill to avert rail strike as Biden and unions clash –as it happened

• President urges Congress to impose deal on rail workers
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Progressives in Georgia are leaving nothing to chance with just one week to go before polls close in the state's Senate runoff election.

A coalition of progressive groups has launched a massive canvassing effort for the Democratic party since election day, when neither Democrat Raphael Warnock nor Republican Herschel Walker were able to win enough support to avoid a runoff.