Supreme Court considers pivotal elections case; Sen. Warnock wins GA and Democrat’s 51-seat Senate majority; Biden is first president to attend annual vigil for victims of gun violence, promotes ban on assault weapons

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• The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a pivotal elections case Harper vs Moore, with potential to reshape the electoral process for Congress and the Presidency.
• Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Hershel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia. He becomes the first Black Senator to win a full six-year Senate term in Georgia, and just the 11^th Black Senator in US history.
• President Biden has become the first president to attend the annual vigil for victims of gun violence.
• California is closing one prison and partially closing six others, a letter from the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Monday.

Image: Official headshot of US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) via Wikimedia Commons