The Defense Department announced Friday that it has put around 3,600 service members on orders to be ready to deploy around the country to help with mass vaccination efforts. “Twenty teams are being organized to support FEMA-identified sites and will be deployed as requirements evolve. This will bring our total now to more than 4,700
Continue Reading While scores of Capitol rioters flaunted their role in the January 6 attack, a growing number of insurrectionists are accused of covering their tracks by destroying cellphones, wiping social media posts and threatening witnesses. After the sugar high of storming the Capitol wore off, about 30 of the known rioters facing charges allegedly tried to
Continue Reading The redrawing of seats in the US House of Representatives will be delayed by several months, officials announced Friday, with states unlikely to receive the detailed population numbers that are typically released in the spring until the end of September. The Census Bureau announced September 30 as its new target for releasing the numbers used
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s legal team on Friday sought to equate the former President’s speech with that of Democrats, showing lengthy montages of Democratic politicians saying they would “fight,” to argue that Trump’s rhetoric on January 6 did not incite the rioters who attacked the Capitol afterward. The defense team’s presentation showed Democratic reactions to videos of
Continue Reading White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged Friday when asked about a report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, had withheld information regarding Covid-19 fatalities in nursing homes during the pandemic. “The President hosted Gov. Cuomo, and a bipartisan group of governors and mayors were at the White House today to get their
Continue Reading An exclusive pair of Nike basketball sneakers designed in honor of former President Barack Obama were pulled from the luxury auctioneer Sotheby’s ahead of their anticipated sale Friday. No reason was immediately given for why the item — a pair of Nike Hyperdunks that was set to go on sale Friday at 4:44 p.m. ET
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Antony Blinken is removing Yemen’s Houthi rebels from the US list of foreign terrorist organizations as of next Tuesday, February 16, he announced in a statement Friday. CNN reported last week that the State Department had informed Congress of its intent to do so. The move reverses an eleventh hour decision by
Continue ReadingThe US Department of Transportation has filed a complaint with Israel over unfair treatment of airlines, stemming from the closure of Ben Gurion International Airport in which Israel has allowed the country’s El Al airline to fly passengers but barred US airlines from doing the same, an Israeli official with knowledge of the complaint confirmed
Continue ReadingThe energy level in the Senate was reserved Thursday as the House managers wrapped up their second full day of arguments in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. CNN’s Manu Raju reported at least 15 empty desks on the Republican side at one point. During Trump’s first impeachment trial, senators were required to
Continue ReadingSecret communications cited in court records are revealing just how aggressively federal prosecutors are working to understand the paramilitary extremists who played a role in the US Capitol insurrection. Two court filings Thursday in the Justice Department’s efforts to keep in jail affiliates of the Oath Keepers, an extremist militant group, rely heavily on text
Continue ReadingFormer US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley directly criticized former President Donald Trump for his involvement stoking the US Capitol riot in a new interview, a notable condemnation from someone who is widely viewed as harboring presidential hopes in a party that is still in thrall to Trump. “We need to acknowledge he
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden weighed in on his predecessor’s ongoing impeachment trial on Thursday while meeting with a bipartisan group of senators gathered to talk infrastructure but said he’s focused on his own job and the promises he’s made. The senators met with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office before Thursday’s impeachment
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said Friday he is “anxious” to see how Senate Republicans will vote in the impeachment trial and whether they will “stand up.” “I’m just anxious to see what my Republican friends do, if they stand up,” Biden told CNN in his first comments about the impeachment trial since the House impeachment managers
Continue ReadingMilitary officials overseeing the authorization process to launch nuclear weapons were unaware on January 6 that then-Vice President Mike Pence’s military aide carrying the “nuclear football” was potentially in danger as rioters got close during the violent Capitol insurrection, according to a defense official. The vice president is always accompanied by a backup of the
Continue Reading Arguing that the Capitol insurrection damaged US national security, one of the House impeachment managers, Rep. Joaquin Castro, spoke Thursday about the theft of a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. “At least one of the insurrectionists may have intended to steal information and give it to a foreign adversary. According to charging documents,
Continue Reading The White House insists President Joe Biden will “soon” speak with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the wait, which has now stretched beyond three weeks, is raising questions about whether there is a motive behind the delay. Multiple US and Israeli officials insist there is a long-standing relationship between the two men and constant
Continue Reading The House Ways and Means Committee advanced its portion of the coronavirus relief bill Thursday just hours after the House impeachment managers finished arguing their case in the Senate trial, a sign Democrats are trying not to let impeachment completely sideline their work on President Joe Biden’s agenda. The committee’s portion of the bill, which
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump’s defense team expects to finish its arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial by Friday night, two sources tell CNN. His lawyers will take the Senate floor on Friday after impeachment managers wrapped up on Thursday, but they are not currently expected to use all of their allotted time. Each side gets
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the United States will have enough coronavirus vaccines for 300 million Americans by the end of July, underscoring that he believes his administration has made significant progress given that there wasn’t a rollout plan in place under the Trump administration. “Within three weeks, ’round the clock work with
Continue Reading House impeachment managers on Thursday concluded their case against Donald Trump, urging senators to convict the former President for inciting the insurrectionists that attacked the US Capitol on January 6, with lead manager Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, delivering the team’s closing argument. Read his remarks below: Mr. President, Members of the Senate, first of
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