READ: Mike Pence’s letter to Nancy Pelosi saying he won’t invoke 25th Amendment
Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a new letter Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from…
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Mike Pence rejects calls to invoke 25th Amendment ahead of House vote on resolution urging him to do so
Vice President Mike Pence made clear in a new letter Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading ‘People can’t afford to wait’: Biden and allies push for quick confirmations of nominees, citing security threats
President-elect Joe Biden is on course to lag behind his recent predecessors who had Cabinet nominees confirmed on the day of inauguration, causing…
Continue Reading Troopers guard Texas Capitol and a few protesters gather as legislative session starts
Numerous law enforcement officers stood guard at Texas’ Capitol building in Austin and about a dozen demonstrators gathered outside as the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court grants Trump administration request to limit access to abortion drug
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate long-standing restrictions for patients seeking to obtain…
Continue Reading Metal detectors installed outside House floor as Democrats express safety concerns about their colleagues
Members of Congress and staffers will have to walk through metal detectors in order to get onto the floor of the US House of Representatives, a…
Continue Reading House to vote on resolution calling to remove Trump from office by the 25th Amendment
The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the 25th…
Continue Reading Census Bureau makes last-minute push to tally non-citizens, watchdog says
Government officials balked when the Census Bureau set a last-minute deadline to assemble data on non-citizens as part of an apparent…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court ruling on FDA abortion drug rule
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate long-standing restrictions for patients seeking to obtain…
Continue Reading Fact check: Man in airport tantrum video was kicked off plane for rejecting mask policy, not because of Capitol insurrection
A video that shows an agitated man in an airport terminal, complaining that he had been kicked off a plane and insulted, has now been viewed more…
Continue Reading First GOP House member says he supports impeaching Trump
Republican Rep. John Katko of New York said in a statement Tuesday afternoon he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump, becoming the first…
Continue Reading READ: Liz Cheney’s statement saying she will vote to impeach Trump
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming announced Tuesday that she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Cheney is the third-highest ranking GOP…
Continue Reading Key steps in Trump Organization criminal probe stall as investigators await Supreme Court decision
The Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into President Donald Trump’s business has slowed as investigators wait for a…
Continue Reading Military Joint Chiefs condemn “sedition and insurrection” at US Capitol
America’s most senior military leaders condemned the violent invasion of the US Capitol last week and reminded service members of their…
Continue Reading New York Times: McConnell has told associates he believes Trump committed impeachable offenses
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has told associates that he thinks President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses when he incited a…
Continue Reading House Democrats to fine lawmakers who don’t wear masks on the floor after 3 Dems test positive and blame GOP colleagues
House Democrats plan on setting up a system to fine members who don’t wear masks on the House floor after three Democrats said they tested…
Continue Reading Key arrests from the Capitol riot so far
Twenty federal criminal defendants related to last week’s deadly pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol have been rounded up across the country since…
Continue Reading READ: Military Joint Chiefs statement condemning ‘sedition and insurrection’ at US Capitol
America’s most senior general Mark Milley and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is comprised of the heads of each military branch, issued…
Continue Reading READ: Military Joint Chiefs memo condemning ‘sedition and insurrection’ at US Capitol
America’s most senior general Mark Milley and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is comprised of the heads of each military branch, issued…
Continue Reading Washington Post: FBI warned of violent ‘war’ at Capitol in internal report issued day before deadly riot
The FBI warned of a violent “war” at the US Capitol in an internal report issued a day before last week’s deadly siege, but it…
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