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Final days bring new urgency to Trump’s desire to pardon himself and his children

January 12, 2021 6:15 pm CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump has discussed issuing pardons for himself and his children with new urgency since the attack on the US Capitol, multiple…

READ: Pelosi statement naming impeachment managers

January 12, 2021 6:01 pm CNN Newsource

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named nine members of her caucus to be impeachment managers to argue the Democrats’ case in the Senate once the…

READ: Mike Pence’s letter to Nancy Pelosi saying he won’t invoke 25th Amendment

January 12, 2021 5:57 pm CNN Newsource

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…

Mike Pence rejects calls to invoke 25th Amendment ahead of House vote on resolution urging him to do so

January 12, 2021 5:32 pm CNN Newsource

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…

‘People can’t afford to wait’: Biden and allies push for quick confirmations of nominees, citing security threats

January 12, 2021 5:26 pm CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden is on course to lag behind his recent predecessors who had Cabinet nominees confirmed on the day of inauguration, causing…

Troopers guard Texas Capitol and a few protesters gather as legislative session starts

January 12, 2021 5:24 pm CNN Newsource

Numerous law enforcement officers stood guard at Texas’ Capitol building in Austin and about a dozen demonstrators gathered outside as the…

Supreme Court grants Trump administration request to limit access to abortion drug

January 12, 2021 5:17 pm CNN Newsource

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate long-standing restrictions for patients seeking to obtain…

Metal detectors installed outside House floor as Democrats express safety concerns about their colleagues

January 12, 2021 5:17 pm CNN Newsource

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…

House to vote on resolution calling to remove Trump from office by the 25th Amendment

January 12, 2021 5:04 pm CNN Newsource

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…

Key takeaways from the stunning Justice Department news conference on the US Capitol breach

January 12, 2021 4:57 pm CNN

The US Justice Department detailed for the first time on Tuesday the scale of its investigation into last week’s US Capitol breach as officials…

Census Bureau makes last-minute push to tally non-citizens, watchdog says

January 12, 2021 4:46 pm CNN Newsource

Government officials balked when the Census Bureau set a last-minute deadline to assemble data on non-citizens as part of an apparent…

READ: Supreme Court ruling on FDA abortion drug rule

January 12, 2021 4:30 pm CNN Newsource

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate long-standing restrictions for patients seeking to obtain…

Fact check: Man in airport tantrum video was kicked off plane for rejecting mask policy, not because of Capitol insurrection

January 12, 2021 4:28 pm CNN Newsource

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…

First GOP House member says he supports impeaching Trump

January 12, 2021 3:56 pm CNN Newsource

Republican Rep. John Katko of New York said in a statement Tuesday afternoon he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump, becoming the first…

Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot

January 12, 2021 3:24 pm CNN

President Donald Trump bookended his administration’s focus on immigration with a trip to his signature border wall on the US-Mexico border, a…

READ: Liz Cheney’s statement saying she will vote to impeach Trump

January 12, 2021 3:22 pm CNN Newsource

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming announced Tuesday that she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Cheney is the third-highest ranking GOP…