West Virginia GOP state lawmaker who stormed US Capitol faces criminal charge
A West Virginia Republican state lawmaker who recorded himself storming the US Capitol during a deadly riot there earlier this week is facing a…
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A history lesson on presidents who snub their successors’ inaugurations
The presidential election of 2020 is already one for the history books. After a long campaign set against a global pandemic, former Vice President…
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Biden touts gender parity and diversity of his Cabinet
President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced key nominees for his economic and jobs team, including Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for commerce…
Continue ReadingPelosi says she spoke to Gen. Milley about Trump and the nuclear codes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats in a letter on Friday that she spoke with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley…
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Biden says Trump skipping inauguration is ‘a good thing’
President-elect Joe Biden said President Donald Trump’s decision to skip his inauguration is “one of the few things he and I have ever…
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Biden introduces commerce and labor secretary nominees
President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced key nominees for his economic and jobs team, including Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for commerce…
Continue ReadingNikki Haley says Trump’s post-election actions will be ‘judged harshly by history’
Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley distanced herself from her onetime boss, President Donald Trump, in a closed-door speech on Thursday night, telling…
Continue ReadingPompeo met with Biden’s secretary of state pick for first time
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be his successor, for the first time since he…
Continue ReadingJosh Hawley’s ploy to be a pro-Trump hero results in withering blowback
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley offered pro-Trump demonstrators who stood outside the Capitol a raised fist salute as he walked into the Senate early on…
Continue ReadingPelosi tells caucus there’s more Democratic support for impeachment than in 2019
House Democrats are furious at President Donald Trump and are quickly building momentum to move on impeachment in the next several days — as…
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White House task force says there could be a fast-spreading ‘USA variant’ of coronavirus
The US may have its own version of a more transmissible coronavirus and that might be helping fuel the already aggressive spread of the virus, the…
Continue Reading US diplomats draft memo calling on Pompeo to denounce Trump
US diplomats are calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to denounce President Donald Trump’s role in the violent insurrection attempt on the…
Continue ReadingWhite House counsel considering resigning, source says
White House counsel Pat Cipollone is considering resigning, sources familiar with his thinking tell CNN. Since the election, he had considered it…
Continue ReadingFederal murder investigation to be opened in Capitol Police officer’s death
Prosecutors in the US Attorney’s office plan to open a federal murder investigation into the death of Brian D. Sicknick, a US Capitol Police…
Continue ReadingBiden to take train to Washington for inauguration, moving forward to ‘not be deterred’ by violence or virus
Joe Biden will begin his new journey as the 46th President of the United States in a familiar way: riding Amtrak from Wilmington to Washington. A day…
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Capitol riots raise urgent concerns about Congress’s information security
Digital security experts are raising the alarm over Wednesday’s breach of the US Capitol, which not only threatened lawmakers’ physical…
Continue Reading Pompeo meeting with Biden’s secretary of state pick for first time
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be his successor, for the first time on…
Continue Reading Read: Pelosi’s letter on speaking with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs about Trump and the nuclear codes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her members in a letter Friday that she spoke to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley about President…
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Obama and Clinton will join Bush at Biden’s inauguration
Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, officials say, joining former President…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats consider mid-next week for possible vote on Trump’s second impeachment
House Democrats are furious at President Donald Trump and are quickly building momentum to move on impeachment of Trump in the next several days…
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