How Trump allies stoked the flames ahead of Capitol riot
Steve Bannon evoked the beaches of Normandy. Michael Flynn drew comparisons to Civil War battlefields and spoke of Americans who died for their…
Continue ReadingSteve Bannon evoked the beaches of Normandy. Michael Flynn drew comparisons to Civil War battlefields and spoke of Americans who died for their…
Continue ReadingArmy Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Monday that the National Guard and law enforcement response to the deadly US Capitol riot was hampered by an…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Monday lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective…
Continue ReadingA commission stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to schools applying a more accurate history curriculum around slavery in the US issued…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden plans to immediately begin the rollout of his immigration agenda upon taking office Wednesday, but the new administration…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Monday lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee said that he and a fellow lawmaker personally saw Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado guiding a group…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is expected to lift coronavirus-related travel restrictions starting on January 26, nearly a week after he leaves office, a…
Continue ReadingA retired New York City Fire Department member is facing federal charges for allegedly participating in the deadly riot at the US Capitol earlier…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani personally voted in the 2020 election using a voting method he publicly disparaged and…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book will now be published by conservative publishing house Regnery Publishing after it was dropped…
Continue ReadingVice President-elect Kamala Harris has formally submitted a letter of resignation for her US Senate seat to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, ending her…
Continue ReadingThe Trump-appointed official overseeing the 2020 census announced his resignation on Monday, nearly a year before his term was scheduled to end.…
Continue ReadingIrony is dead at Trump’s State Department. In a statement on Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s spokeswoman praised Ugandans for…
Continue ReadingOn the morning of January 20, Donald Trump and Melania Trump will depart the White House as President and first lady, but they will not invite their…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller “immediately cease” his plans to install a Trump…
Continue ReadingHistorians face a daunting task when it comes time to assessing Donald Trump’s presidency, during which news often moved at breakneck pace, and…
Continue ReadingFor four years, President Donald Trump has careened from one crisis to the next, many of his own making. Still, through the Mueller investigation,…
Continue ReadingAn Army reservist who federal investigators say has security-level security clearance and a long record of posting his extremist views online was…
Continue ReadingAn Army reservist who federal investigators say has security-level security clearance and a long record of posting his extremist views online was…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s expected batch of 100 pardons and commutations on the penultimate day of his presidency won’t be the highest of…
Continue ReadingA small fire at an apparent homeless encampment less than a mile away from the US Capitol Building on Monday prompted Capitol Police to put the…
Continue ReadingThe head of the DC National Guard said Monday that the FBI is vetting troops involved in securing the US Capitol around President-elect Joe…
Continue ReadingA small fire at an apparent homeless encampment less than a mile away from the US Capitol Building on Monday prompted Capitol Police to put the…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden’s shouldering of the presidency on Wednesday will finally end twice-impeached Donald Trump’s four-year assault…
Continue ReadingThere are just days to go until President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in, Donald Trump is no longer President and Democrats take control of the US…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden nominated Gary Gensler to serve as the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra to lead the…
Continue ReadingAn Army reservist who federal investigators say has secret-level security clearance and a long record of posting his extremist views online was among…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Gary Gensler to serve as the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit…
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence reached out to Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman late last week to thank him for his efforts during the attack on the…
Continue ReadingThe National Security Agency said Sunday it was installing Trump National Security Council staffer Michael Ellis as its general counsel, after acting…
Continue ReadingTwitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of new rules the social media platform put…
Continue ReadingAllies and associates of President Donald Trump have collected tens of thousands of dollars in fees from those seeking pardons from the President,…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is on track to take office without key Cabinet members being confirmed on the day of his inauguration, a result of the…
Continue ReadingWhen the US Senate moves forward with an impeachment trial of soon-to-be former President Donald Trump, senators would have full control over how…
Continue ReadingVice President-elect Kamala Harris will officially resign Monday from her US Senate seat, ending her four-year Senate career, according to a Harris…
Continue ReadingDistrict of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine warned Sunday that President Donald Trump could possibly be charged by city prosecutors with…
Continue ReadingMelania Trump will be exiting the White House with the lowest favorability rating of her tenure as first lady, according to a new CNN poll. At 47%,…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden’s incoming White House chief of staff on Sunday did not rule out blocking President Donald Trump from receiving intelligence…
Continue ReadingLoews Hotel Group has canceled an upcoming fundraiser for Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, saying it’s opposed to “all who supported and…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump will leave office with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with more…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Jamie Raskin said Sunday that he’s “not going to lose my son at the end of 2020 and lose my country and my republic in…
Continue ReadingThe Republican Party will begin its time as the minority party in Washington unpopular with a public ready to move on from President Donald Trump,…
Continue ReadingA cohort of youth-led organizations has asked the incoming Biden administration to create official positions aimed at engaging younger Americans. The…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden plans to sign roughly a dozen executive orders, including rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s presidency has largely been defined by his disregard for political norms and his historic two impeachments. Trump purposefully…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has not yet assembled a defense team for his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, a spokesperson for the President’s…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion relief package Thursday that included more stimulus payments and other direct aid, but don’t…
Continue ReadingVice President-elect Kamala Harris in a new interview airing Sunday recalled the time Beau Biden, the late son of President-elect Joe Biden, stood by…
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Mike Pompeo departs his Foggy Bottom post on Wednesday a loyal Trump footman to the very end. His nearly three-year term as the…
Continue ReadingThe acting secretary of defense is trying to install a Trump loyalist as the top lawyer at the National Security Agency, according to three sources…
Continue ReadingThe presidency of Donald Trump has left such a wretched stench in Europe that it’s hard to see how, even in four years, Joe Biden could…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s communications director has resigned in the wake of the Capitol insurrection earlier this month, according to…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Lou Correa of California said Saturday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss President-elect Joe Biden’s…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced key members of his White House science team, including his nominee for director of the Office of…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden plans to sign roughly a dozen executive orders, including rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump seemed to be a teflon president. It didn’t matter how big things seem to get — Trump’s political career…
Continue ReadingKamala Harris will be sworn in Wednesday as the next vice president of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump may be leaving the White House in a few days, but the umbrella of conspiracy theories he inspired is only just arriving in Washington.…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced key members of his White House science team, including his nominee for director of the Office of…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have dropped a playlist to keep your at-home celebration in tune with the upcoming…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump‘s “actions and rhetoric” have tarnished the administration’s legacy, Health and Human Services…
Continue ReadingAmanda Gorman was about halfway through writing the poem that she’ll deliver at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week when…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has been working to bolster conspiratorial claims that left-wing agitators played a…
Continue ReadingFederal authorities are piecing together a chilling picture of the January 6 insurrection that reveals major security and intelligence failures,…
Continue ReadingPoll of the week: A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating stands at 33%, while his disapproval is…
Continue ReadingAs the country focused on the aftermath of riots in the US Capitol and the unprecedented second impeachment of President Donald Trump, the liberal…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will introduce key members of their White House science team on Saturday afternoon…
Continue ReadingAuthorities are investigating hundreds of people in connection with the deadly pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol. Some of the defendants are accused…
Continue ReadingAn internal Capitol Police intelligence report produced three days before rioters breached the US Capitol cautioned that violent supporters of…
Continue ReadingA Trump ally’s notes visible as he visited the West Wing on Friday revealed a suggestion to replace the current CIA director with the current…
Continue ReadingHopes of a surge in Covid-19 vaccine shipments under a new policy to release second doses held in reserve appear to be evaporating — with the…
Continue ReadingThe Pentagon has authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, the National Guard Bureau said in…
Continue ReadingUS investigators have opened 275 criminal cases and charged roughly 98 individuals in connection to last week’s pro-President Donald Trump riot…
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence came closer than initially known to the mob of pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, according to new…
Continue ReadingJustice Department prosecutors have formally walked back their assertion in a court filing that said Capitol rioters sought to “capture and…
Continue ReadingThere’ll be no arguments about crowd size at Joe Biden’s inauguration — because there won’t be a crowd. In an extraordinary move…
Continue ReadingHopes of a surge in Covid-19 vaccine shipments under a new policy to release second doses held in reserve appear to be evaporating — with the…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is elevating the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet-level position, a move…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden on Friday outlined a plan to administer Covid-19 vaccines to the US population that includes opening up eligibility to get…
Continue ReadingActing Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, who will leave office in less than a week. stated that he ‘cannot wait to leave this…
Continue ReadingRep. John Garamendi said Friday that he was concerned that fellow representatives who want to be armed at the Capitol were a threat to him and other…
Continue ReadingRep. John Garamendi said Friday that he was concerned that fellow representatives who want to be armed at the Capitol were a threat to him and other…
Continue ReadingRep. Jason Crow didn’t expect to vote to impeach a US President twice in when he came to Congress. The Colorado Democrat certainly didn’t…
Continue ReadingThe Manhattan district attorney’s office has expanded its criminal investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances to include the…
Continue ReadingFederal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the…
Continue ReadingWhen Andrea Hall leads the nation in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, she’ll not only represent…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the House on Friday rejected a request from one of its members to allow her and others to participate remotely due to her being at…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers in the first week of the legislative session wasted no time initiating a power struggle with Republican Gov. Brad Little that could…
Continue ReadingDays before the violent insurrection at the US Capitol, the then-US House Sergeant at Arms sent a memo to members of Congress banning tours of…
Continue ReadingThe first confirmation hearing for a crucial position in the Biden administration has been postponed from Friday until Tuesday of next week. The…
Continue ReadingOne is dropping in on the White House phone operators, addressing troops at bases across the country, paying a visit to national guardsmen in place…
Continue ReadingFormer Secretary of State Rex Tillerson painted a scathing picture of his old boss President Donald Trump as someone who made uninformed decisions…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to send the House’s impeachment article to the Senate next week, according to a source familiar with her…
Continue ReadingA pheasant took flight from the White House Thursday afternoon. Toted by Debbie Meadows, wife of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced that retired Lt. General Russel Honoré will lead a review of the “security…
Continue ReadingVice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff recalled their first date in a rare joint interview with CNN’s Abby Phillip, for…
Continue ReadingOklahoma Sen. James Lankford, under pressure from his Black constituents over his decision to initially support objections to Congress’…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced that retired Lt. General Russel Honoré will lead a review of the “security…
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