20,000 National Guard troops expected in Washington for Biden’s inauguration
More than 20,000 National Guard members could be in the nation’s capital to help secure President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, as…
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Gov. Little says there are more pressing matters than senate limit on powers
Republican Governor Brad Little said “he had more pressing matters” to deal with when asked about the Idaho Senate’s efforts to limit his emergency…
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White House task force warns some Covid-19 strains ‘may have evolved into a more transmissible virus’
The White House coronavirus task force again suggested the existence of “more transmissible” strains of Covid-19 and a “much more…
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Only 13 months after the House first impeached President Donald Trump, lawmakers were back on Wednesday voting to impeach Trump an unprecedented…
Continue Reading Trump remains largely invisible after Kushner squashes attempts at building fringe social media presence
On the day he was impeached for a history-making second time, President Donald Trump lacked a comprehensive legal strategy, had nothing on his public…
Continue Reading McConnell rebuffs Democrats’ call for speedy impeachment trial, but is undecided on convicting Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is rejecting Democratic calls to bring the Senate back immediately to convict President Donald Trump, a…
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Mike Simpson releases statement on impeachment
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson released the following statement after voting against the impeachment of President…
Continue Reading Biden no longer taking Amtrak to inauguration amid security concerns
President-elect Joe Biden will no longer take the Amtrak to Washington next week to be sworn in as president, two officials familiar with the…
Continue Reading Congress took an important first step, but it must go even further
This is an historic day for the United States. President Donald J. Trump is now the first president in American history to be impeached twice —…
Continue Reading These 10 House Republicans voted to impeach Trump on Wednesday
The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon charging him with “incitement of…
Continue Reading Trump defenders seek Cheney’s ouster from House leadership over impeachment vote
Several House Republicans are hammering Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s third-ranking House leader, calling for her to step down from her…
Continue Reading Trump’s been impeached again. What’s next?
President Donald Trump has been impeached again — the first leader in US history to be impeached twice by the House. The question now is…
Continue Reading Metal detectors infuriate lawmakers as some Republicans erupt over new measures
The decision to require members of Congress to walk through metal detectors in the wake of last week’s deadly siege has further inflamed…
Continue Reading House reaches threshold to impeach Trump for second time after he incited Capitol riot
A majority of the House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for his role inciting the riot at the US Capitol last week in a swift and…
Continue Reading House voting to impeach Trump for second time after he incited Capitol riot
The House is voting on the impeachment of President Donald Trump for inciting the riot at the US Capitol last week in a swift and bipartisan…
Continue Reading Trump’s about to be impeached again. What’s next?
President Donald Trump is about to be impeached again — the first leader in US history to be impeached twice by the House. The question now is…
Continue Reading Trump defenders seek Cheney’s ouster from House leadership over Trump’s impeachment
Several House Republicans are hammering Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s third-ranking House leader, calling for her to step down from her…
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Idaho Senate starts effort to wrest power from Gov. Little
Idaho senators have joined their House colleagues in introducing legislation seeking to wrest power from the governor on emergency declarations like…
Continue Reading These are the members calling for impeachment or the 25th Amendment to be invoked
The vast majority of Democratic lawmakers are calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office either through impeachment or the 25th…
Continue Reading House debates Wednesday impeaching Trump for second time after he incited Capitol riot
With a declaration that “he must go,” House Democrats prepared to vote on an impeachment resolution Wednesday that would make Donald…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Jim Jordan’s misleading claim he never said the election was stolen
On Monday, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump in his fight against the 2020 election results, received the Medal of…
Continue Reading Secret Service takes charge of security for Biden’s inauguration Wednesday
The US Secret Service on Wednesday officially took charge of security for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration as authorities warn of new…
Continue Reading Abortion drug ruling highlights Trump’s wins on the Supreme Court ‘shadow docket’
The Supreme Court’s action Tuesday limiting access to an abortion drug highlights its pattern of letting the Trump administration enforce…
Continue Reading Biden to nominate ex-UN Ambassador Samantha Power to lead US humanitarian aid agency
President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate former US diplomat and longtime human rights advocate Samantha Power to lead the United States Agency…
Continue Reading Man in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt during Capitol riot arrested, law enforcement official says
A rioter who stormed the US Capitol last week wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the phrase “Camp Auschwitz” was arrested Wednesday…
Continue Reading Head of US vaccine effort resigns at request of incoming Biden administration but will stay through transition
Operation Warp Speed chief scientific adviser Moncef Slaoui has submitted his resignation at the request of the incoming Biden administration, a…
Continue Reading Biden team to produce prime-time inauguration television special
President-elect Joe Biden’s team is producing a celebrity-filled prime-time special for the night of his inauguration in lieu of the…
Continue Reading House begins debate Wednesday to impeach Trump for second time after he incited Capitol riot
The House is beginning debate Wednesday on an impeachment resolution that would make Donald Trump the first President in United States history to be…
Continue Reading Military Joint Chiefs condemn ‘sedition and insurrection’ at US Capitol as federal and local officials scramble to ensure security
America’s most senior military leaders condemned the violent invasion of the US Capitol last week and reminded service members of their…
Continue Reading GOP lawmakers’ fiery language under more scrutiny after deadly Capitol riot
As he fired up a crowd of Trump supporters gathered at Arizona’s state capitol last month, Rep. Paul Gosar falsely assured them that the…
Continue Reading Trump’s actions in last days as President increase his legal jeopardy
President Donald Trump’s actions during his final days in office have significantly increased his exposure to potential criminal prosecution,…
Continue Reading Mississippi ratifies and raises its new state flag over the state Capitol for the first time
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday ratified the new state flag, and Mississippi flew its new banner over the state Capitol for the first time,…
Continue Reading What to watch at Wednesday’s impeachment vote
A week after the mob stormed the US Capitol leaving staff and members cowering in their offices, in their chambers and waiting out the siege in…
Continue Reading Pentagon authorizes arming of National Guard members supporting Capitol security
National Guard members supporting US Capitol security in Washington, DC, ahead of Inauguration Day will be armed, the Department of Defense announced…
Continue Reading House to vote Wednesday to impeach Trump for second time after he incited Capitol riot
The House is poised to make Donald Trump the first President in United States history to be impeached for a second time on Wednesday with a swift and…
Continue Reading Congress made PPP more flexible, but businesses say it’s not enough
Congress has made the Paycheck Protection Program more flexible and given priority to the smallest, hardest-hit businesses, but the long-awaited…
Continue Reading House approves resolution calling to remove Trump despite Pence rejecting 25th Amendment push
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to approve a resolution calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the…
Continue Reading Investigation into Capitol attack is unprecedented in scope, Justice Department says
Federal investigators are chasing thousands of leads in twin efforts to prosecute people involved in last week’s attack on the US Capitol and…
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Watch the impeachment debate, vote Wednesday
On Wednesday, January 13, the House of Representatives is scheduled to debate and vote on an article of impeachment against President Trump.…
Continue Reading Republicans begin backing impeachment in ‘vote of conscience’
Multiple House Republicans announced Tuesday evening they would support the impeachment of President Donald Trump for his role inciting last…
Continue Reading New York man charged in Capitol riot bails out as attorney says he was ‘not part of the mob’
A New York man who allegedly gave a video interview while in the US Capitol was released on bond after being charged with crimes related to…
Continue Reading McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes that impeaching President Donald Trump will make it easier to get rid of the…
Continue Reading Pence rejects calls to invoke 25th Amendment ahead of House vote on resolution urging him to do so
Vice President Mike Pence made it clear Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office,…
Continue Reading Pompeo cancels Europe trip after Luxembourg snub
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled a trip to Europe this week after being snubbed by officials in Luxembourg in the wake of the deadly assault…
Continue Reading Final days bring new urgency to Trump’s desire to pardon himself and his children
President Donald Trump has discussed issuing pardons for himself and his children with new urgency since the attack on the US Capitol, multiple…
Continue Reading READ: Pelosi statement naming impeachment managers
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named nine members of her caucus to be impeachment managers to argue the Democrats’ case in the Senate once the…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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Lawmakers seek to curb Idaho governor’s emergency authority
A power struggle between lawmakers and Republican Gov. Brad Little has begun.…
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 Liz Cheney, No. 3 House Republican, to vote to impeach Trump
Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s third-ranking House leader, announced on Tuesday that she will vote to impeach President Donald…
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 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 Key takeaways from the stunning Justice Department news conference on the US Capitol breach
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…
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 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 Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot
President Donald Trump bookended his administration’s focus on immigration with a trip to his signature border wall on the US-Mexico border, a…
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 Biden pushes to prevent impeachment from upending his agenda
President-elect Joe Biden is pushing to keep impeachment from consuming his agenda and overshadowing the early days of his administration, as he…
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 Impeachment a ‘vote of conscience’ for GOP
House Democrats’ drive to impeach President Donald Trump for his role inciting last week’s riots at the US Capitol is putting many…
Continue Reading ‘Insurrection,’ ‘coup’ and ‘sedition.’ Here’s what each term means
In the wake of Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol building by a pro-Trump mob, US elected officials, world leaders and commentators have…
Continue Reading FBI considers putting some of those who attacked the Capitol on no-fly list
The FBI has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it is considering preventing those who attacked the US Capitol last week from boarding…
Continue Reading Defiant Trump denounces violence but takes no responsibility for inciting deadly riot
A defiant President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday his speech inciting the riot at the US Capitol was “totally appropriate” while at the…
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 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 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 How Trump’s second impeachment will be different from the first
The overall impeachment process laid out in the Constitution is relatively simple: President commits “high Crime or Misdemeanor,” House…
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…
Continue Reading ‘Extraordinary’ corporate revolt over campaign donations shakes political world
Some of the country’s largest firms are scrambling to distance themselves from last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol by freezing or…
Continue Reading New terror threat points to plot to surround Capitol, lawmaker says
Thousands of armed pro-Donald Trump extremists are plotting to surround the US Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration,…
Continue Reading Three House Democrats blame Covid diagnosis on lawmakers who didn’t wear masks while sheltering
Three House Democrats said they tested positive for Covid-19 after sheltering in place with other members of Congress who did not wear masks during…
Continue Reading One day until Trump’s second impeachment vote: What happens now
The next few days are going to be long, but by the end of Wednesday, we expect that President Donald Trump will be impeached a second time. The story…
Continue Reading The First Amendment doesn’t guarantee you the rights you think it does
That’s it. That’s the entirety of our Constitution’s First Amendment, the central tenet of our American way of life that gets…
Continue Reading Sudden change to Homeland Security leadership raises new worries at the worst possible time
Against the backdrop of looming threats leading up to Inauguration Day, the Department of Homeland Security is bringing in its sixth secretary under…
Continue Reading Trump’s disastrous end to his shocking presidency
President Donald Trump is leaving America in a vortex of violence, sickness and death and more internally estranged than it has been for 150 years.…
Continue Reading Mayor urges people to avoid DC as Secret Service begins inauguration prep early
Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week and…
Continue Reading Trump administration reverses course and adopts part of Biden vaccine distribution plan
The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the…
Continue Reading Bill Belichick declines Presidential Medal of Freedom offer from Trump
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has announced that he is declining the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which he was scheduled to…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Secret Service officer placed under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason on social media
A US Secret Service officer is under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason and sharing conspiracy theories about the election on social…
Continue Reading Trump administration expected to change course on vaccine distribution
The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the…
Continue Reading Congress briefed on new threats facing lawmakers and Capitol, Lamb says
Members of Congress were briefed late Monday on a series of new threats against lawmakers and the US Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe…
Continue Reading White House moving day packed with taxpayer-funded Covid-19 cleanings and shifting sports equipment
A thorough cleaning is part of the every-four-years tradition that comes with the outgoing president and his family swapping White House living with…
Continue Reading Trump will visit his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot
President Donald Trump will bookend his administration’s focus on immigration with a trip to his signature border wall on the US-Mexico border,…
Continue Reading Two House Democrats blame Covid diagnosis on lawmakers who didn’t wear masks while sheltering
Two House Democrats said they tested positive for Covid-19 after sheltering in place with other members of Congress who did not wear masks during the…
Continue Reading 2 Capitol Police officers suspended and at least 10 more under investigation for alleged roles in riot
Two US Capitol Police officers were suspended and at least 10 more are under investigation for their behavior during last week’s assault on the…
Continue Reading Chief Justice John Roberts has received both doses of Covid vaccine, court says
Chief Justice John Roberts has received his two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Supreme Court said Monday. “The Chief Justice has taken…
Continue Reading GOP lawmaker ‘strongly considering’ impeachment: Trump is ‘no longer qualified to hold that office’
Michigan GOP Rep. Peter Meijer said Monday evening he is “strongly considering” voting to impeach President Donald Trump following last…
Continue Reading Trump administration names Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, frustrating Biden’s efforts to boost relations
The Trump administration has designated Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday, reversing an Obama-era…
Continue Reading Law enforcement absent from cameras as questions about attack mount
In the wake of the attack on Capitol Hill last week, and myriad questions about how rioters breached the building and what is happening in response,…
Continue Reading Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf resigns; FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor to take over
Chad Wolf is resigning as the acting secretary of Homeland Security, he said in a letter to the department Monday obtained by CNN. Federal Emergency…
Continue Reading Democratic lawmaker confronted in airport by Trump supporters
Video posted to Instagram shows Democratic Rep. Lou Correa of California being screamed at by apparent pro-Trump supporters in the Dulles…
Continue Reading Pence and Trump finally speak after post-riot estrangement
Vice President Mike Pence received a memento from his aides the other day: the engraved chair set aside for him in the White House Cabinet Room,…
Continue Reading Gov. Little: 2020 like a tornado, but state is strong
Gov. Brad Little on Monday described 2020 like a damaging and deadly tornado, but said Idaho is strong heading into the new year with strong finances…
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