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What to Expect From Second Impeachment of President Trump
The second impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday inside a Capitol complex still scarred and partially locked down because of the insurrection. Scott MacFarlane reports this unprecedented political event is happening at an unprecedented time on Capitol Hill.
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Inauguration Day Also Is Move In/Out Day at the White House
Inauguration Day is also moving day at the White House. It’s typically a precision operation carried out in about five hours as the residence staff labors to move out one leader and settle in another. The clock normally starts ticking when the outgoing and incoming presidents leave the White House together to head to the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony....
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Trump Trial Pending, McConnell Calls It ‘Vote of Conscience'
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is likely to begin after Joe Biden’s inauguration next week
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Authorities Say Man in ‘Camp Auschwitz' Shirt at Riot Arrested
Authorities say a man who was photographed wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt during the U.S. Capitol riot last week has been arrested in Virginia.
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Hawley, Facing Fallout, Blames Media, DC ‘Establishment'
Facing waning support from longtime backers and donors in the wake of the attack at the U_S_ Capitol last week, Republican Missouri Sen_ Josh Hawley has defended himself in a newspaper column, accusing the media and the “Washington establishment” of deceiving Americans into calling him an “insurrectionist.”
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Belichick Won't Accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom From Trump
Amid mounting speculation, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick announced that he would not accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom this week in the aftermath of the deadly pro-Trump riot at the Capitol. White House officials said Sunday Trump was set to award Belichick with the medal this week in the waning days of his administration. The two have had…
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Trump to Award Bill Belichick the Medal of Freedom
With just days left in his presidency, Donald Trump will award New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick the Medal of Freedom later this week, according to a White House official. The award, established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, is America’s highest civilian honor. It is awarded to people “who have made exceptional contributions to the security or…
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Pardons in Killings of Iraqi Civilians Stir Angry Response
The pardons of four Blackwater contractors convicted in the shooting deaths of more than a dozen Iraqi civilians has prompted outrage from some human rights activists and Iraqis.
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FBI Says White Supremacists Plotted Attack on US Power Grid
The FBI alleges in an affidavit that white supremacists schemed to attack power stations in the southeastern U.S. and one Ohio teenager wanted the group to be “operational” on a faster timeline if President Donald Trump lost his re-election bid
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Defense Bill in Danger Over Confederate-Named Military Bases
A defense bill that has passed every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of failing
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Photos: President Donald Trump Visits His Campaign Headquarters in Arlington
President Donald Trump was met with cheers as he visited his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on Election Day. “I’m not thinking about concession speech or acceptance speech yet,” Trump said as he entered the RNC Annex. Trump was joined by his campaign manager Bill Stepien, White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and other aides. -
Vice President, Second Lady Test Negative for COVID-19
Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence tested negative for COVID-19 Friday morning, hours after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Pence’s physician, Dr. Jesse T. Schonau, said in a memo that Pence “does not need to quarantine” and is “free to go about his normal activities.” In a memo...
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Portland, Oregon, Largely Peaceful After Right-Wing Rally
Police say a right-wing rally and counter-protests in Portland, Oregon, have largely dispersed without serious violence on Saturday, though they are investigating an assault after one person who was documenting the event was pushed to the ground and kicked in the face
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Trump Taps Conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort.
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Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
Judge Amy Coney Barrett accepted President Donald Trump’s nomination to the Supreme Court Saturday.
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President Trump to Visit California Monday Amid Wildfires
President Donald Trump will visit California Monday to address the ongoing wildfires.
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Trump to Campaign in Florida, NC Battlegrounds on Tuesday
President Donald Trump will highlight his environmental agenda as he campaigns in the battleground states of Florida and North Carolina on Tuesday. The White House says Trump will stop in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday to remind voters there of his conservation and environmental protection efforts in the Everglades region. For the federal budget year beginning Oct. 1, the White House…
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Trump Disparages Baltimore Again, Calls It ‘Worst in Nation'
President Donald Trump in a series of tweets has again taken aim at Baltimore
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US Officials Say No Signs of Foreign Targeting of Mail-In Vote
U.S. officials say they have no intelligence to suggest that foreign countries are working to undermine mail-in voting.