Senators vote to acquit Trump in impeachment trial
Former President Donald Trump has received enough not guilty votes to be acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial, which requires a two-thirds vote…
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Senate impeachment trial: Final Senate vote on Trump’s impeachment trial is underway
The Senate is voting on the final verdict of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Saturday after Democrats backed away from a call…
Continue ReadingSenate impeachment trial: Final vote expected later Saturday after surprise witness fight resolved
The Senate is poised Saturday to move to a final vote and acquit former President Donald Trump after Democrats backed away from a call for witnesses…
Continue ReadingProud Boys leader charged in DC violated release conditions, court officials say
Court officials say the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, who was arrested shortly before the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, violated…
Continue ReadingHere are the Republicans who voted to hear witnesses at Trump’s impeachment trial
Five Republicans voted with Democrats on Saturday in favor of allowing witnesses during former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment…
Continue ReadingMcConnell will vote to acquit Trump in second impeachment trial
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has told his colleagues that he will vote to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting the insurrection…
Continue ReadingUS Capitol Police officers issue vote of no confidence for acting chief, other top leaders
Members of the US Capitol Police issued a vote of no confidence in the force’s top leaders more than a month after the January 6 riot at the…
Continue Reading‘I did not know if the door was locked’: Sen. Patty Murray relives hiding in her office while mob pounded outside
Democratic Sen. Patty Murray hid just “inches away” as violent rioters descended upon the US Capitol on January 6, pounding on the door…
Continue ReadingSenate votes to hear witnesses at Trump’s impeachment trial
The Senate voted 55-45 to call witnesses at former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, with five Republicans joining with Democrats to…
Continue ReadingBiden grapples with balancing optimism and tough talk on pandemic’s outlook
As President Joe Biden strives to take the opposite approach of former President Donald Trump on the coronavirus response, he’s leaving most of…
Continue ReadingSenate on track for final impeachment vote Saturday as Democrats mull calling witnesses
The Senate is poised to vote Saturday on whether to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection at the Capitol last month in…
Continue ReadingFalsehoods and death threats haunt local election workers weeks after Capitol siege
His staff endured racist taunts. His voicemail overflowed with threats and wild conspiracy theories. And then one day, a caller warned that the…
Continue ReadingSenate on track for final impeachment vote Saturday
The Senate is poised to vote Saturday on whether to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection at the Capitol last month in…
Continue ReadingWashington Post: Georgia prosecutor looking into phone call between Lindsey Graham and Brad Raffensperger
A Georgia prosecutor is looking into a phone call between Trump loyalist Sen. Lindsey Graham and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as…
Continue ReadingWashington Post: Postmaster expected to consolidate first-class mail in anticipated slowdown
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to lump all first-class mail into a single delivery category as part of his decade-long plan for the agency in a…
Continue ReadingNew details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters
In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the…
Continue ReadingKey GOP senators push Trump’s lawyers to explain ex-President’s actions as Pence was endangered
The Senate’s second impeachment trial of Donald Trump raced toward a conclusion on Friday, with the former President’s legal team quickly…
Continue ReadingFact check: Trump lawyers make multiple false claims in impeachment defense
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers mounted an aggressive defense Friday in Trump’s second impeachment trial — and made…
Continue ReadingVirginia man at center of alleged Oath Keepers insurrection conspiracy must stay in jail, judge rules
A Virginia man accused of planning with members of a paramilitary group to descend on the Capitol last month is a “real danger” to the…
Continue ReadingBiden moves to unwind Trump’s Medicaid work requirements
The Biden administration took steps Friday to reverse one of the most controversial health care moves of President Donald Trump: Allowing states to…
Continue ReadingLincoln Project under fire over handling of sexual harassment allegations against co-founder
The Lincoln Project says it is retaining an “outside professional” to review the tenure of co-founder John Weaver amid allegations that…
Continue ReadingSenate passes legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal
The Senate on Friday approved legislation to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who became a national hero…
Continue ReadingInside the Senate: Sketches of lawmakers watching videos from Trump counsel on Day 4 of the impeachment trial
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers showed the Senate multiple videos of Democratic politicians saying they would “fight” to…
Continue ReadingThe week in 17 headlines
More than a month after the violent insurrection at the US Capitol, the Senate’s impeachment trial got underway. Meanwhile, legislators worked…
Continue ReadingSenators posing questions to lawyers as impeachment trial races toward conclusion
The Senate moved into the next phase of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial Friday afternoon, as senators got their turn…
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Biden administration says it intends to close Guantanamo prison
The Biden administration intends to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, which houses approximately…
Continue ReadingSenators demand intelligence agencies produce months-late report on domestic terrorism
Senators are pushing the Biden administration to produce a report detailing the threat posed by domestic extremists after relevant agencies ignored…
Continue ReadingDemocrats debate whether to move on from Trump or seek another form of punishment after impeachment trial
Congressional Democrats are torn over whether to try to punish Donald Trump by censure or move on completely from the former President after the…
Continue ReadingPentagon puts some 3,600 more troops on standby to assist with Covid vaccination efforts
The Defense Department announced Friday that it has put around 3,600 service members on orders to be ready to deploy around the country to help with…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioters boasted on social media. Now, they’re scrambling to scrub phones and pictures
While scores of Capitol rioters flaunted their role in the January 6 attack, a growing number of insurrectionists are accused of covering their…
Continue ReadingCensus Bureau announces delay in data needed for redistricting
The redrawing of seats in the US House of Representatives will be delayed by several months, officials announced Friday, with states unlikely to…
Continue ReadingTrump’s defense team concludes their arguments at Senate impeachment trial
Donald Trump’s legal team on Friday wrapped up its presentation in a little over three hours as Trump’s lawyers sought…
Continue ReadingPsaki dodges questions on reports Cuomo’s team delayed releasing Covid-19 death data
White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged Friday when asked about a report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, had withheld information…
Continue ReadingNike sneakers designed in honor of Obama withdrawn from sale, auction house says
An exclusive pair of Nike basketball sneakers designed in honor of former President Barack Obama were pulled from the luxury auctioneer…
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White House suspends deputy press secretary for one week for threatening reporter over story about him
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that one of her deputies, TJ Ducklo, had been suspended for one…
Continue ReadingLive: Watch the impeachment trial for former President Trump
The Senate is continuing its second impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingBlinken removing Yemen’s Houthis from list of foreign terrorist organizations effective next week
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is removing Yemen’s Houthi rebels from the US list of foreign terrorist organizations as of next Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingUS files complaint with Israel over unfair airline treatment for Tel Aviv flights
The US Department of Transportation has filed a complaint with Israel over unfair treatment of airlines, stemming from the closure of Ben Gurion…
Continue ReadingInside the Senate chamber: Sketches of senators and empty desks during Day 3 of the impeachment trial
The energy level in the Senate was reserved Thursday as the House managers wrapped up their second full day of arguments in the impeachment trial of…
Continue ReadingParamilitant communications under close scrutiny in Capitol riot investigation, court records show
Secret communications cited in court records are revealing just how aggressively federal prosecutors are working to understand the paramilitary…
Continue ReadingNikki Haley criticizes Trump and says he has no future in the GOP
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley directly criticized former President Donald Trump for his involvement stoking the US Capitol…
Continue ReadingBiden weighs in on Trump’s impeachment trial saying the Senate has ‘a very important job’
President Joe Biden weighed in on his predecessor’s ongoing impeachment trial on Thursday while meeting with a bipartisan group of senators…
Continue ReadingBiden says he’s anxious to see what Republicans do in impeachment trial
President Joe Biden said Friday he is “anxious” to see how Senate Republicans will vote in the impeachment trial and whether they will…
Continue ReadingMilitary officials were unaware of potential danger to Pence’s ‘nuclear football’ during Capitol riot
Military officials overseeing the authorization process to launch nuclear weapons were unaware on January 6 that then-Vice President Mike…
Continue ReadingFact check: Claim about an insurrectionist trying to send a Pelosi laptop to Russia hasn’t been proven
Arguing that the Capitol insurrection damaged US national security, one of the House impeachment managers, Rep. Joaquin Castro, spoke Thursday about…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu’s wait for a call from Biden raises questions about US priorities
The White House insists President Joe Biden will “soon” speak with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the wait, which…
Continue ReadingHouse committee advances key portion of Covid-19 relief bill hours after Democrats finish arguments in impeachment trial
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced its portion of the coronavirus relief bill Thursday just hours after the House impeachment managers…
Continue ReadingTrump’s Covid-19 condition was so concerning that doctors considered putting him on a ventilator, source confirms
Former President Donald Trump’s condition after testing positive for Covid-19 became so concerning last October that there was talk of putting…
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Three GOP senators meet with Trump’s lawyers on eve of impeachment defense presentation
A trio of Republican senators allied with former President Donald Trump met with his defense team Thursday evening, in the middle of an impeachment…
Continue ReadingTrump’s defense team expected to finish its arguments in one day
Former President Donald Trump’s defense team expects to finish its arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial by Friday night, two…
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