Last week’s “violent insurrection” at the Capitol by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump has “impacted the way we are approaching working with our federal partners in planning for the 59th inauguration,” Bowser said Wednesday.… MORE
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US unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes toll
The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and evidence that the resurgent virus has caused a spike in layoffs.… MORE
Trump impeached after Capitol riot; historic second charge
President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office. … MORE
US asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that “the administration in the states has been too narrowly focused.”… MORE
Dems prep ‘incitement of insurrection’ charge against Trump
Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” – in an impeachment resolution that could go to a vote by mid-week. … MORE
Capitol assault a more sinister attack than first appeared
The sinister nature of the assault has become evident, betraying the crowd as a force determined to occupy the inner sanctums of Congress and run down leaders — Trump’s vice president and the Democratic House speaker among them.… MORE
Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes VP to oust him
The House action could start as soon as Monday as pressure increases on Trump to step aside. A Republican senator, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, joined Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in calling for Trump to “resign and go away as soon as possible.”… MORE
Pelosi asks Joint Chiefs about preventing Trump military acts
Pelosi said in a statement to colleagues that she spoke with Gen. Mark Milley “to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike.”… MORE
House Democrats discussing swift action to impeach Trump
If Trump, whose term ends Jan. 20, were to be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, he could be prevented from running again in 2024 or ever holding the presidency again. Trump would be only the president to be twice impeached.… MORE
President Trump won’t attend Joe Biden’s inauguration
Trump offered no clues for how he would spent his final hours in office, and will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successor’s swearing-in. … MORE
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