President Biden wasted no time implementing his agenda and turning the page from the Trump years after he was inaugurated Wednesday, signing a slew of executive actions with more on the way. The new president signed 17 executive orders and other directives on the first day of his presidency in what administration officials have said […]
Category: Government
Joe Biden Says Democracy Has Prevailed
Joe Biden, sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declared “democracy has prevailed” as he used his inaugural address to call for unity in a nation suffering from “deep” political divisions and a pandemic that has crippled the country. From the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Biden took the […]
Biden To To Immediately Issue Nationwide Mask Mandate
President Biden was sworn into office Wednesday, and one of his first priorities will be to sign an executive order urging Americans to wear masks for 100 days and requiring them on federal property. His first executive order, the “100-day masking challenge,” will require masks and social distancing in all federal buildings, on all federal […]
Pelosi Says Trump Accessory To Capitol Cop’s Murder
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said former President Donald Trump could be considered an accessory to murder in connection with this month’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. In an interview with MSNBC that aired Tuesday night, Pelosi accused Trump of inciting and inspiring the violent insurrection on Jan. 6 that left five people dead, including […]
McConnell Says Trump Provoked The Capitol Rioters
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., placed blame on President Trump for the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 that left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer. McConnell addressed the insurrection during a floor speech Tuesday afternoon and said Trump “provoked” the mob that tried to use “fear and violence” to stop […]
Lindsey Graham Issues Trump A Stern Warning
Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Sunday advised the president not to grant presidential pardons to the rioters who stormed the Capitol this month, warning that doing so would “destroy” Trump. “Mr. President, your policies will stand the test of time. You’re the most important figure in the Republican party. You can shape the direction […]
10 Republicans Voted To Impeach President Trump
Ten House Republicans joined Democrats to impeach President Trump on charges of “incitement of an insurrection,” making him the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice. The final vote was 232 to 197. With 10 Republican votes, Trump’s second impeachment was the most bipartisan one in history. By comparison, five Democrats voted to […]
Mitch McConnell Refusing To Protect Trump From Impeachment
Senate Republican sources say they do not expect Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to reprise his role as one of President Trump’s principal defenders in a future Senate impeachment trial. A Republican official said McConnell has made it clear to his allies that he’s done defending Trump and that the Senate GOP leader hasn’t […]
Trump Still Faces Possible Impeachment Even After Leaving Office
WASHINGTON — Some legal experts on the congressional power of impeachment believe President Donald Trump could be impeached and tried in the Senate even after he leaves office at noon on Jan. 20. As House Democratic leaders consider a vote on articles of impeachment as early as the middle of next week, here’s a look […]
Pelosi To Impeach Trump A Second Time On Monday?
House Democrats are racing toward impeaching President Trump for a second time after he incited a mob of his supporters this week to storm the U.S. Capitol to halt Congress’s constitutional duty to certify Joe Biden’s victory. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested House lawmakers would move to impeach the president if Vice President Mike Pence […]
Trump Says He Will “Fight Like Hell” To Keep Presidency
DALTON, Ga. (AP) — With mounting desperation, Donald Trump declared he would “fight like hell” to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when they convene this week to confirm the Electoral College vote. Electoral voters won by President-elect Biden are “not gonna take […]
Trump Call To Overturn Election Backfires Bigly
President Trump has turned a narrow electoral defeat into a bid for infamy. His goal in the post-election interlude has been more and more explicitly to overturn the results; indeed, a couple of weeks ago he tweeted, simply, #OVERTURN. We now know, thanks to a recording of his phone conversation with Georgia Secretary of State […]