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Trump impeachment charge will be delivered on Monday, Schumer says5h ago ( January 22, 2021 at 11:23 AM ) WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s request for a delay.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who displaced McConnell as the chamber’s leader after Democrats won two Georgia runoff elections this month, announced the move on the Senate floor but did not say when Trump’s second impeachment tri...Tags: Politics, News, Congress, Washington, Senate, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, House, House Of Representatives, Mitch McConnell, Republican, Donald Trump, Cabinet, Kamala Harris 20 people like this. Like Biden signs flood of COVID-focused executive orders23h ago ( January 21, 2021 at 5:09 PM ) By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Zeke Miller | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that America’s war on COVID-19 is under new command, promising an anxious nation progress to reduce infections and lift the siege it has endured for nearly a year.
At the same time, he tried to manage expectations in his second day in office, saying despite the best intentions “we’re going to face setbacks.” He brushed off a reporter’s question o...Tags: California, Washington, White House, America, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Fema, Associated Press, Lausd, Republican, Biden, California Supreme Court, Donald Trump, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Amtrak 37 people like this. Like Biden is sworn in, takes the helm as president facing pandemic, divisionsJanuary 20, 2021 at 9:22 AM  Tags: Florida, Politics, News, Supreme Court, California, Washington, Senate, White House, US, Barack Obama, Sport, Joe Biden, Ap, Soccer, United States, House 143 people like this. Like For first time in years, local immigrants see hope, not fear, coming from White House proposalsJanuary 19, 2021 at 9:52 PM Immigrants and their advocates in Southern California are excited and hopeful about the prospects of sweeping immigration reform that could come shortly after President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office.
The new president is expected to reverse a slew of Trump administration policies, and introduce legislation that could give millions of people living in the country illegally a chance to become citizens after an eight-year process.
Some actions are expected quickly, via executive order and ot...Tags: Congress, California, Mexico, White House, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Gop, United States, Muslim, Associated Press, Republican, Biden, Donald Trump 21 people like this. Like Trump was talked out of pardoning his kids, GOP lawmakers, report saysJanuary 19, 2021 at 4:22 PM  Tags: New York, Snowden, Washington, Senate, White House, US, Alabama, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Fbi, Soccer, Gop, Edward Snowden, Arizona 98 people like this. Like McConnell: Trump ‘fed lies’ to the crowd about electionJanuary 19, 2021 at 1:45 PM By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly riot to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s election.
McConnell’s remarks are his most severe and public rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump. The Republican leader vowed a “safe and successful” inauguration of Biden on Wednesday at the Capitol, which ...Tags: Congress, California, Washington, Senate, White House, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Fbi, Soccer, House, Mitch McConnell, Associated Press, Republican, Biden 31 people like this. Like My Pillow shunned by retailers after CEO touts election fraudJanuary 19, 2021 at 1:32 PM By Henry Ren | Bloomberg
Bed Bath & Beyond has stopped selling products from the bedding company My Pillow due to slow sales. The move follows claims by My Pillow’s chief executive officer that the U.S. presidential election was fraudulent.
“We have been rationalizing our assortment to discontinue a number of underperforming items and brands. This includes the My Pillow product line,” the company said in a statement.
Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, said in a recent interview that Bed Bath & Beyo...Tags: Nordstrom, Business, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Republican, Donald Trump, Neiman Marcus, Trump, Lindell, Kohl, Ivanka Trump, Walmart Amazon, Wayfair Inc, Mike Lindell, My Pillow 50 people like this. Like Parler reappears with help from Russian-owned security serviceJanuary 19, 2021 at 10:00 AM By Nate Lanxon and Amy Thomson | Bloomberg
Parler, the free-speech social network, reappeared with the help of a Russian-owned web security service as the website hunts for a way around bans that took it offline earlier this month.
“Our return is inevitable due to hard work, and persistence against all odds,” Chief Executive Officer John Matze wrote in a new post, the latest since Amazon Web Services stopped hosting the site and it was banned from Apple Inc. and Google’s app stores. “Despite the...Tags: Apple, Google, Business, Politics, Technology, Cook, News, Microsoft, Russia, Sport, World news, Joe Biden, Social-media, Fbi, Soccer, Tim Cook 4 people like this. Like Yellen faces a new role: Salesperson for the nation’s economic policyJanuary 18, 2021 at 2:57 PM Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen on Tuesday steps into a new role following more than a quarter-century in government: salesperson for economic policy after years of defending Federal Reserve thinking and actions.
The Senate Finance Committee’s 10 a.m. hearing Tuesday is likely to feature topics from foreign-exchange policy to taxes, but it will also serve as the first congressional forum where lawmakers will vet President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan. Yellen will ...Tags: Business, News, Congress, White House, China, Sport, Joe Biden, Economy, Soccer, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Switzerland, Treasury, Janet Yellen, Vietnam, Republican 23 people like this. Like Biden’s inaugural speech to plead for unity in wake of riotJanuary 17, 2021 at 3:19 PM Joe Biden ascends to the presidency on Wednesday with an inaugural speech outlining how he’ll tackle the health and economic crises he inherits while attempting to knit the country back together, just two weeks after the outgoing president’s loyalists waged a deadly riot to block the change of power.
The incoming president will call on the U.S. to abandon the divisiveness stoked by Donald Trump, whose four-year term ends with nearly 400,000 Americans dead of COVID-19, a sharp economic downturn a...Tags: Politics, News, Washington, Senate, White House, Germany, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Gop, Hillary Clinton, House, Paris, California Highway Patrol 40 people like this. Like Trump’s impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration DayJanuary 14, 2021 at 3:42 PM  Tags: News, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Soccer, Gop, Wyoming, Washington Dc, House, Mitch McConnell, Capitol Hill 121 people like this. Like President Trump on verge of 2nd impeachment after Capitol siegeJanuary 13, 2021 at 9:15 AM  Tags: Politics, Texas, News, Maryland, Republicans, Congress, California, Washington, Kentucky, Senate, White House, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Fbi 54 people like this. Like Impeachment comes full circle for L.A. Rep. Adam SchiffJanuary 13, 2021 at 8:13 PM A year ago Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff was gearing up for the battle of his political life.
President Donald Trump had just been impeached in the House, and Schiff was preparing for marathon arguments in the Senate chamber, where he would lead the case to convict the president and remove him from office.
The rest is American history: Conviction failed — and a year like no other ensued: A pandemic killed hundreds of thousands in the U.S. The death of George Floyd set off a massive social justice...Tags: Congress, Senate, White House, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, House, Republican, Donald Trump, Mccarthy, Ana, Trump, Garcia, Capitol, South Bay, Adam Schiff 11 people like this. Like McConnell distances himself from Trump as impeachment nearsJanuary 13, 2021 at 2:28 PM By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving abruptly away from President Donald Trump, telling people that he thinks Trump perpetrated impeachable offenses.
The Kentucky Republican also sees House Democrats’ drive to impeach Trump as an opportune moment to distance the GOP from the tumultuous, divisive outgoing president.
The views of McConnell, who will be Washington’s most powerful Republican once Democrat Joe Biden is inaugu...Tags: Utah, Republicans, Congress, Washington, Senate, America, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Ap, Soccer, Gop, House, New York Times, Mitch McConnell 6 people like this. Like Trump on verge of second impeachment after Capitol siegeJanuary 13, 2021 at 9:15 AM  Tags: Politics, New York, Texas, News, Republicans, Congress, California, Washington, Kentucky, Senate, White House, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Fbi, Soccer 129 people like this. Like President Trump on verge of second impeachment after Capitol siegeJanuary 13, 2021 at 9:15 AM Tags: Politics, Texas, News, Maryland, Republicans, Congress, California, Washington, Kentucky, Senate, White House, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Fbi 123 people like this. Like Trump takes no responsibility for Capitol riot, visits TexasJanuary 12, 2021 at 4:16 PM  Tags: Usa, Texas, News, Congress, Washington, Mexico, White House, America, Sport, Joe Biden, Fbi, Soccer, Democrats, Portland, Republican, Biden 134 people like this. Like Sen. Mitch McConnell said to be pleased about Trump impeachmentJanuary 12, 2021 at 5:59 PM Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party, according to people familiar with his thinking.
The House is voting Wednesday to formally charge Trump with inciting violence against the country.
At the same time, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the minority leader and one of Trump...Tags: News, Congress, Senate, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, House, Nancy Pelosi, Republican, Biden, Donald Trump, Cabinet, Mccarthy, Trump, Calif, Capitol 16 people like this. Like Coronavirus: Faith-based charity brings field hospital to parking lot of Lancaster hospitalJanuary 11, 2021 at 9:56 PM  Tags: California, Virginia, Africa, Los Angeles, Department Of Defense, Sport, Soccer, House, Fema, Port Of Los Angeles, Italy, Portland, San Diego, Graham, Lausd, Republican 112 people like this. Like The Latest: Trump orders US flags lowered to honor officersJanuary 10, 2021 at 5:31 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
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President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff as a sign of respect for two U.S. Capitol Police officers who have died since last Wednesday’s violent protests at the Capitol, as well as all members of law enforcement across the nation.
In a proclamation Sunday, Trump says the show of respect will take place at the White House and all federal buildings through sunset on ...Tags: New York, Media, Nbc, Congress, California, Washington, Senate, White House, Uncategorized, US, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Gop 16 people like this. Like The Latest: Citigroup to pause federal political donationsJanuary 10, 2021 at 4:08 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
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Citigroup is pausing all federal political donations for the first three months of the year in light of Wednesday’s deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
In a memo to employees Friday, Citi’s head of global government affairs Candi Wolff said, “We want you to be assured that we will not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law.”
“We support engaging wi...Tags: New York, Media, Nbc, Congress, California, Washington, Senate, White House, Uncategorized, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Gop, Missouri 21 people like this. Like The Latest: White House flag now at half-staff for SicknickJanuary 10, 2021 at 2:53 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
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The U.S. flag at the White House is now flying at half-staff after calls for the flag there and at other federal locations be lowered to honor U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had already ordered flags at the Capitol lowered to half-staff in Sicknick’s honor and calls were growing for President Donald Trump to do the same at the White House.
Sicknick joined th...Tags: New York, Media, Nbc, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, Uncategorized, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Gop, House, Mitch McConnell 5 people like this. Like The Latest: Blunt urges Trump to be ‘careful’ in final daysJanuary 10, 2021 at 1:10 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
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Sen. Roy Blunt says he doesn’t see a need for congressional Republicans to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his role in promoting last week’s Capitol riot but warned him to “be very careful” in his last 10 days in office.
The Missouri Republican called Trump’s decisions and actions leading up to last Wednesday’s riot “clearly reckless.” But he says the U.S. should be “thinking more abou...Tags: New York, Nbc, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, Uncategorized, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Gop, House, Mitch McConnell, Fox News The Latest: Jeffries calls Trump ‘clear and present danger’January 10, 2021 at 11:59 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
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Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says President Donald Trump is out of control and should be immediately removed from office as a “clear and present danger to the health and safety of the American people.”
Jeffries, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, says that as a coequal branch of government, it’s Congress’ job to keep Trump in check — whether by impeachment, demanding his resignation or pu...Tags: New York, Nbc, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, Uncategorized, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Gop, House, Mitch McConnell, Fox News 33 people like this. Like Rioters derailed a lawful debate about the electionJanuary 10, 2021 at 11:28 AM It’s not true that election fraud never happens. The Heritage Foundation has a database of over 1,300 election fraud cases and how they were eventually resolved. Investigations can take years. For example, in July, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a grand jury indictment in a case of alleged ballot-box stuffing in Pennsylvania elections dating back to 2014, 2015, and 2016.
When states conduct elections for federal offices, there are constitutional safeguards at the front end to make sure al...Tags: Maryland, Opinion, Washington, Senate, Sacramento, Sport, Soccer, Pennsylvania, House, Arizona, Ohio, Louisiana, Republican, South Carolina, Gavin Newsom, Trump 33 people like this. Like Republicans can no longer ignore the reality of Donald TrumpJanuary 9, 2021 at 2:26 PM SACRAMENTO >> After watching Wednesday’s otherworldly events — a violent seize of the United States Capitol by pro-Trump mobs who were incited by the president — I was left thinking of a quotation from “1984” and “Animal Farm” author George Orwell: “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” That should be the enduring slogan of the Trump era.
We’ve all seen what Donald Trump was about long before he entered politics — and yet large swaths of the Republican Party and publi...Tags: Chris Christie, Congress, Opinion, Washington, Senate, Sacramento, Georgia, Sport, Earth, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton, George Orwell, New Jersey, House Of Representatives, Jesus 48 people like this. Like Most SoCal Republicans in Congress failed the country on WednesdayJanuary 7, 2021 at 6:16 PM America’s institutions endured. Despite the disgraceful attack on the United States Capitol by a deranged mob stirred up by Donald Trump, the state-certified Electoral College votes were counted, and the election to the presidency and vice-presidency of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris was finalized.
This ugly chapter of American history must never be repeated.
To move forward, Americans, especially those on the right, must not shy away from the truth.
It is true that many supporters of the presid...Tags: Congress, Opinion, Senate, White House, America, Sport, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Editorials, Arizona, Venezuela, Kim, Republican, Darrell Issa, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris 46 people like this. Like Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accountsJanuary 7, 2021 at 1:53 PM By DAVID KLEPPER and MATT O’BRIEN
After years of treating President Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, which many called justified following Wednesday’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is also a reminder of the enormous power that social-media platforms can exercise when they choose.
Facebook and Instagram said Thursday they will bar Trump from posting at least until t...Tags: Google, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Business, Technology, Media, Instagram, Youtube, White House, Uncategorized, Sport, Joe Biden, Ap, Soccer, Selena Gomez, Republican 10 people like this. Like Better decisions governments can make in 2021January 7, 2021 at 11:00 AM It’s the beginning of a new year. It’s almost the beginning of a new presidential administration, too. In theory, now is a perfect time for some resolutions: to start fresh, fix the mistakes of the past or do what we never got around to doing. In that spirit, I offer some advice to the Biden administration; Congress; and state and local governments.
State and local governments should reopen schools. That many schools are still not providing in-person instruction is unforgivable. We’ve known for ...Tags: Amazon, Congress, Opinion, Germany, Sport, Soccer, Food And Drug Administration, Fda, Republican, Biden, Congressional Budget Office, Mercatus Center, Veronique De Rugy, Opinion columns, Golden State Employment Development Department 50 people like this. Like Local lawmakers post messages of concern, safety to social media amid violence at Capitol HillJanuary 6, 2021 at 3:26 PM A meeting to certify the 2020 presidential election results turned violent on Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of pro-Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill.
Local lawmakers from Southern California have weighed in, urging protestors to remain peaceful, amid being evacuated from the House chamber as rioters in favor of overturning the election results broke through four levels of security and entered the Capitol Building.
Just a few days ago, we members of Congress took an oath to support and def...Tags: Politics, News, Congress, Sport, Soccer, House, Capitol Hill, Kim, Republican, Biden, Donald Trump, Capitol Police, Southern California, Trump, Capitol, Kevin McCarthy 3 people like this. Like |
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