U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about administration plans to strengthen American manufacturing during an appearance in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, January 25, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden said Monday that it could take weeks for Congress to finish talks around a coronavirus relief deal and for
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures after media announced that Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 7, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against former President Donald
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2021. Erin Scott | Reuters Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said on Sunday that former President Donald Trump‘s Senate impeachment trial is constitutional and that Trump’s alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol riot is an impeachable offense. Romney’s comments come after several
One of the most enduring and endearing photos from Joe Biden’s inauguration does not feature the president at all. Rather, an image of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has made waves across the internet, sparking thousands of photoshopped memes on social media. In the picture, Sanders dons oversized mittens and a practical brown coat, sitting
President Donald J. Trump stops to talk to reporters as he walks to board Marine One and depart from the South Lawn at the White House. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump earlier this month plotted to oust Jeffrey Rosen as acting attorney general and replace him
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) displays a signed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. Stefani Reynolds | Getty Images The House will deliver the impeachment article against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump battle with police at the west entrance of the Capitol during a “Stop the Steal” protest outside of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. January 6, 2021. Stephanie Keith | Reuters Senate Democrats plan to focus on the Internal Revenue Service as part of a larger probe into tax-exempt
President Joe Biden signs an executive order after speaking during an event on his administration’s Covid-19 response with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden will sign two executive orders
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population during a news conference at Biden’s transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, January 15, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden‘s first Covid-19 package is already facing hurdles in Congress that threaten to force the fledgling administration
US President Joe Biden reacts as he prepares to deliver his inaugural address on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis | AFP | Getty Images Standing in the spot where a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol had taken place two weeks earlier, President Joe
Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock (R) and Jon Ossoff (L) bump elbows during a “It’s Time to Vote” drive-in rally on December 28, 2020 in Stonecrest, Georgia. Jessica McGowan | Getty Images Democrats are expected take control of the Senate on Wednesday when three new members of the party are sworn in. Democratic Senators-elect
President-elect Joe Biden will in the first few hours of his presidency sign more than a dozen executive orders to address a litany of challenges ranging from the Covid-19 pandemic to the student debt crisis. Biden’s orders will also work to reverse many of those issued by President Donald Trump, including the so-called Muslim travel
US President Donald Trump’s supporters gather outside the Capitol building, January 6, 2021. Probal Rashid | LightRocket | Getty Images President Donald Trump and others provoked the swarms of his supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. “The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and
A progressive group is urging corporations to stop contributing to the Federalist Society after one of the conservative legal organization’s leaders was featured at last week’s rally that preceded the deadly riot on Capitol Hill. Demand Justice told CNBC that it wants corporations to stop giving to the Federalist Society after member John Eastman, a
Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing about the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at FEMA headquarters, January 14, 2021, in Washington. Alex Brandon | Reuters Vice President Mike Pence called his soon-to-be successor, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, to congratulate her and offer his assistance before she
Members of the National Guard stop a vehicle at a checkpoint on January 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images A Virginia man who showed police an unauthorized inauguration credential at a checkpoint along the perimeter securing downtown Washington, D.C., ahead of Inauguration Day was arrested after a
President-elect Joe Biden plans to take immediate executive action to turn the page on the Trump era after his inauguration speech this week, chief of staff Ron Klain said Sunday after laying out Biden’s plan for his first days office. Biden is planning a 10-day blitz of executive action on what his administration is calling
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump wave Trump flags and Confederate battle flags as they demonstrate on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defenses, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Mike Theiler | Reuters Capitol Police said Friday that they are investigating allegations by Democratic