Politics Jan 08 Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of incitement Twitter says it is banning President Donald Trump from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence.”…
Politics Jan 08 Murkowski becomes first GOP Senator calling for Trump's resignation The Alaska Republican tells the Anchorage Daily News that she wants Trump to resign after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol, forcing a lockdown. Five people died, including a Capitol Police officer.
Politics Jan 08 Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell in QAnon purge The company says that when it determines a group or campaign is engaged in “coordinated harmful activity,” it may suspend accounts that it finds primarily encourages that behavior.
Politics Jan 08 Murkowski becomes first Republican senator to call for Trump's resignation The Alaska Republican tells the Anchorage Daily News that she wants Trump to resign after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol, forcing a lockdown. Five people died, including a Capitol Police officer.
Politics Jan 08 Read the draft articles of impeachment against Trump following the Capitol attack If Trump were to be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, he might also be prevented from running again for the presidency in 2024 or ever holding public office again.
Politics Jan 08 President-elect Joe Biden considered Sen. Bernie Sanders for labor secretary Biden says that he can’t think of a more “passionate and devoted ally to working people in this country” than Sanders and that Sanders approves of Walsh for the job.
Politics Jan 08 Biden says 2nd Trump impeachment up to Congress President-elect Joe Biden says it’s up to Congress whether to pursue a second impeachment of President Donald Trump, but he expected lawmakers to be ready to move on his agenda as soon as he is inaugurated.
Politics Jan 08 Third-ranking Senate Democrat calls for Hawley, Cruz to resign The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate is calling on Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz to resign, arguing that their objections to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory “incited and supported the violent mob that attacked the…
Health Jan 08 Pfizer study suggests vaccine fights variant New research suggests the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech can still work against a mutated coronavirus.
Politics Jan 08 Pelosi asks top general about halting Trump military strikes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing President Donald Trump from initiating military actions or a nuclear strike.