Politics Jan 07 Trump says there will be an ‘orderly transition’ of power, acknowledges defeat President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Politics Jan 07 Pence defies Trump, affirms Biden’s win Pence, as the session came to an end, said the count “shall be deemed a sufficient declaration" of Biden's victory, but offered no words of congratulations to the incoming administration. It capped an extraordinary day of chaos, violence and division…
Politics Jan 05 Trump insists that Pence can decertify results Trump claims Pence can decertify the election results, then send them back to the states. In fact, neither the Constitution nor congressional statute grants the vice president any such powers.
Politics Dec 29 WATCH: Trump’s $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled in Senate as GOP blocks vote Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote.
Politics Dec 28 WATCH: House debates $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks, defense bill President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 and annual federal spending package into law. But Congress returns Monday to confront the White House on remaining priorities in a rare end-of-session showdown.
Politics Dec 26 Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden…
Nation Dec 25 Trump golfs in Florida as COVID-19 relief hangs in the balance After tossing a grenade that threatens to blow up a massive COVID relief and government funding bill and force a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, President Donald Trump was golfing on Christmas for a second straight day.
Politics Dec 21 WATCH: Biden gets COVID-19 vaccine The president-elect took a dose of the Pfizer vaccine on live television, as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe.
Health Dec 18 WATCH: Pence, wife Karen, surgeon general get COVID-19 vaccines Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated for COVID-19 on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the vaccine is safe. He celebrated the shot as “a medical miracle” that could eventually contain the raging coronavirus pandemic.
Politics Nov 26 Angry Trump promises rally in battleground state of Georgia Trump spoke to reporters at the White House after a Thanksgiving conversation with U.S. military members overseas.