Jan 08 Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell in QAnon purge By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 08 North Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites U.S. hostility By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Kim's comments made Friday during a key meeting of the ruling party were seen as an effort to apply pressure on the incoming government of President-elect Joe Biden. Continue reading
Jan 08 What we saw the day the Capitol was attacked By Judy Woodruff, Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz, Yamiche Alcindor, Rachel Wellford, Vika Aronson, Gretchen Frazee, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry On Jan. 6, for the first time in more than two centuries, Congress was attacked and overrun, this time by its own citizens. The PBS NewsHour's anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff talks to correspondents Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz and… Continue reading
Jan 08 Read the draft articles of impeachment against Trump following the Capitol attack By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 08 Most Americans blame Trump for Capitol attack but are split on his removal By Laura Santhanam With just days left in Trump’s presidency, more Americans than at any other point of his tenure but are torn about how his final days as president should end. Continue reading
Jan 08 Biden calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment By Will Weissert, Darlene Superville, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to members of her chamber that lawmakers could move as early as next week to impeach Trump for inciting a violent mob that overran the U.S. Capitol if the president didn't "immediately"… Continue reading
Jan 08 President-elect Joe Biden considered Sen. Bernie Sanders for labor secretary By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 08 GOP's David Perdue concedes to Jon Ossoff in Georgia runoff By Ben Nadler, Associated Press Friday's concession brings Georgia's two U.S. Senate runoffs that will deliver Democratic control of the chamber one step closer to an end. Continue reading
Jan 08 West Virginia state lawmaker charged after entering Capitol with rioters By Cuneyt Dil, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department says it has charged a West Virginia state lawmaker with entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself with rioters. Continue reading
Jan 08 Pelosi seeks to curb Trump's nuclear power By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Zeke Miller, Associated Press She said she spoke to the top general Mark Milley about "precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike."… Continue reading