Jan 13 New York City to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. De Blasio says the Trump Organization profits about $17 million a year from operating the two… Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: Republican Rep. Newhouse says he will vote to impeach Trump By Associated Press Newhouse says the president took an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Yet he says when there was a “domestic threat at the door of the Capitol,” the president “did nothing to stop it.”… Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: Rep. Kevin McCarthy says impeaching Trump would ‘fan the flames of partisan division’ By Associated Press McCarthy says “a vote to impeach would further divide this nation, a vote to impeach will further fan the flames, the partisan division.”… Continue reading
Jan 13 Airbnb to block, cancel D.C. bookings ahead of inauguration By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press The decision, announced Wednesday, came two days after it said it was reviewing reservations in the area ahead of next week's presidential inauguration and said it will bar any guests associated with hate groups or violent activity. Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: Jordan says second Trump impeachment is a product of ‘cancel culture’ By Associated Press He said Democrats are really out to "cancel the president and anyone who disagrees with them." And he warned that "cancel culture will come for us all."… Continue reading
Jan 13 McConnell rejects emergency session for impeachment trial By Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The House is set to vote later Wednesday on impeaching Trump, accusing him of rallying a violent mob of supporters to attack the Capitol last week. Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: Trump a ‘clear and present danger’ to the nation, Pelosi says By Associated Press The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on impeaching Trump, accusing him of rallying a violent mob of supporters to attack the Capitol last week. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 10:20 Trump defiant on Capitol attack, as House accelerates push for impeachment President Trump projected defiance as he faces his greatest political peril yet with an unprecedented second impeachment. He denied any responsibility on Tuesday for the riot that engulfed the halls of the U.S. Congress last week. Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 7:32 Rep. Tom Reed on President Trump’s future in the Republican Party Democrats are nearly unanimous in their decision to impeach President Trump a second time, while Republicans are split about the path forward. Republican Rep. Tom Reed of New York says the House should censure the president but not pursue impeachment… Continue watching
Jan 12 3 Republicans say they will vote to impeach Trump By Associated Press Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said, “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”… Continue reading