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The proximity of the Jan. 6 mob to the vice president and the delay in evacuating him from the Senate Chamber raise questions about why the Secret Service did not move him earlier and underscore the jeopardy that top government leaders faced during the siege. -
It's the first known contact between the elected members of the outgoing and incoming administrations.
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The president had already announced that he would not be attending President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration – an historical break with tradition.
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One day after President Trump was impeached for a second time, a growing number of Republican senators signaled that they are open to convicting Trump on the charge of ‘incitement of insurrection.’
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The announcement came after staffers said they were pressured to produce data regardless of accuracy; a rights groups called for the director to resign.
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It includes $1,400 checks for most Americans, extension of a temporary boost in unemployment benefits and a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures through September.
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Among those to watch are Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, his colleagues who are up for reelection in 2022, and several Republicans who have publicly backed impeachment.
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Maine's junior senator doesn't buy the argument that they can't hold Donald Trump and other elected officials accountable because the country needs to heal.
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A group of Republican legislators without masks is shown on a recent Facebook Live video in clear violation of the State House policy for face coverings.
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As the president continues to face legal challenges, the prospect that he may try to pardon himself, other family members or senior aides remains the subject of internal White House discussion.
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Nick Isgro's six years in office included forward movement in downtown revitalization efforts as well as controversy over his comments on social media that led to a failed effort to recall him from office.
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Democrats hoping to avoid interrupting Joe Biden's inauguration have suggested holding back the article of impeachment from the Senate until Biden has a chance to get his administration going.
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A coronavirus action plan to be introduced by President-elect Joe Biden centers on a mass vaccination campaign and closer coordination among all levels of government.
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Even if the Senate doesn't expel the president from office, it could bar him from holding office again.
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The U.S. House voted 232-197 to impeach the president on a charge of inciting an insurrection.
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The rage is being stoked even hotter by the passions aroused by Democrats' fresh drive to impeach President Trump.
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The Kentucky Republican also sees House Democrats' drive to impeach Trump as an opportune moment to distance the GOP from the tumultuous, divisive outgoing president.
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Ten Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues in passing the measure quickly on a vote of 232-197.
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Prosecutors say Ryder Winegar of Amherst left messages threatening to hang lawmakers who didn't "get behind Donald Trump."
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Officials in Troy, N.H. close Town Hall and defend their police chief, who says he left before the riot at the Capitol.
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Governor worries some might choose nicknames like "The Greatest" or "The People's Hero" instead of the names they really use.
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Americans across the political spectrum are grappling with the realization that Jan. 20 – Joe Biden's Inauguration Day – may not be the end of the Trump era, but the beginning of a new dark chapter in U.S. history.
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The vice president says he won't do what the House resolution asks, but bipartisan support builds for an unprecedented second impeachment of President Trump.
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Raytheon, Leidos, Northrop Grumman and more join the backlash.
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The Republican Party is losing voters. Some may be rejecting politics altogether while others may be leaving a Republican Party they fear will be less loyal to Trump.
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Maine's independent senator says President Trump is too dangerous to allow to stay in office and should be removed immediately.
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Trump defended his fiery rally remarks last week as 'totally appropriate' and showed no remorse for the following attack, the most serious and deadly domestic incursion at the Capitol in the nation's history.
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Trump's treatment of his vice president has reverberated in the White House and among campaign aides, many of whom see it as unseemly and unfair.
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An official says the pair pledged to continue to work until Inauguration Day – signaling that the vice president likely will not invoke the 25th Amendment.
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The GOP is retreating to a tried-and-true playbook: Accusing Democrats of overreaching and dividing the country with a second push for President Trump's impeachment.
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The Legislature will consider a proposal to require insurance companies to cover tests and immunizations and waive any related co-payments.
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The FBI issued a warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitols.
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The House is expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Sens. King and Collins haven't said whether they will support impeachment.
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Chad Wolf was never confirmed by the Senate, and said he was compelled to leave by 'recent events,' including court rulings that found he could not legally hold the position.
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Enacted after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment prohibits membership for those who have 'engaged in insurrection or rebellion' against the U.S.
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Last week’s violence appears to have companies scrambling to figure out how to react, as they increasingly realize that this is not an ordinary political dispute and the option of sitting on the sidelines grows increasingly unsatisfying.
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Aides hope the president will spend his last days in office trying to trumpet his policy accomplishments, beginning with a trip to Alamo, Texas, on Tuesday to highlight his administration's efforts to curb illegal immigration and border wall construction.
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But House Republicans block a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Trump from office.
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The Maine senator also offers advice to his colleagues on the left on how they might deal effectively with the more than 70 million Americans who voted for the Republican president.
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Pelosi made the announcement in a letter to colleagues, framing it as an ultimatum to Mike Pence to invoke the powers of the 25th Amendment
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Public health and safety are taking center stage in the 46th presidential inauguration.
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On the first Sunday since a mob Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the messages from the pulpits of Christian leaders who've backed Trump were as disparate as the opinions of the nation's citizenry.
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The violent insurrection at the Capitol has companies scrambling to react as the option of sitting on the sidelines grows unsatisfying.
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The team likely won't be in place when he assumes the presidency on Jan. 20, but many of the nominees have already started meeting with key groups across Washington and beyond.
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Two Republican senators now say President Trump should resign in the wake of deadly riots at the Capitol, as support for the House drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum
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In the House, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was re-elected as speaker.
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Michael Cohen says his podcast 'Mea Culpa' is changing the minds of listeners who supported President Trump.
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In a rare comment on current political events, the moderate Republican says the president should step down now 'to allow our nation to begin to heal.'
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The Alaska senator tells an Anchorage newspaper that if the GOP doesn’t cut ties with the president, she might leave the party.
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Rep. Chellie Pingree, who strongly supports impeaching President Trump, says there’s broad support among House Democrats to take action next week
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The social media platform had faced growing pressure to take further action against Trump in response to Wednesday's riot by his supporters.
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The president's tweet that he would boycott the inauguration came as he holed up in the White House with a dwindling coterie of aides and as momentum grew on Capitol Hill to subject him to impeachment for a second time.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she spoke to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing an ‘unhinged’ president from ordering a nuclear strike.
