The Senate confirmed Lloyd J. Austin as Defense secretary Friday, putting the first Black American in charge of the Pentagon by a vote of 93-2. Austin, a retired four-star Army general who commanded U.S. forces MORE
Senator Chuck Schumer just announced the House of Representatives will deliver the Articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump on Monday. Of course, Senator McConnell wants to delay the trial. Trump has started putting together MORE
Thousands of National Guard troops were allowed back inside the Capitol after Capitol Police had ordered them out of the facilities due to increased foot traffic inside as Congress came back into session. One Guardsman MORE
Pro-gun Republican lawmaker Lauren Boebert reportedly set off a metal detector and refused to comply with US Capitol Police Thursday, leaving her facing a possible $5,000 fine. Although members of Congress and aides are legally MORE
Seven Democrats in the U.S. Senate requested an ethics investigation Thursday into Republican senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri in connection with their challenges to the Electoral College vote certification the day a deadly riot broke out MORE
A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided MORE
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Thursday “I’m supporting incumbents,” when asked about chatter of Ivanka Trump mounting a primary challenge against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). The NRSC typically supports Republican incumbents but Scott’s comments MORE
WASHINGTON — President Biden ordered a sweeping review on Thursday of American intelligence about Russia’s role in a highly sophisticated hacking of government and corporate computer networks, along with what his spokeswoman called Moscow’s “reckless and adversarial MORE
“The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman, Inaugural Poem, January 20, 2021 When day comes we ask ourselves Where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, A sea we must MORE
Former attorney general Jeff Sessions and other senior justice department officials impeded an internal departmental investigation into their role in implementing the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy that separated thousands of children from their parents MORE
For anyone under the false impression that Donald Trump’s courtship of the white working class meant he would break with his party’s anti-union animus and employer favoritism, his nomination of Peter Robb as the general MORE
The pet, Boncuk, which means bead, followed the ambulance that transported her owner, Cemal Senturk, to hospital in the Black Sea city of Trabzon on 14 January. She then made daily visits to the facility, MORE
The Washington Post claims that Trump has returned to his company after leaving office but “it faces a deepening crisis, with key properties bleeding revenue and its bankers, lawyers and customers fleeing the company.” Based MORE
One, Steven V., wrote in an app group that he wanted to commit an attack on Mark Rutte if the prime minister rode his bicycle to the Binnenhof (The seat of Dutch Parliament). The other, Fabio MORE
The Netherlands will be under curfew from 9pm to 4.30am from Saturday until at least February 9, after a majority of MPs voted in favour of the plan, following a full day of debate. Coalition MORE
But we begin with Goodbye. . . . . To Donald Trump and his entire family. . . . LONDON — World leaders have reacted to a “new dawn” in U.S. politics after Joe Biden MORE
With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that House Democrats will move immediately on MORE
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, submitted a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for a “robust” examination of the role Parler played in the siege on the MORE
So what all happened yesterday? Well, besides Trump leaving DC and Biden and Harris and two, Dem senators from Georgia sworn in, yesterday was also the anniversary of the first American reported Covid case, and MORE
Join us for a News Views live discussion of the 2nd press briefing in the Biden Presidency. We’ll convene here at 3 ish according to the info I have. If that changes I’ll post it MORE
NU††ER WA†CH Less than two days after a fire caused major damage to their place of worship, parishioners of Hubbard’s St. Patrick’s Church gathered to pray, as one of their members is reporting what he MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on President Biden’s remarks on how his administration will tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Odds are, he won’t bring up disinfectants or lightning rods as a means to combat MORE
Over the last four years, the GOP’s values were inexorably tied to the whims of a president who regularly undermined democratic institutions and traded the party’s longstanding commitment to fiscal discipline, strong foreign policy and MORE
Trump’s lawyers were seeking a conference call to clarify how a lawsuit by House Democrats for his tax returns will proceed in a new administration. Their concern was that the House could seize the long-hidden MORE
“Much of it is thinly veiled innuendo calling us white supremacists, calling us racists, calling us every name in the book, calling us people who don’t tell the truth.” -Rand Paul Newsweek: Republican lawmakers have MORE