(CNN) –– Un funcionario de la Casa Blanca indicó que esperan que 20 o más republicanos voten a favor del juicio político contra Trump en la Cámara de Representantes este miércoles, aunque no tienen una cifra definida. Otra fuente republicana cercana a la situación dijo esperar que entre 10 y 25 miembros republicanos de la
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Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s third-ranking House leader, announced on Tuesday that she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump, becoming the highest-ranking official from her party to support charging and removing him from office following the Trump-incited riot at the Capitol last week. In a statement, Cheney, a staunch conservative, said Trump
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As terrible as the events of Jan. 6 were — and I’m on the record warning of “the unimaginable” — I’m going to repeat what I said after Election Day: It’s not over. This battle against anti-democratic extremism didn’t end when a right-wing mob invaded the United States Capitol and five people died, including one
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EL PASO, Texas — Since being chosen as a vaccine mega-site by the state late last week, University Medical Center received 5,000 vaccines and nearly 2,000 had been administered by Tuesday. UMC began administering the vaccines on Monday, and although UMC spokesperson Ryan Mielke said the effort has been successful, a 78-year-old El Pasoan emailed
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WASHINGTON, DC — A White House official said they expect as many as 20 or more Republicans to vote for impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, though they did not have a firm figure. Another GOP source close to the situation told CNN to expect between 10 and 25 House GOP members
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has received the first shot of a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use. The world’s fourth most populated country plans to vaccinate millions of health care workers and other other high-risk groups in the coming months. Health officials are still working to secure
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Antes de que llegara la pandemia de covid-19, la nación Cherokee ya lidiaba con una crisis: la posible desaparición de su idioma nativo. Apenas unas 2.000 personas pueden hablar la lengua cherokee con fluidez. Y a medida que el covid-19 comenzó a extenderse, ese número va en descenso. Entonces, cuando la nación Cherokee
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled a trip to Europe this week after being snubbed by officials in Luxembourg in the wake of the deadly assault on the US Capitol, according to two State Department officials familiar with the planning. The intended stop in Luxembourg had not been publicly disclosed by the State Department, which
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Some of America’s biggest companies are suspending donations to Republican Congress members who objected to the Electoral College’s votes. The growing list of those corporations, including American Express, BlueCross BlueShield, Commerce Bank, Dow and Marriott, comes after a pro-Trump mob breached the US Capitol last Wednesday to fight against the ceremonial counting of electoral votes
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de Estados Unidos se redujeron drásticamente en 2020, lo que ayudó al país a cumplir uno de sus objetivos climáticos de larga data. Pero la caída tuvo un gran costo económico, y los expertos advierten que, a menos que la acción climática se convierta en una
Continue Reading (CNN) — Lady Whistledown probablemente estaría decepcionada. «Bridgerton» le ha regalado al mundo la belleza del duque de Hastings, Simon Basset, y Daphne Bridgerton. Pero no esperes que eso se repita en la vida real. Regé-Jean Page, quien interpreta al duque, puso fin a los rumores de que estaba saliendo con su coprotagonista, Phoebe Dynevor,
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence made clear Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, in a new letter released just hours ahead of a House vote on a measure urging him to do so. The resolution, brought forward by Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has discussed issuing pardons for himself and his children with new urgency since the attack on the US Capitol, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. One source familiar with the conversations says there is a belief that a Trump “pardon of family and kids, is more likely and more urgent
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El gobierno de Panamá anunció este martes la reactivación gradual de actividades económicas tras una cuarentena total que comenzó el 4 de enero y concluye este jueves. Según el ministro de Salud, Luis Francisco Sucre, la medida logró disminuir en un 6% la positividad de las pruebas de covid-19. En un mensaje
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named nine members of her caucus to be impeachment managers to argue the Democrats’ case in the Senate once the article of impeachment is sent to the chamber. The House is expected to vote on impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Pelosi’s announcement is available below: Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy
Continue Reading (CNN) — El vicepresidente Mike Pence se negó a apoyar los esfuerzos para invocar la Enmienda 25 para destituir al presidente Trump en una carta que le escribió a la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi. “Pero ahora, con sólo ocho días para el final del mandato del presidente, usted y la bancada
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a new letter Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office. Read the letter by clicking here.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team is in a bit of slump, but there’s plenty of time to get back on track. The Miners lost back-to-back games, both against the Rice Owls. UTEP knew the 2 game set against the Rice Owls would be a challenge since Rice is currently in first
Continue Reading Before you settle down for a bowl of your favorite frozen treat, beware of mouthful of metal pieces. A recall has been issued for more than 11,000 containers of Weis Markets ice cream products that may be contaminated with metal equipment parts, according to the FDA. “The products may be contaminated with extraneous material, specifically
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Este martes, llegó al aeropuerto internacional de Ciudad de México el quinto cargamento de la vacuna contra el covid-19, desarrollada por Pfizer-BioNTech, con más de 439.000 dosis . «A partir de hoy, con este envío, se inicia una vacunación masiva que nos pone en el primer lugar de América Latina», dijo el
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence made clear in a new letter Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, a statement released just hours ahead of a House vote on a measure urging him to do just that. The resolution, brought forward by Democratic Rep.
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden is on course to lag behind his recent predecessors who had Cabinet nominees confirmed on the day of inauguration, causing concern that Biden’s administration could be hampered in its early efforts to face immediate security, health and economic challenges. Biden’s transition team is beginning a new messaging push to urge Republican senators
Continue Reading Numerous law enforcement officers stood guard at Texas’ Capitol building in Austin and about a dozen demonstrators gathered outside as the legislative session began Tuesday. The large police presence came as an FBI internal bulletin warned “armed protests” were being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in the
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The federal government’s about-face on vaccine policy may be too little, too late, local health officials told CNN Tuesday. City and county health departments are already running at a deficit, and will continue to struggle to get vaccines out to people, the National Association of County and City Health Officials said. The US Department of
Continue Reading The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate long-standing restrictions for patients seeking to obtain a drug used for abortions early in pregnancy — with the three liberals dissenting in a potential preview of a new chapter in the court’s rulings on the procedure. The order’s timing was a surprise, coming
Continue Reading Members of Congress and staffers will have to walk through metal detectors in order to get onto the floor of the US House of Representatives, a senior Democratic aide told CNN Tuesday. The development comes after multiple House Democrats told CNN they are worried about some of their Republican colleagues and that there have been
Continue Reading The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment in the wake of the violent siege of the US Capitol last week, though Vice President Mike Pence made clear that he has no plans to comply with the
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Temps will be a couple of degrees or so warmer Wednesday AM – dropping to the low 20’s. We should be able to hit the mid and upper 50’s by the afternoon. No strong winds will be expected so no major wind chills. Temps will warm to the mid 60’s by Thursday and Friday before
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WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Mike Pence is ruling out invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from power, less than a week after the president fomented the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In a letter late Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pence said the mechanism should not be used “as
Continue Reading The US Justice Department detailed for the first time on Tuesday the scale of its investigation into last week’s US Capitol breach as officials vowed to hold all participants that broke the law accountable. The acting US attorney in Washington, DC, Michael Sherwin, told reporters that the agency is at the onset of “a long
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