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Biden crafts inaugural address to unify a country in crisis

January 19, 2021 6:46 AM CNN

President-elect Joe Biden has spoken volumes inside the US Capitol over more than four decades, but the weight of those words does not approach the…

Read: Biden secretary of state nominee Antony Blinken’s opening statement

January 19, 2021 6:33 AM CNN Newsource

Antony Blinken will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday to be considered for secretary of state. Read his opening…

5 ways Biden plans to reset health care after Trump

January 19, 2021 6:31 AM CNN Newsource

Strengthen the Affordable Care Act. Restore abortion protections. Lower drug prices. President-elect Joe Biden has a long list of health care…

McConnell, Schumer close in on power-sharing agreement in evenly divided Senate

January 19, 2021 5:29 AM CNN Newsource

The top two Senate leaders are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the evenly divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of…

Pentagon chief says ‘no intelligence indicating an insider threat’ to inauguration as FBI vets National Guard

January 19, 2021 4:26 AM CNN Newsource

Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller said Monday that there is “no intelligence indicating an insider threat” to…

Otero County residents not surprised at commissioner’s Capitol arrest

January 18, 2021 9:15 PM Saul Saenz

ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, who is also head of Cowboys for Trump, is the talk of the town, and for good…

FBI investigates tip that a woman possibly stole a laptop from Pelosi’s office to potentially sell it to Russia

January 18, 2021 8:22 PM CNN Newsource

In a new criminal court case against a woman alleged to have entered the US Capitol on January 6, the FBI noted that a tipster raised the possibility…

The President might want Trump World, but he needs a real library

January 18, 2021 8:02 PM CNN

For anyone at all disturbed by the alternate universe President Donald Trump has pushed as reality over the past four years, a nagging aggravation…

How Trump allies stoked the flames ahead of Capitol riot

January 18, 2021 7:34 PM CNN Newsource

Steve Bannon evoked the beaches of Normandy. Michael Flynn drew comparisons to Civil War battlefields and spoke of Americans who died for their…

Trump moves to lift some Covid-19-related travel restrictions, but Biden plans to block the order

January 18, 2021 6:27 PM CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump on Monday lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective…

Trump administration issues racist school curriculum report on MLK day

January 18, 2021 5:52 PM CNN Newsource

A commission stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to schools applying a more accurate history curriculum around slavery in the US issued…

Biden administration braces for new wave of migrants as it rolls out new immigration plans

January 18, 2021 5:37 PM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden plans to immediately begin the rollout of his immigration agenda upon taking office Wednesday, but the new administration…

Trump lifts Covid-19-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the UK, Ireland and Brazil

January 18, 2021 5:27 PM CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump on Monday lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective…

Democratic lawmaker accuses Boebert of giving tours prior to insurrection

January 18, 2021 5:21 PM CNN

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee said that he and a fellow lawmaker personally saw Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado guiding a group…

Retired New York City firefighter charged in connection with US Capitol riot

January 18, 2021 4:27 PM CNN Newsource

A retired New York City Fire Department member is facing federal charges for allegedly participating in the deadly riot at the US Capitol earlier…

Trump to lift Covid-19 related travel restrictions before he leaves office, White House official says

January 18, 2021 4:20 PM CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump is expected to lift coronavirus-related travel restrictions starting on January 26, nearly a week after he leaves office, a…

California becomes first state to top 3 million coronavirus infections

January 18, 2021 4:17 PM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has become the first state to record more than 3 million known coronavirus infections. That’s according to a tally…

Rudy Giuliani voted with an affidavit ballot, which he bashed in failed effort to overturn election

January 18, 2021 3:27 PM CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani personally voted in the 2020 election using a voting method he publicly disparaged and…

Sen. Josh Hawley finds new publisher after Simon & Schuster dropped book

January 18, 2021 3:13 PM CNN Newsource

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book will now be published by conservative publishing house Regnery Publishing after it was dropped…

Harris resigns from the Senate ahead of inauguration

January 18, 2021 2:31 PM CNN

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has formally submitted a letter of resignation for her US Senate seat to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, ending her…

Census chief quits early after final round of citizenship controversy

January 18, 2021 2:17 PM CNN Newsource

The Trump-appointed official overseeing the 2020 census announced his resignation on Monday, nearly a year before his term was scheduled to end.…

For some, the US is now a case study in how democracy dies

January 18, 2021 2:14 PM CNN

Irony is dead at Trump’s State Department. In a statement on Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s spokeswoman praised Ugandans for…

U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is resigning after criticism over citizenship data

January 18, 2021 2:08 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham says he plans to resign with the change in presidential administrations. Dillingham…

Trumps’ snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude

January 18, 2021 2:07 PM CNN Newsource

On the morning of January 20, Donald Trump and Melania Trump will depart the White House as President and first lady, but they will not invite their…

Pelosi demands acting Pentagon chief halt his order to NSA to install Trump loyalist as general counsel

January 18, 2021 2:03 PM CNN

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller “immediately cease” his plans to install a Trump…

Trump’s last year in office will define his legacy, historians say

January 18, 2021 1:35 PM CNN Newsource

Historians face a daunting task when it comes time to assessing Donald Trump’s presidency, during which news often moved at breakneck pace, and…

‘The lost years’: Climate damage that occurred on Trump’s watch will endure long after he is gone

January 18, 2021 1:34 PM CNN Newsource

For four years, President Donald Trump has careened from one crisis to the next, many of his own making. Still, through the Mueller investigation,…

FBI vetting National Guard members involved in securing US Capitol

January 18, 2021 10:38 AM CNN Newsource

The head of the DC National Guard said Monday that the FBI is vetting troops involved in securing the US Capitol around President-elect Joe…

Army reservist with secret-level security clearance among the latest charged in connection with Capitol riot

January 18, 2021 10:36 AM CNN Newsource

An Army reservist who federal investigators say has security-level security clearance and a long record of posting his extremist views online was…

Army reservist with security-level security clearance among the latest charged in connection with Capitol riot

January 18, 2021 10:22 AM CNN Newsource

An Army reservist who federal investigators say has security-level security clearance and a long record of posting his extremist views online was…