(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool, File) WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency. Democrats want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol siege. And Republicans want it over as fast as possible. It’s scheduled to begin Tuesday, just over a month since the deadly Jan….
The human loss from the pandemic will not be reflected in the U.S. population count used for divvying up congressional seats among the states. That could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one. The pandemic’s start and the April 1 reference date used for the nation’s head count were just weeks apart. Because of that, the…
An LED billboard calling for the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seen on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Dalton, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) WASHINGTON (AP) — A fiercely divided House has tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she’d earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories. Underscoring the political…
Syrian refugee Mahmoud Mansour, 47, helps his youngest daughter Sahar, 8, with her homework (AP Photo/Omar Akour) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is sending a message to his messengers, using a visit to the State Department to underscore his promise to restore a multilateral approach to U.S. foreign policy and reengage with the international community. White House press secretary…
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., attends a ceremony memorializing U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick ((Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool) WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans will be forced to go on the record defending or rebuking congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican has drawn bipartisan condemnation over her embrace of far-right conspiracy theories, as well as her…
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects to the late U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden and the first lady are among those who have paid their respects to slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick as he lay in honor in the…
(Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) – A teary-eyed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she hid in her office bathroom as a man repeatedly yelled “Where is she?” during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. She also revealed a sexual assault in her past as she talked about trauma. The remembered terror of the day made Ocasio-Cortez get…
Snow falls on the North Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is set to meet Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of what he is seeking in coronavirus aid. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says that Biden…
FILE – In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that…
FILE – (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) Johnson & Johnson says its vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot. It’s not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. Results released Friday show the single-shot vaccine was 66% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe illness, and…
