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President Trump Issues Statement after Biden Victory

President Trump has posted a statement to his website following the victory of Joe Biden in the presidential race. This is the statement: “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed. The simple fact…

Joe Biden Elected 46th President of the United States

CBS News and ABC News both project that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will win the presidency. Both networks say Biden has won Pennsylvania’s electoral votes, taking him to 273 electoral votes. That is three more than the 270 needed to secure victory. Vote  counts continue in several other states which remain too close to call. COVERAGE FROM CBS NEWS…

Sean Connery, the Original James Bond, Dies at 90

FILE (AP Photo/Gerald Penny, File) Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died, aged 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by the BBC. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were “devastated by the news.” In a varied career, Connery played James Bond seven times, starting…

Will President Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Impact the Election?

The nomination, appointment, and confirmation of Amy Cohen Barrett was seen as a political power grab to some people. Democrats are against the appointment to the Supreme Court, because it happened so close to Election Day. So, close in fact that no other Supreme Court Justice has ever been appointed to the court so close to an election. In 2016,…

U.S. Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court

Amy Coney Barrett is headed to to the Supreme Court. The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee, with Republicans overpowering Democratic opposition a week before Election Day. Barrett will be the third Supreme Court justice nominated by Trump. At 48, she is likely secure a conservative court majority for years to come. With no real power to stop the…

U.S. Senate Expected to Confirm Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court Monday

The Republican-led U.S. Senate has voted to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett toward final confirmation despite Democratic objections. Barrett’s confirmation on Monday is hardly in doubt, with the majority Republicans mostly united in support behind President Donald Trump’s pick. But Democrats are poised to keep the Senate in session into the night in attempts to stall, arguing that…

President Trump and Joe Biden Squared Off One Last Time Before The 2020 Election

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It was debate night for President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. They’ve squared off in Nashville in their final face-to-face confrontation before the…

Supreme Court halts 2020 census for now

The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October. The court on Tuesday said the 2020 census should be stopped for now. The Trump administration argued that the head count needed to end immediately so the U.S. Census Bureau had enough time to crunch the numbers before a…

2nd presidential debate is officially canceled

The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden is officially off. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates confirmed Friday that the Oct. 15 face off would be scrapped. The decision was made a day after the commission announced the debate would take place “virtually” because Trump had contracted the Coronavirus. Trump balked at holding the debate…

Pelosi Unveils Plan to Allow Congress to Remove a President

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled legislation today that would allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the president. Pelosi insists it’s not about President Donald Trump but inspired by…