“When I saw the events at the Capitol last Wednesday, I was more upset than I can ever remember,” said Late Show host Stephen Colbert on Monday night. “Yeah, [9/11] is the most horrible day in America’s history. But I want to point out: No Americans were cheering for the…
We’re living through the last weeks of Trump’s bumbling presidency, and for some reason, debating his masculinity. After four years of scandal, foreign interference, a contested election, a literal attempted coup led by the losing candidate’s supporters, and the mass exile of the president himself from multiple social media platforms,…
Facebook, Microsoft and Google have joined a growing list of big banks and other major companies pausing their political spending following last week’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. One after another, corporate responses have escalated. Some have suspended donations to lawmakers who objected to the certification of the election.…
This is a story about grotesque irresponsibility. On Monday, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman announced she tested positive for COVID-19. The 75-year-old Democrat believes she was infected while forced to shelter with maskless Republicans in a Capitol safe room during the coup attempt by Trump-zealots, some of whom were armed. A…
Folks online noticed something odd on Monday. President Donald Trump’s biography on the State Department website suddenly said his”term ended on 2021-01-11 19:45:20.” That’s today. Now, let’s be clear. This almost certainly doesn’t indicate Trump is going to vacate his office today. In fact, soon after people noticed the what…
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Georgia’s former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili addresses the media as he visits a polling station during the presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze MOSCOW (Reuters) – Bidzina Ivanishvili, the head of Georgias ruling party and the countrys wealthiest man, said on…
If the House succeeds in impeaching President Donald Trump, he would become the first president to be impeached twice. USA TODAY A majority of Americans now believe President Donald Trump should be removed from office before his term ends on Jan. 20, when President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in.…
Midland is really underappreciated as an influence on George W. Bush, Mr. Engel said. These were the years when the elder Mr. Bush was on the road, selling oil parts and leaving the children with their mother, Barbara. Her strong personality and famously sharp tongue would influence the swagger and…
Still, Mr. Trump might have a challenge finding lawyers to defend him in any trial. Jay Sekulow, who was a leader of the defense team in the impeachment trial last year, called the idea of a second impeachment a gigantic mistake by Democrats during a radio show, but has not…
Mr. Hanna, 19, was a poll worker in his rural township not far from Mr. Bidens birth city of Scranton, and he cannot accept that Mr. Biden won honestly. We were swamped, we had over 250 people in line, he said, adding confidently that few were Biden backers. Its mind-boggling…
