After a perfect winter Wednesday that saw Joseph R. Biden, Jr. sworn in as the 46th President, three new Senate Democrats sworn in, and Chuck Schumer ascend to Senate Majority Leader, official Washington now gets down to the business of repairing the damage of the last four years. As discussed yesterday, President Biden signed 17… Read More
With over 400,000 Americans dead from COVID-19 and downtown Washington turned into a vacant armed camp, President Donald J. Trump walked out of the White House for the last time this morning ending a calamitous presidency, but not before granting pardons to 73 individuals and commuting the sentences of an additional 70 individuals. President elect… Read More
As Washington prepares for embattled President Donald J. Trump to depart the White House early tomorrow morning and for Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to be sworn in at noon, Biden will deliver one last set of remarks this afternoon from Wilmington, Delaware, where he has conducted his transition amid a raging pandemic, before heading to… Read More
The House on Wednesday voted 232-197 to approve a single article of impeachment charging Donald John Trump from Queens, New York with “incitement of insurrection” for encouraging his supporters who attacked the Capitol last week. All 222 Democrats supported the impeachment resolution. Republicans who voted to impeach Trump include Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Jaime Herrera Beutler and… Read More
The House voted last night to demand that Vice President Mike Pence use the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove President Donald J. Trump from office, a largely symbolic act leading up to a vote today to impeach the president for a second time. The House went ahead with the non-binding resolution, which passed 223-205, even… Read More
This morning as he departed Joint Base Andrews to visit the border with Mexico, President Donald J. Trump said his remarks to supporters just before they stormed the U.S. Capitol last week were “totally appropriate,” even as they have become the basis for an article of impeachment against him. He did not address his own… Read More
House Democrats on Monday morning introduced an article of impeachment against President Donald John Trump for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol last week, vowing to press ahead with the charge as Republicans blocked their move to formally call on Vice President Mike Pence to strip him of all power under the 25th Amendment. The dual… Read More
