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Jan 21 2021
News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she'll send Trump impeachment to Senate 'soon'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused again Thursday to say when she would send the Senate an article of impeachment charging former President Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection, but said it would be soon, as lawmakers grapple with how to hold a trial.
“I’m not going to be telling you when it is going,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. “The other questions are about how a trial would proceed
USA TODAYSep 17 2020
News
Trump announces commission promoting ‘patriotic education’
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans for a new commission to promote “patriotic education” in U.S. schools.
Speaking at the National Archives Museum, Trump signed an executive order establishing what he called the 1776 Commission, which is aimed at encouraging educators to teach about “the miracle of American history” and make plans in celebration of the 250th anniversary
Breitbart NewsJun 10 2021
News
Bipartisan Senate Group Reaches Deal on Infrastructure to Present to Biden
A bipartisan group of ten senators reached a deal on an infrastructure plan on Thursday to present to the Biden administration for further negotiations.
The plan includes about $579 billion in new spending and, including expected future spending, would cost $974 billion over five years or $1.2 trillion over eight years, multiple outlets reported. The ten senators said there would be no
National Review (News)Mar 16 2022
Opinion
Is Joe Biden Over the Horizon?
On April 14, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that, in keeping with an agreement former President Donald Trump had made with the Taliban, he would be removing all U.S. military forces from Afghanistan.
"We went to Afghanistan in 2001 to root out al Qaeda, to prevent future terrorist attacks against the United States planned from Afghanistan," Biden said. "Our objective was clear. The
CNSNews.comJan 25 2022
News
House Democrats beg members not to quit in the face of fierce GOP midterm challenge
House Democrats are privately urging colleagues to forgo their retirement plans and tough it out in what’s expected to be a brutal election year for the party, hoping they will help fend off an anticipated Republican takeover in November.
With 28 House Democrats set to retire this year, including several in toss-up districts, lawmakers told The Washington Times that they are pleading
Washington TimesFeb 08 2022
News
4 states announce they're dropping mask mandates for schools
Oregon is the latest state to set plans to lift its statewide mask mandate for schools, following earlier announcements Monday from New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware.
The loosening guidelines are signs that the four states are changing how they manage the COVID-19 pandemic as cases from the omicron surge continue to subside.
Oregon health officials announced Monday its end
NPR (Online News)Nov 12 2021
News
Tesla just had its worst week in 20 months after Elon Musk sold $5.7 billion worth of shares
Shares of Tesla declined 15.4% for the week after CEO Elon Musk commenced with his plans to sell a huge block of his holdings this week.
It marks Tesla’s worst one-week performance in 20 months. It’s also the stock’s worst week ever excluding declines that occurred in February and March 2020 — as the coronavirus pandemic emerged in the U.S., roiling markets.
Tesla closed down 2.8
CNBCSep 09 2021
Opinion
The Looming Crisis of Kids and COVID
The number of school closures due to COVID-19 is increasing alongside pediatric infections as the country's public school system fully reopens – in many places with low vaccination rates and mask-optional policies.
More than 1,400 schools across 278 districts in 35 states that began the academic year in person have closed, according to Burbio, an organization that's tracking how schools
U.S. News & World ReportMar 15 2022
News
Russia sanctions Biden, Secretary of State Blinken
Russia has sanctioned President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and several other administration officials in retaliation for U.S. sanctions on Russian banks, oligarchs and commodities over Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, per Bloomberg News. .
Why it matters: The sanctions, while largely symbolic and expected, still mark an escalation in hostilities between the U.S
AxiosJan 17 2021
News
Incoming Biden chief of staff on COVID vaccine rollout: 'We're inheriting a huge mess'
President-elect Biden's incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, said Sunday that his boss was inheriting a "huge mess" from the Trump administration when it comes to the U.S. rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.
"We're inheriting a huge mess here, Jake, but we have a plan to fix it, the president-elect put out that plan on Friday," Klain told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
The Hill