Former President Donald Trump’s phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is being investigated. During the phone call, Trump asked Raffensperger to find votes to overturn the election results. “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than …
Read More »Justice Department To Seek Resignations Of Trump-Appointed Attorneys
The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to ask 56 attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, CNN reported on Monday. President Joe Biden’s Administration will then begin to transition to its own nominees, a senior Justice Department official said Monday. The transition process, which happens routinely …
Read More »Trump’s Legal Team Rejects Invitation To Testify At Impeachment Trial
On Thursday, House Impeachment managers offered Donald Trump the opportunity to testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, but Trump and his legal team quickly rejected the invitation. According to CNN, the move was to get Trump on record about his role surrounding the January 6 Capitol riot. Now, Democrats …
Read More »Unable To Cast Vote To Impeach, Stacey Plaskett Is Now Impeachment Manager
Delegate Stacey Plaskett could not cast a vote on the House floor last month to impeach former President Donald Trump, although she agreed that he should have been impeached. Because Plaskett represents the Virgin Islands, a U.S. territory and not a state, she is one of 6 non-voting members of …
Read More »Justice Department Drops Lawsuit Against Yale University
As part of his continuance to undo the 45th President of the United States’ previous work, President Joe Biden’s administration has authorized the Justice Department to drop an affirmative action lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against Yale University in 2020. Trump’s administration had cited that the school was reportedly …
Read More »Fox News Sued For $2.7 Billion Over Election Fraud Claims
Voting technology company, Smartmatic, swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, filed a gargantuan $2.7 billion lawsuit on Thursday against Fox News, several of the network’s most prominent commentators, and pro-Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, alleging the parties worked in concert to wage a “disinformation campaign” that has …
Read More »Capitol Insurrection Spurs Thousands Of Republicans To Flee The GOP
Republicans have endured a four-year assault on their core principles by disgraced ex-president Donald Trump. The deficit ballooned, states’ rights were assaulted, and blatant disrespect for the military were the hallmarks of the twice-impeached president’s administration. Through all of the turmoil, the overwhelming majority of Republicans remained loyal because they …
Read More »Progressives Pressure Biden For Recurring Stimulus Checks
More than 50 House progressives are pushing President Joe Biden to prioritize recurring direct checks instead of one-time payments in the next rescue package, upping the demands on Democratic leaders in their race to draft a bill. The group of House Democrats, led by Representative Ilhan Omar, sent a letter …
Read More »Republican Ties To Extremists Involved In Capitol Riots Discovered
“We’re in it. We just haven’t started shooting at each other yet,” replied Republican Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona when asked by members of the Oath Keepers if the United States was headed for a civil war. The statement was videotaped and distributed by the right-wing militia. This call to …
Read More »Trump’s Legal Team Quits Week Before Impeachment Trial
According to reporting from the New York Times, all five of the impeachment lawyers who were expected to represent former President Donald Trump have called it quits just before his trial is expected to start in the Senate next week. The legal team led by South Carolina lawyer Butch Bowers, resigned …
Read More »Former President Donald Trump Is Potentially Facing Eviction
Former President Donald Trump is potentially facing eviction. Trump planned to utilize Mar-a-Lago Club as his residence despite the length-of-stay provision he agreed to three decades ago. There are several restrictions in the document that prohibit Trump from utilizing Mar-a-Lago Club as a residence. Trump purchased the estate in 1985. …
Read More »Biden To Reopen Obamacare Enrollment
President Joe Biden is scheduled to take executive actions to reopen enrollment on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges. This order is part of a series of executive actions related to health care, taking a step to help uninsured Americans that his predecessor rejected. The order will be Biden’s first …
Read More »President Biden To Pick Nurse Susan Orsega As Surgeon General
According to reports from the Washington Post, nurse Susan Orsega will be chosen to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General. Orsega, who works in the US Public Health Service Corps and is an infectious disease specialist, will be among the first nurses to serve as surgeon general. “The committee is ready …
Read More »Trump’s Election Loss Spur New Voter Suppression Efforts By Republicans
Donald Trump‘s 2020 presidential election loss is still reverberating throughout the country. The incumbent’s loss has fractured The Grand Old Party; some members secretly believe Trump’s loss was a blessing while others are determined to avenge his defeat, but they both agree the more voters, the less likely they are …
Read More »Thousands Of National Guard Troops Will Remain In Washington D.C. For Impeachment Trial
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, which starts on February 8, is a big security concern. 5,000 National Guard troops will remain in Washington D.C. through mid-March to protect the Capitol. The troops are remaining in the nation’s capital due to “impeachment security concerns.” Deployments have been extended in several National Guard …
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