Trump is now facing inquiries run by elected officials from Georgia to New York to Washington with only their constituents to answer to. Most are Democrats, but one key investigation was launched by a Georgia Republican who has faced heavy criticism from Trump since the election.
A steady decline in new coronavirus cases in the United States appears to have stalled, public health officials said, warning that new, more transmissible variants could be taking hold. The number of new infections remains critically high, with more than 76,000 cases reported Saturday, even as hospitalizations continue to drop. The apparent plateau comes as…
Join Michael Cohen, Trump’s ex-fixer and Daily Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright to discuss this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the GOP continued its complete and total embrace of Donald J. Trump. Mea Culpa travels down the MAGA rabbit hole to deliver an analysis from Orlando to find out who’s saying what and why. Next we speak…
Ted Cruz, the most disgusting human being on earth, only rivaled by his master Donald Trump, who called his wife ugly and said his father was involved in killing Kennedy, went to Cancun while his people back in Texas suffered.
Former President Trump has once again walked away with an acquittal after his second impeachment trial, but he faces charges in multiple states for a variety of crimes he has committed over the last 4 years.
Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the US Senate, has intensified pressure on the extremist Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling the “loony lies and conspiracy theories” that she endorses a “cancer for the Republican party”. In a statement to the Hill on Monday night, McConnell did not name Greene personally. But his excoriating attack…
According to a viral video that had been posted to Facebook live, uh, earlier this month by text wire CEO, Daniel Beck Beck said in the video that he posted on January 5th, that he had just left a meeting at Trump hotel in Washington, DC with among other folks, Donald Trump, Jr. Rudy Giuliani,…
Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor of “Pod Save America” share their reactions to today’s historic inauguration and their belief that the Biden administration will tackle the pandemic in a way the previous administration wouldn’t.
Federal prosecutors said in a new court filing there is “strong evidence” that the pro-Trump rioters who invaded the U.S. Capitol last week intended “to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States government.” Prosecutors also noted in that filing that “news reports suggest that the U.S. Capitol siege may just be the beginning…
McConnell is said to be pleased about impeachment, believing it will be easier to purge Trump from the G.O.P. President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time, the House planning the unprecedented vote one week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results…
Vice President Mike Pence confirmed early Thursday that Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, officially ending the 2020 presidential race that Trump has refused to concede and after a violent day at the U.S. Capitol. Pence officially declared Biden the winner at 3:41 a.m. EST. Not long after, Trump released a statement through a White…
Four people are dead following Wednesday’s protests and the pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol, according to Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee. One woman and two men, suffered “medical emergencies” at the protests, and have subsequently died, Contee said during a press conference Wednesday night. Another woman was shot and killed during a…
On an hour-long phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Saturday, President Trump pressured him and other officials to “find” enough votes in the state’s presidential election to make him the winner, according to audio of the call obtained by CBS News. [LISTEN BELOW THE FULL 1 HOUR CALL] During the call,…
Battleground with David Plouffe & Steve Schmidt. This week David and Steve call Greg Bluestein to talk about the unprecedented internecine warfare among Republicans in Georgia, how the political chaos could hurt the state’s economy, and how claims of election fraud are confusing the voters Republicans need to keep the Senate. Bluestein is one of…
An alarming new alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber arm revealed that Russian hackers suspected of a massive, ongoing intrusion campaign into government agencies, private companies and critical infrastructure entities used a variety of unidentified tactics and not just a single compromised software program. Specifically, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said…
A Trump appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly pushed this summer to adopt a Covid-19 strategy in the U.S. that would keep businesses open while exposing “infants, kids, teens” and others to the coronavirus in an attempt to achieve so-called herd immunity, according to emails obtained by House lawmakers.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the U.S. officially has a president-elect and congratulates Joe Biden hours after Putin did the same. “The Electoral College has spoken… Today, I want to congratulate President-elect Biden” – #MitchMcConnell pic.twitter.com/znrcNtMuuZ December 15, 2020
A small group of Michigan residents watched as the first Covid-19 vaccine shipped from the Pfizer plant in Portage. More than 500,000 doses were sent out across 50 states, and another two million doses will be shipped by the end of the week.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday brushed aside the lawsuit filed by Texas that sought to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory in four battleground states. President Donald Trump called the case “the big one,” and 126 of the 196 Republicans in the House urged the court to take it. But the justices acted quickly to…
Andrew Weissmann, former lead prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, talks about the laws Donald Trump may be violating by directly pressuring state officials to falsify their state’s election results, and cites this as an example of why a president should not be allowed to self-pardon.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has informed president-elect Joe Biden that the current administration is ready to begin the formal transition of power process. General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy told President-elect Joe Biden the Trump administration is making federal resources available for his transition into office. The letter from Murphy, who had withheld…
Olbermann: Ban Trump From Twitter for Life. Take away his megaphone and his ability to undermine democracy and spread conspiracy theories. If a citizen was spreading this call for violence he or she would be promptly arrested. Press play below: Watch John Oliver press play below:
The former president shares the advice he would give President Trump, his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, and what’s behind the divisions in Washington and across the U.S. Scott Pelley reports. Press play below:
John Oliver breaks it down a week after Joe Biden’s win in the US presidential election, he discusses Donald Trump’s various attempts to overturn the results, why his claims don’t hold water, and the consequences of indulging him., press play below: Watch John Oliver press play below:
Trump is stupid, but he is ruthless in his pursuit of his power and self-interest. As the country is continuing to get pummeled by the Coronavirus, Trump and his GOP enablers in the Senate do nothing to help the American people with a relief package of any kind. There is nobody at the wheel at…
A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech has been found to be more than 90 per cent effective, in a major breakthrough that could make the shot available for use by the end of the year if drug authorities give it the green light. The finding was the result of the first…
John Oliver breaks down the 2020 election, Trump’s refusal to accept the results and paint it as illegitimate, and the massive celebrations that has broken out around the world at the news of the historic victory of Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Watch the full episode of Last Week Tonight, press play below: Watch John…
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