(Headline USA) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered no clues Friday on her plans to send President Donald Trump’s impeachment to the Senate for trial, but made it clear that Democrats intend to move swiftly on Joe Biden’s legislative priorities, including funding for coronavirus vaccines and relief aid.
Pelosi said Biden's proposed...
(Headline USA) Vice President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
It's the first known contact between the elected members of the outgoing and incoming administrations.
President Donald Trump has not reached out to Democrat Joe Biden and...
(Headline USA) The owner of a gym in Bellmawr, NJ, who defied extreme coronavirus lockdown orders by Gov. Phil Murphy, announced on Instagram that the state government has vacuumed all of his assets from his business's bank account.
Ian Smith said in a video post that the State of New...
(Headline USA) President Xi Jinping is asking former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks to help repair U.S.-Chinese relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades amid a tariff war and tension over technology and security.
A letter from Xi to Schultz reported Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency...
(Associated Press) The U.S. military has met its goal of reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan to about 2,500 by Friday, a drawdown that appears to violate a last-minute congressional prohibition.
President Donald Trump, who ordered the reduction in November, said Thursday that troop levels in Afghanistan had reached a...
(Headline USA) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not rule out that he might eventually vote to convict the now twice-impeached President Donald Trump, but he also blocked a quick Senate impeachment trial.
Minutes after the House voted 232-197 on Wednesday to impeach Trump, McConnell said in a letter to his GOP...
(Headline USA) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company’s ban of President Donald Trump in a philosophical Twitter thread that is his first public statement on the subject.
When Trump's followers, mixed with Antifa agitators, stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, Dorsey said the resulting risk to public safety created an...
(Headline USA) The U.S. government's deficit in the first three months of the budget year was a record-breaking $572.9 billion, 60.7% higher than the same period a year ago, as spending to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic surged while revenue declined.
The Treasury Department reported Wednesday that three months into the...
(Headline USA) The PGA canceled its tournament at his golf course.
Banks say they won’t lend to him anymore.
New York City is looking to end his contract to operate the Central Park skating rink.
Hits to President Donald Trump’s business empire since the siege at the U.S. Capitol are part of a...
(Headline USA) Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday rejected a Democrat attempt to swiftly call the Senate into emergency session to hold an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, all but assuring that those proceedings won't occur unless Democrats unconstitutionally do so after Trump leaves office.
The Senate is currently in...
(Headline USA) New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week's siege by Antifa and his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.
“I’m here to announce that the city of New York is severing all contracts with the Trump Organization,” de...
(Headline USA) A line formed out the door during the lunch rush at the Carver Hangar, a family-owned restaurant and sports bar, and waitresses zipped in and out of the kitchen trying to keep up with orders as customers backed up in the lobby.
Indoor dining has been banned in much...