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So much for national unity. President Trump announced Friday that he won’t attend Joe Biden’s inauguration later this month, seemingly flip-flopping on his pledge to promote “healing” in the wake of his far-right supporters staging a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to […]

Washington (AFP) – US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his picks for commerce secretary, labor secretary and small business administrator to fill his incoming economics team. The transition named Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and former Obama official Isabel Guzman as nominees for the three positions, respectively.  “With two dozen

DETROIT — Betsy DeVos, the West Michigan political force who rose to secretary of education, resigned Thursday night, saying President Donald Trump incited a mob that invaded the Capitol Wednesday. “We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration’s many accomplishments on behalf of the American people,” DeVos wrote in a letter to the president. “Instead

On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama tweeted a statement of his remarks on the violence from pro-Trump supporters when they broke into the Capitol building to try and stop the electoral college vote for President-Elect Joe Biden. “History will remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continues to baselessly lie about

Merrick Garland, the onetime Supreme Court nominee picked by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as attorney general, pledged Thursday to pursue prosecutions without fear or favor amid mounting pressure for President Donald Trump to face criminal charges when he leaves office. After being formally introduced by Biden as his nominee to lead the Justice Department,

Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump appealed for “healing and reconciliation” Thursday following unprecedented scenes of violence at the US Capitol, pledging a smooth transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden. In a video message aiming to calm tensions after his supporters stormed the US Capitol as Biden’s election victory was being certified by

Calls for the ouster of US President Donald Trump grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that saw rioters storm Congress and lawmakers finally confirm incoming president Joe Biden’s election victory. The Democratic leaders in Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, demanded that

COLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, called the mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday domestic terrorists and said that had the law enforcement in charge of defending the nation’s seat of power been in the military, they would have been court-martialed for their failure. “The first

If Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley had shown any evidence that there’s a conscience in there somewhere, underneath the ambition and the artifice and the uncommon combo of striving and laziness that he’s somehow made work for him, then we wouldn’t be where we are right now. We wouldn’t, that is, be wondering what to say

AUSTIN, Texas — The head of the Texas House Democrats has called for the Legislature to investigate, and potentially censure or impeach, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for his role in events leading to Wednesday’s mob incursion into the U.S. Capitol. “Everything needs to be on the table because Ken Paxton has abused his power

WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Sen. John Danforth spent years promoting Josh Hawley as the future of the Republican Party, a “once-in-a-generation” candidate destined to contend for the presidency, perhaps in 2024. But a day after the riot at the U.S. Capitol that left four people dead, Danforth blamed his former protégé for sparking the insurrection.