Gas Stations Still Dark as Texas Emerges From Freeze msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott demanded that lawmakers make winterization of power plants mandatory under state law after four days of widespread blackouts and water shortages.
McConnell Excoriates Trump for Riot Role Despite Acquittal Bloomberg 2/14/2021 Billy House, Mike Dorning and Steven T. Dennis
(Bloomberg) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scorching speech assailing Donald Trump as “practically and morally responsible” for the attack on the Capitol after the Kentucky senator voted to acquit the former president on the impeachment charge.
Speaking on the Senate floor minutes after he voted to declare Trump not guilty, McConnell said the mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 because “they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on Earth, because he was angry he had lost an election.”