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House security chief resisted request for National Guard because of lawmakers wariness Rosalind S. Helderman, Beth Reinhard, Karoun Demirjian and Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post Jan. 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail National Guard troops guard the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton WASHINGTON - After nearly a decade of working for the House of Representatives, the chambers top security official thought he knew how its political leadership would re...

House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving balked when the chief of Capitol Police suggested activating the Guard two days before the Jan. 6 attack because he knew congressional leaders “don’t want the military up there,” according to an account he gave to a friend.

Can Joe Biden Succeed Where Barack Obama Failed? On 01/18/21 at 5:00 AM EST To be a transformative president, Joe Biden needs to succeed where Barack Obama failed. Photo Illustration by Gluekit for Newsweek; Biden by Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Joe Biden and Barack Obama campaign in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Can President Biden succeed where President Obama failed--or will he aim for comity and compromise rather than seizing his FDR moment? ...

Last week I touched on why the Democrats, despite winning control of the Senate ten days ago, may struggle to enact many or any of their progressive ideas during the Joe Biden presidency. In short, they have no margin for error in the chamber: they must win over all 50 Democrat senators to pass their proposals, and the “50th” Democratic senator – Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the least progressive and most likely to rebel – is wary of many ideas beloved by Democratic activists. But ...

Democrats appear determined to avoid getting played by fake GOP deficit concerns a second time.

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Greenwich) speaks Tuesday at a Norwalk vigil organized by Democrats, while riding a train back to Washington D.C. NORWALK, Conn. — Messages of sadness, anger, frustration, and some small messages of hope were shared at a “DTC Vigil for Truth, Justice, and Unity” on Tuesday night. “We thought that it was important to have something,” said Eloisa Melendez, chair of the Norwalk Democratic Town Committee. “Under different circumstances, we would all be together, f...

UD’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute locations have partnered across Delaware for a successful online program and will continue online offerings in 2021. Pictured are OLLI instructors and volunteers (clockwise from top left) Sima Sariaslani, Glenn Rill, Pete Feeney and Chris Dodd. Osher Lifelong Learning for Spring Article by Nora Zelluk Photo illustration by Cindy Dolan January 07, 2021 UD’s 50-plus learning programs collaborat...

> The "piracy is stealing" argument raises its head in the media every week and is on the lips of anti-piracy outfits and copyright holders every day. To them, every unauthorized copy is a lost sale and another small dent in the company spreadsheet which, when added to a million others, will destroy it bit by bit. To the maker of Minecraft, however, its an opportunity. Piracy is theft? You must be kidding. Lost sales? They dont exist. A quick look at the stats for the still-in-beta PC game Mi...

Joe Biden faces historic challenges when he enters the White House on Jan. 20: a raging pandemic, persistently high unemployment, simmering tensions with China and Russia -- and a predecessor who won’t go away.

Biden’s strategy for dealing with Trump: Just ignore him By Justin Sink Bloomberg,Updated January 3, 2021, 9:58 a.m. Email to a Friend President-elect Joe Biden spoke about the coronavirus pandemic in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday.AMR ALFIKY/NYT Joe Biden faces historic challenges when he enters the White House on Jan. 20: a raging pandemic, persistently high unemployment, simmering tensions with China and Russia -- and a predecessor who won’t go away. Aware of the chaos and distractio...