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Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP will tighten with a vote by House Republicans today to depose Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership post for her persistent rebuttals to the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Ransomware Attack on Colonial Again Shows U.S. Ignores Warning After Warning By Brody Ford and Jennifer A. Dlouhy | May 11, 2021 The ransomware attack that shut down the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline prompted an all-too familiar question in the corridors of power in Washington and boardrooms across the country: Can anyone stop debilitating hacks? The assault on Colonial Pipeline Co. last week was a particular affront. Not only did it disrupt fuel distribut...

May 10, 2021 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee President Joe Biden is preparing for his first face-to-face meeting with the top two congressional Republicans, Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), just as the GOP is ramping up opposition to his $4 trillion economic plan, a rallying point for the party amid infighting over allegiance to former President Donald Trump. After McConnell declared last week that he’s “100%” focused on blocking Bidenâ�...

April 14, 2021 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee President Joe Biden will withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that precipitated the American invasion that ousted the country’s Taliban leadership, according to people familiar with the plan. Biden will speak today at 2:15 p.m. on Afghanistan from the White House, according to his daily schedule. Afterward, the president will visit section 60 of Arlington Natio...

March 11, 2021 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee President Joe Biden got his giant coronavirus relief bill. Now, he wants to make sure he gets credit. The president will hold a ceremony tomorrow to sign his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law, kicking off a victory lap that aides and allies describe as a campaign to persuade the nation that he and fellow Democrats are responsible for preventing millions of Americans from enduring poverty and illness. Biden, Vice P...

March 10, 2021 7:06 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee The House is poised to send the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan to President Joe Biden for his signature, providing an economic boost that will last long after $1,400 stimulus checks start arriving in Americans’ accounts this month. With four days until supplemental unemployment benefits begin running out, House Democratic leaders expect passage this morning. The bill provides a template for a potential longer-term e...

Fencing, tightened security at Capitol staying for now

Feb 19, 2021, 12:06 AM – Updated on Feb 19, 2021, 10:55 AM Word Count: 1056 The offer is a politically risky effort by President Joe Biden to move beyond the standoff after a slew of U.S. sanctions cratered Iran’s economy and infuriated other world leaders, who argued that the 2015 accord and the inspections regime it created had reined in Tehran’s nuclear program. “The United States would accept an invitation from the European Union High Representative to attend a meeting of the P5+...

The trial is all but certain to end with Trumps acquittal. Many of them are loyal to Donald Trump even to this day, despite what he may have said about them…

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial ended in a not guilty verdict on a vote of 57-43, short of the two-thirds majority required. The nine House impeachment managers presenting the charge against the former president argue that he betrayed his oath of office by inciting his followers to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump’s lawyers counter that he didn’t encourage violence and simply exercised his First Amendment rights. Key...