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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:29 P.M. EDT Q    Hi, good afternoon. MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Okay.  Today, the President will announce that on Thursday he expects he will meet his goal of 200 million shots administered in 100 days — or under 100 days, I should say — a goal he doubled after meeting his original goal of 100 million shots by day 58 of his presidency. As the administration — as we work to get even more people vaccinated, President Biden will call on employers...

Psaki: Biden ‘Believes the Bar for Convicting Officers Is Far Too High’ By Melanie Arter | April 22, 2021 | 10:57am EDT White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House April 19, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – President Joe Biden believes the bar for convicting police officers is “far too high” and needs to be changed. That’s w...

Republicans reveal Senator Tim Scott will deliver their response to Bidens address to Congress Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina will give the GOP response to President Joe Bidens address to the Joint Session of Congress next week Scott is the lone Republican black senator and has taken the lead on police reform legislation for the GOP  Im excited and honored for this opportunity to address the nation, he said  Biden will address the nation next Wednesday, April 28 

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images April 22, 2021 4:25 PM ET Font Size: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday that Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott will be delivering the GOP’s address to the nation. The two Republican leaders in Congress sent out a release, praising Scott for his leadership in the party, saying he is one of the most “inspiring and unifying leaders” in the U.S. The address will be following the Joint...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. It’s been nearly a year of hybrid hearings. Even Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., posing questions to Acting Assistant Defense Secretary Christopher Maier during a House Armed Services Committee hearing – while driving. It’s been 11 months of "remote" or "proxy" voting in the House. Members phoning in their votes, literally, to a designee on the floor, and bequeathing them their yea, nay or "present." No congressiona...

2020 election post-mortem Part 1: High Crimes and Misdemeanors Now that the putative Biden-Harris administration is going full tilt, as we catch our breath and reflect on what has transpired in our country, we would do well to consider the wider implications of the theft of this election. So let’s return to the scene of the crime—actually, to the scenes of the multiple crimes inflicted on our nation. Election Theft Crime #1 By now we know about the Dems’ rampant and shameless vote fraud, and...

Inspector General Says Capitol Police Response to Jan. 6 Breach Was Obstructed by Senior Official The inspector general of the Capitol Police has told lawmakers that the forces’ response to the Jan. 6 breach on the U.S. Capitol was fatally obstructed when a senior official instructed officers not to use their most powerful weapons due to a lack of training with the equipment. Michael A. Bolton, the inspector general for the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), told a House committee on April 15 tha...

Who will get a ticket to Bidens first address to Congress? Nancy Pelosi faces huge headache over who she will leave off the list 200 lawmakers for presidents big address Speaker Nancy Pelosi decides who gets one of 200 tickets to President Bidens speech to a Joint Session of Congress on April 28  Hundreds of Democrats want a golden ticket and she needs to keep her party happy and with her thanks to her scant majority in the House  The situation is getting contentious as date of speech gets cl...

Display at funeral service for Ashli Babbitt, February 21, 2021, photo by Taylor Hansen The Biden Justice Department announced Wednesday it has closed the investigation into the homicide death of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt that took place inside the Capitol during the January 6 riot while Congress was meeting in joint session to certify the November presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. Babbitt, who was unarmed, was shot and killed without apparent warning by a plainclothes Capitol ...

Capitol Police officer cleared of wrongdoing in fatal shooting during insurrection Updated April 14, 2021, 6:05 p.m. Email to a Friend WASHINGTON — A US Capitol Police officer has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing for fatally shooting Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt as she attempted to breach a set of doors deep in the Capitol during the January siege, federal prosecutors in D.C. announced Wednesday. Authorities determined there was insufficient evidence to prove Babbitt’s civil rig...