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Plan to oust acting attorney general seen as Trump White House in a nutshell January 23, 2021 Former President Donald Trump worked with a Justice Department lawyer, Jeffrey Clark, on a plan to oust former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and have Clark replace him, The New York Times reports. The strategy reportedly stemmed from the fact that Rosen had rebuffed Trumps pleas to use the Justice Departments power to cast doubt on and ultimately overturn Georgias presidential election results...

Schumer sets Senate impeachment trial timeline after reaching agreement with GOP Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday night set the timeline for former President Donald Trumps impeachment trial. As expected, the House will send over the article of impeachment charging Trump with incitement of insurrection Monday at 7 p.m. ET. Senators will then be sworn in as members of the impeachment court on Tuesday, and then House impeachment managers and Trumps defense team will spend se...

China conducts unusual military flights in Taiwanese airspace Its not unusual for China to conduct military flights between the southern part of Taiwan — which it claims as its territory — and the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea, Reuters reports. In fact, the flights have occurred on a daily basis in recent months. But what happened Saturday does appear out of the ordinary. Eight nuclear-capable Chinese bombers and four fighter jets entered the southwestern co...

Biden reeled in a record-breaking $145 million in dark money Its not surprising that Biden set the mark given that the $1.5 billion he hauled in overall was the most ever for a challenger to an incumbent president, but its notable in large part because Democrats have been at the forefront of a movement to ban dark money in politics since it means that supporters can back a candidate without scrutiny. Plus, Bloomberg notes, anonymous donors "will have the same access to decision makers as those...

Larry King, longtime radio and TV host, dies at 87 January 23, 2021 Larry King, the longtime radio and television broadcaster, died Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his production studio and television network, Ora Media, announced. He was 87. No cause of death was given, but CNN previously reported that King had been hospitalized with COVID-19 earlier this month. King is perhaps best-known for his 25-year run hosting CNNs nightly Larry King Live, which ran from ...

Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff to be sworn in Wednesday after Georgia certifies Senate runoff vote January 19, 2021 The Georgia Secretary of States office on Tuesday certified the states pair of Senate runoff votes, which means Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are set to be sworn into the upper chamber after defeating GOP incumbent Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) earlier this month. NEWS: Georgia has now certified the results of the Senate runoff election, clearing th...

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Yellen promises Treasury climate czar, supports another relief package in confirmation hearing President-elect Joe Bidens Cabinet picks started facing Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday morning, and the first few are slated for an easy approval. Bidens Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen outlined a broad policy platform in her hearing, promising to focus on the coronavirus pandemics devastating economic impact from "day one" and encouraging Congress to pass another relief package. Notably...