Happening now: Biden delivers remarks and signs executive order to reopen Affordable Care Act enrollment
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President Biden just signed two health care executive actions, including one reopening enrollment on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges.
Biden said the orders are aimed at undoing the damage Trump has done. There s nothing new we re doing here other than restoring the Affordable Care Act and restoring the Medicaid to the way it was before Trump became President, Biden said from the Oval Office. Biden said Trump made both programs “more inaccessible, more expensive, and more difficult for people to qualify.”
The acting chief of the Capitol Police told lawmakers that the department knew days ahead of time of the risk of violence targeting lawmakers but was unprepared when the mob attacked on Jan. 6.
Omaha FBI agents arrest man for actions during U.S. Capitol attack Share Updated: 9:16 PM CST Jan 25, 2021 KETV Staff Report Share Updated: 9:16 PM CST Jan 25, 2021
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Show Transcript PRESIDENT áCAN BE IMPEACHED, EVEN AFTER LEAVING OFFICE. (áááRHEYAááá) THE F-B-I HAS MADE ANOTHER ARREST IN CONNECTION TO THE RIOTS AT THE U-S CAPITOL EARLIER THIS MONTH. BRANDON STRAKA - FROM OMAHA - WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TODAY. HE S NOW FACING THREE FEDERAL CHARGES - INCLUDING IMPEDING LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING CIVIL DISORDER.
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 9:16 PM CST Jan 25, 2021 KETV Staff Report Associated Press The FBI arrested an Omaha man for his actions during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Brandon Straka, 44, was arrested Monday by agents from the FBI Omaha Field Office, according to a report from the FBI. Straka faces charges of impeding a law enf
Tuesday’s closed-door briefing comes as lawmakers investigate the insurrection that left at least five people dead. The Capitol s top law enforcement officials – the Capitol Police chief and the House and Senate sergeants at arms – resigned days later. The House impeached President Donald Trump on Jan. 13 and charged him with inciting the riot, and the Senate is set to begin an impeachment trial the week of Feb. 8.
Authorities have begun identifying and arresting suspects who were involved in the riot. Many face charges related to weapons or violence in connection with the attack.
The 1,200 Capitol Police personnel working at the building that day were “no match” for the “tens of thousands of insurrectionists,” Pittman said, many of whom were armed when they stormed the Capitol as Congress counted the Electoral College votes showing Joe Biden won the election.
We did not do enough : Acting Capitol Police chief apologizes to lawmakers for handling of Jan. 6 riot Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – The acting chief of the United States Capitol Police apologized to members of Congress for her agency’s failures during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, saying it was not prepared for the terrorist attack, according to a copy of her prepared remarks to a key House panel obtained by USA TODAY.
“I am here to offer my sincerest apologies on behalf of the Department,” acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees the agency’s funding.