Washington, January 11
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as she pushes the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitu
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The decision by tech companies to clamp down on President Donald Trump’s ability to speak to followers through mainstream social media may force him to tap more traditional methods of communication or more isolated conservative online channels during his final days in office, experts say.
FILE PHOTO: A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump on a smartphone and the White House in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Illustration
Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc-owned Google, Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc took their strongest actions yet against Trump to limit his reach, fearing continued violence stemming from his posts after his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol building last week. They were joined by smaller tech companies including Twitch, Snapchat, Reddit, Shopify and TikTok.
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In one fell swoop, the outcomes of Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs on January 5 changed the landscape for the entire nation, at least for the next two years.
Two Republican incumbents neither of whom had held political office until the U.S. Senate were unseated by two Democratic candidates, neither of whom have held political office. Thirty-three-year-old Jon Ossoff replaces Sen. David Perdue. Raphael Warnock, a Baptist pastor, won the two years remaining in the six-year term of retired Sen. Johnny Isakson after ousting Kelly Loeffler, appointed to the vacated seat in December 2019 by Gov. Brian Kemp.
The Capitol s attending physician notified all lawmakers Sunday of the virus exposure and urged them to be tested. The infected individual was not named.