Security personnel vetted ahead of Biden s inauguration
The FBI is vetting all 25,000 National Guard troops who are tasked with securing the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20 across the nation’s capital, due to fears of a coordinated insider attack. As part of an intense inauguration security effort following the lethal Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities have now launched a process to subject troops from the D.C. National Guard and some other states to additional security screening for links to extremist or other violent groups.
After the Capitol assault on January 6, the U.S. government has imposed unparalleled security surrounding the Capitol, including non-scalable fences rimmed with razor wire and a large security zone that the public is barred from. Concern arose over security as investigation into the Capitol attack showed that nearly 30 sworn officers were known to have at least participated in the rall
Dow snaps 3-day slide, stocks kick off week with gains as Yellen calls for more fiscal aid MarketWatch 1/19/2021
MARKET SNAPSHOT
U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, with technology stocks leading gains, as Janet Yellen in her Senate confirmation hearing called for more fiscal aid for the pandemic-battered economy.
Investors also prepared for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday and watched a stream of fourth-quarter earnings.
On Friday, stocks closed lower for the day and week, with the Dow posting a weekly loss of 0.9%, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both fell 1.5% on the week. However, the small-capitalization Russell 2000 index posted a weekly gain of 1.5%.
A 1903 Confederate monument stands at the south entrance to the Texas Capitol grounds.
The day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring a leader of the American civil rights movement, some Texas employees will also take a paid day off this Tuesday for Confederate Heroes Day a state holiday falling on Robert E. Lee s birthday, intended to celebrate him, Jefferson Davis and other Confederate soldiers.
For years, a handful of Texas lawmakers have tried in vain to pass legislation that would remove or replace the holiday celebrating leaders of the Confederate army.
But they say this year feels different.