Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, 49, taped the first TV interview with Ellen DeGeneres, 63, after she announced Wednesday that she ll step down from her talk show in 2022.
May 13, 2021
Speaker Pelosi Has Urged the Minority Leader to Meet With Officer Fanone
As multiple Members of the House Republican Conference claim that the January 6th attack on the Capitol was a “normal tourist visit,” “not an insurrection” and carried out by “peaceful patriots,” Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing to meet with DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone who suffered a heart attack, concussion and traumatic brain injury while fighting to protect the Capitol from insurrectionists.
A [D.C. Police] officer who has spoken publicly about his experience during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was given the cold shoulder by the leader of House Republicans when the policeman called to talk about the attempted insurrection, according to another member of Congress. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) took to Twitter on Wednesday to upbraid House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). “I just spoke with a very upset Officer Michael Fanone… Fanone has made multip
Still, 124 retired generals and admirals
did sign it, and that lends great significance to the open letter they published this week. Why? Because itâs not every day that such a large group of senior military officers speaks out as one, nor every day that such a group openly questions both the legitimacy of a national election and the physical and mental health of a sitting commander-in-chief.
But question they did.
âOur Nation is in deep peril,â their letter begins. âWe are in a fight for our survival as a Constitutional Republic like no other time since our founding in 1776. The conflict is between supporters of Socialism and Marxism vs. supporters of Constitutional freedom and liberty. During the 2020 election an âOpen Letter from Senior Military Leadersâ was signed by 317 retired Generals and Admirals, and it said the 2020 election could be the most important election since our country was founded. âWith the Democrat Party welcoming Socialist
Cheney set to be face of anti-Trump GOP
By Scott Wong
9 hours ago
When Republicans vote Wednesday to expel House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney from the No. 3 leadership post, it will cement the Wyoming Republican and political scion as the face of the anti-Trump movement in the party.
What remains unclear is whether her apostasy leads to a political cul-de-sac or becomes the launching pad to a more prominent role within a Republican Party that’s still grappling with its identity in a post-Trump Washington.
Until now, that splintered Never Trump faction has had no apparent leader. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the 2008 presidential nominee who repeatedly clashed with former President Trump , died in 2018. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R), the centrist Alaskan, and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the party’s 2012 standard-bearer, both backed Trump’s impeachment this year but don’t lean into every Trump controversy.