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Is there time to remove Trump from office, either with 25th Amendment or impeachment? Updated Jan 08, 2021; Posted Jan 08, 2021 Capitol police officers stand outside of fencing that was installed around the exterior of the Capitol grounds, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington. The House and Senate certified the Democrat's electoral college win early Thursday after a violent throng of pro-Trump rioters spent hours Wednesday running rampant through the Capitol. A woman was fatally shot, windows were bashed and the mob forced shaken lawmakers and aides to flee the building, shielded by Capito...

It took thugs roaming the halls of Congress for media to speak the truth Wednesday's dramatic Capitol attack finally captured the media's attention. But this outrage was far from the worst January 7, 2021 8:30PM (UTC) A protester sits in the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. Pro-Trump protesters have entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) --

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. What should have been a formality — a constitutionally mandated joint session of Congress to count and certify electoral votes — ended up looking a lot like an attempted coup, as violent Trump supporters laid siege to the nation’s Capitol. A mob stormed the U.S. Capitol early Wednesday afternoon, forcing the House and Senate to abruptly stop their debate over the formal counting and announcement of electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden. As my D.C. colleagues report, it was �...

President Trump and his supporters are still circulating baseless conspiracy theories about President-elect Joe Biden’s win. A group of Republican officials is still trying to intervene as the results are recorded. And we’re still waiting for results in a key race with dozens of absentee ballots ahead, this time in Georgia. The sense of déjà vu has been even stronger in that state, where voters relived the runup to the 2020 election, in which neither of the state’s Republican senators managed to clear the 50% threshold needed to win. For weeks since, Republican Sens. David Perdue an...

Congressional leaders close in on coronavirus aid deal [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-RELIEF-1ST-LEDE:LA] WASHINGTON — After months of impasse, House and Senate leaders were on the brink Wednesday of announcing an economic aid package of about $900 billion, which is expected to add $300 a week to state compensation for the unemployed and provide a one-time direct payment of at least $600 for most Americans. The compromise is also expected to include another round of Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses as well as money for vaccine distribution, food assistance, rent ...