Month: January 2021

As the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday toward a vote to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached twice, the Senate’s top Republican rejected Democratic calls to reconvene the Senate for […]

Facebook Tracking a Rise in Violent Rhetoric Tied to U.S. Presidential Inauguration

Facebook has seen an increase in signals indicating potential future acts of violence associated with efforts to contest the result of the U.S. presidential election since the Capitol siege last week, a company spokeswoman told […]

Trump’s Business Prospects Just Got Dimmer as Wall Street Backs Away From Tarnished Brand

More than two decades ago, Donald Trump the New York developer found refuge at Deutsche Bank after a syndicate of lenders, including predecessor firms to JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, cut ties with him, CNBC reported. […]

Goldman Sachs’ Chief Economist Warns a Pullback for Stocks Could Be Coming Soon

Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius said that U.S. stocks and bond markets could possibly “take more of a breather” in the near term, after hitting record highs last week, CNBC reports. U.S. stock markets […]

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U.S. to Require Negative COVID-19 Tests for Arriving International Air Passengers

Nearly all air travelers will need to present a negative coronavirus test to enter the United States under expanded testing requirements announced on Tuesday, Reuters informed. Under the rules taking effect Jan. 26, nearly all […]

U.S. House Urges Pence to Start Process of Removing Trump From Office

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to urge Vice President Mike Pence to start the U.S. Constitution’s 25th Amendment process of removing President Donald Trump from office, although the vice president already has […]

Joe Biden's social spending bill approved by House Dems

Biden Plans to Appoint Interim Agency Heads During Confirmation Process

President-elect Joe Biden will appoint interim agency heads to lead Cabinet agencies and departments while his nominees await confirmation, a necessary move because of delays in the transition process, a Biden transition official said on […]

House Democrats Press Forward on Impeachment Vote

With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to […]

U.S. Capitol Police Intelligence Chief Warned Congress in July of Right-Wing Attacks

The director of intelligence for the U.S. Capitol Police warned Congress in July that rebellion against COVID-19 precautions had accelerated violence by right-wing “revolutionary extremists,” according to congressional testimony, Reuters reports. Four months before he […]

YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel After Violating Policy on Inciting Violence

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the U.S. Capitol by the President’s supporters, Reuters informed. Online platforms […]

Signal, Telegram Downloads Surge After WhatsApp Says It Will Share Data With Facebook

Downloads of privacy-focused messaging apps Signal and Telegram got a boost as users looked for alternatives to Facebook-owned WhatsApp over concerns about changes to the service’s privacy policy, CNBC writes. Signal saw approximately 7.5 million […]

Fed Sees Possible Economic Boom if Vaccine Gets on Track

One U.S. Federal Reserve official says there is now a “clearer focus” about the economy’s path forward and a horizon for a fuller recovery. Another says the pandemic’s “endgame” is here. A third predicts 2021 […]

Trump Heads to Texas to See Border Wall

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to emerge from seclusion on Tuesday for the first time since the U.S. Capitol was ransacked by pro-Trump protesters and will travel to Alamo, Texas, to visit his signature border […]

Trump Supporters at U.S. Capitol Riot Face Consequences at Home

Standing amid a throng of flag-waving supporters of President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, Rick Saccone decided to capture the historic moment, Reuters writes. The former Pennsylvania state lawmaker handed […]

CDC Says 9 Million Americans Now Vaccinated as U.S. States Scramble

Nearly 9 million Americans had been given their first COVID-19 vaccination dose as of Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, as states scrambled to step up inoculations that have yet to […]

Pentagon Presses Ahead With Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Despite Law Barring It

The U.S. military has not halted a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Department of Defense told Reuters on Monday, despite a new law prohibiting further reductions without the Pentagon sending Congress an assessment of […]

U.S. Supreme Court Shuns Election-Related Disputes

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday steered clear of more cases involving bids by President Donald Trump and some Republican allies to overturn his election loss and turned away a Democratic effort to expand mail-in […]

January 11, 2021 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Removal from Office – Capitol Rioting – Protecting Democracy – Georgia Polls Came Close

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, January 11, 2021 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42% RON’S COMMENT: At 42%, Trump’s job approval is about 5 points lower than the vote he received in the November election…. […]

Twitter Stock Drops as Result of Trump’s Permanent Ban

Twitter’s stock fell around 7 percent on Monday after the social media company on Friday evening permanently banned President Donald Trump from the platform. Trump’s account, which has 41.6 million followers, was banned from tweeting […]

Biden Announces William Burns for CIA Director

President-elect Joe Biden announced Ambassador William Burns as his nominee for director of the CIA on Monday, Fox News informed. Burns, currently the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, previously had a 33-year career in the U.S. Foreign […]

DOJ Charges 2 Men in Connection with Capitol Riot

Two more men were charged in federal court in connection with Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced Sunday, with the Counterterrorism Section of the DOJ’s National Security Division helping take up the prosecution, Fox News informed. […]

Nearly $170 Billion Wiped off Cryptocurrency Market in 24 Hours as Bitcoin Pulls Back

Bitcoin and other digital coins tanked on Monday wiping off some $170 billion from the entire cryptocurrency market, CNBC writes. The market capitalization or value of the cryptocurrency market was $959.53 billion at 12:10 p.m. […]

U.S. to Designate Yemen’s Houthis Terrorist Organization

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist organization, Voice of America reported. The move has been expected as one of the State Department’s possible actions […]

China Reports Biggest Daily COVID-19 Case Jump in Over 5 Months

Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in over five months, the country’s health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise, Reuters informed. A […]

SolarWinds Hackers Linked to Known Russian Spying Tools, Investigators Say

The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said on Monday, Reuters informed. Investigators at Moscow-based cybersecurity […]

The nation's increasingly polarized politics are instilling new concerns in lawmakers and employees, as seen by Saturday's scheduled Capitol demonstration in support of those jailed on charges connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol disturbance

Outgoing U.S. Capitol Police Chief Says His Effort to Get Help Was Thwarted

The outgoing chief of the U.S. Capitol Police said House of Representatives and Senate security officials had thwarted his efforts to call in the National Guard, contradicting assertions from other officials who said the force […]

Washington Mayor Asks for Increased Security Around Biden’s Inauguration

Washington’s mayor has asked for increased security around the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, Reuters informed. Describing last week’s assault […]

Democrats in Congress Kick off Efforts to Drive Trump From Office After Violence at Capitol

Congressional Democrats on Monday begin their drive to force President Donald Trump from office, kicking off a week of legislative action that could end with a vote that would make him the only president in […]

Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 90 Million in Battle on New Variant

Worldwide coronavirus cases surpassed 90 million on Monday, according to Reuters tally, as nations around the globe scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants, Reuters writes. […]

January 10, 2021 Focus Washington

Pope Francis to Have COVID-19 Vaccine as Early as Next Week

Pope Francis said on Saturday he planned to have a COVID-19 vaccination as early as next week and urged everyone to get a shot, to protect not only their own lives but those of everyone […]