Wednesday, January 13, 2021
'This isn't the final chapter': Analyst warns, again, about rise of right-wing extremists
WASHINGTON — In April 2009, a senior Homeland Security intelligence analyst named Daryl Johnson wrote an internal report warning that right-wing extremism was on the rise in the United States and that it could lead to violence.
The report leaked, and the backlash was swift. Republican lawmakers were furious.
YouTube takes action against Trump, bans uploads for at least 7 days
YouTube has taken action against President Donald Trump and barred new videos from being uploaded to his channel for at least seven days, citing violations of its policies and "concerns about the ongoing potential for violence."
It's the latest action against Trump after last week's deadly
'Mind-blowing' number of crimes committed during Capitol riot, 160 case files opened, say officials
WASHINGTON — FBI agents are scouring more than 100,000 digital media files, and federal prosecutors have spent hours presenting felony cases to a Washington grand jury, as they seek to bring to justice those who committed crimes in the riot at the Capitol, authorities said Tuesday.
Sen. Josh Hawley becomes a pariah on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — One of his most important early backers now says supporting him "was the worst mistake I ever made in my life," and a top donor called for him to be censured by the Senate.
That's just some of the condemnation that's come Sen. Josh Hawley
Biden to nominate Merrick Garland as his attorney general
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Merrick Garland, the federal judge who Republicans denied a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, to serve as his attorney general, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News Wednesday.
News of Biden’s choice of Garland was first reported by Politico
Biden expected to nominate Raimondo as commerce secretary, Walsh as labor secretary
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Gina Raimondo to be commerce secretary, Marty Walsh to be labor secretary and Isabel Guzman to run the Small Business Administration, people familiar with the decisions said Thursday.
Raimondo has been the Democratic governor of Rhode Island since 2015.
With another impeachment vote, Republicans finally reckon with Trumpism
WASHINGTON — With seven full days left in Donald Trump’s presidency, the Republican Party is finally starting an honest debate about Trumpism and whether it should remain the party’s driving force.
It just took a second round of impeachment
Biden to nominate Samantha Power to lead foreign aid agency
WASHINGTON — Signaling a dramatic new direction for U.S. foreign assistance, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that he will nominate former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to transition officials.
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