Wednesday, January 13, 2021
New Jersey Democrat says members of Congress led 'reconnaissance' tours ahead of riot
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) on Tuesday said that she witnessed colleagues leading people on tours of the Capitol in the days prior to the violent riot that overtook the building last Wednesday, calling the walk-throughs "reconnaissance" for the siege.
Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts illegal
Polish government officials have denounced the deactivation of Donald Trump’s social media accounts, and said a draft law being readied in Poland will make it illegal for tech companies to take similar actions there.
Here's why experts and lawmakers say you can't compare Black Lives Matter protesters to the US Capitol mob
Hours before President Donald Trump was impeached on Wednesday for his role in inciting last week's deadly attack, several lawmakers described the rioters as White supremacists. "Let us be clear, this was a domestic terror
Some national veterans organizations vow to remove members charged in the Capitol riots
Some national veterans organizations have vowed to remove members who were charged in the Capitol riots, taking a stand against the violent attack last week.
Current and former US military members participated in the insurrection
For the mob that stormed the US Capitol, a lesson from Charlottesville
What happened to the alt-right after Charlottesville could be a guide for what happens to QAnon and the mob that stormed the US Capitol last week.
The alt-right was a version of white supremacy that attracted
Superintendents push to speed up vaccination of educators: 'We could lose a whole generation of kids'
Superintendents from Texas, Florida, Washington, North Carolina and other states are pushing for an organized plan to vaccinate the country's teachers and school staff more quickly, in order to allow schools to open for more in-person learning.
Yankee Stadium is expected to join Mets' Citi Field as a Covid-19 vaccine mega site
New York's Yankee Stadium is expected to join numerous sports and entertainment venues around the nation being used as mass Covid-19 vaccination sites in a bid to boost lagging vaccine numbers.
New York City Mayor Bill de
Here's what you need to know about impeachment
The overall impeachment process laid out in the Constitution is relatively simple: President commits "high Crime or Misdemeanor," House votes to impeach, Senate conducts a trial.
Those overall contours are constant. But there's no such thing as a routine impeachment.
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