11.01am EST 11:01 Martin Pengelly An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a former CIA officer a presidential pardon was “going to cost $2m”, the New York Times reported on Sunday in the latest bombshell to break across the last, chaotic days of Donald Trump’s presidency. The report detailed widespread and in some cases lucrative lobbying […]
Tag Archives: House of Representatives
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Jan
Third-ranking GOP member in House, Liz Cheney, says she’ll vote to impeach Pence rejects call from House to invoke 25th amendment US carries out first federal execution of a woman since 1953 4,327 US Covid deaths yesterday sets grim new daily record Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 1.50pm […]
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Jan
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute today after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo cancels last trip. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA The extraordinary snub to Washington came […]
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DR Jill Biden Her doctorate, which is the subject of a controversial column of opinion in the Wall Street Journal, is one of the accomplishments she is most proud of. “That was such a surprise,” said Dr. Biden told CBS Late Show presenter Stephen Colbert next to her husband, the president-elect, on Thursday evening Joe […]
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ONEAn aspiring leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party has argued that politicians must act as role models in a concerted effort to combat skepticism about the Covid-19 vaccine, especially among some black Americans. Congressman-elect Jamaal Bowman, the progressive New York Democrat who defeated longtime incumbent Congressman and outgoing chairman of the House […]