House has the votes to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol riots  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a majority of support in the House to impeach President Donald Trump, part of a two-front effort to punish and remove him for inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week.

First Lady Melania Trump: Our Path Forward  —  Like all of you, I have reflected on the past year and how the invisible enemy, Covid-19, swept across our beautiful country.  All Nations have experienced the loss of loved ones, economic pain, and the negative impacts of isolation.

Watson Coleman Receives Positive Coronavirus Test Following January 6 Capitol Lockdown  —  f t # e  —  Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) received a positive rapid antigen test result for COVID-19.  She believes she was exposed during protective isolation in the U.S. Capitol building …

FBI memo warns law enforcement across U.S. of possible armed protests at 50 state capitols  —  The FBI has sent a memo to law enforcement agencies across the country warning of possible armed protests at all 50 state capitol buildings starting Jan. 16, and also says an armed group has threatened …

Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric  —  After months of stoking anger about alleged election fraud, one of America's largest talk-radio companies has decided on an abrupt change of direction.  —  Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular …

Republican leaders say Tom Cotton halted landslide of GOP objections in Senate  —  Senior Republicans are crediting Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton's surprise break with President Trump for preventing a flood of his GOP colleagues from objecting to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.

New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership  — New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership  —  The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) …

Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived  —  In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump's supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler …

74% Of Voters Say Democracy In The U.S. Is Under Threat, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 52% Say President Trump Should Be Removed From Office  —  Following last week's mob attack on the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress to formally certify Joe Biden's victory …

What happened at the Capitol ‘is not the America that I know’  —  We are and forever will be the UNITED States of America, and no difference or disagreement is too big for us to overcome.  —  View Comments  —  Wednesday was a tragic day in our nation's history.

‘A great pick’: Top spies praise Biden choice of Amb. William Burns to head CIA … WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden's choice of career diplomat William Burns to be the next CIA director is drawing praise from veterans of the spy agency, who say the CIA will benefit …

A Disgruntled Employee Changed The State Department's Website To Say That Trump's Term Ends Today, Sources Say  —  A disgruntled employee at the State Department changed the biographies of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to say their term was coming to an end on Monday …

Fox News Announces Major Revamp of Daytime Lineup  —  Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott has just announced a new daytime programming line-up that will debut on Monday, January 18th.  —  The most notable changes have news anchor Martha MacCallum moving from her 7 p.m. slot to hosting a dayside show …

Republican No More: The GOP's Existential Crisis  —  In the wake of the trauma of the last two months, two inescapable questions emerge.  First, what does it mean to be republican?  And second, does the Republican Party represent those values at all any more?

‘War for the soul’: Capitol riot elevates GOP power struggle between pro-Trump conspiracy theorists and party establishment  —  The essay reads like the manifesto of a delusional conspiracy theorist — claiming that President Trump would remain in office on Jan. 20, after purging his Cabinet and replacing Vice President Pence.

QAnon Woke Up the Real Deep State  —  An open letter to QAnon, “stop the steal,” and other communities involved in the Capitol attack  —  To the QAnon community, and others involved in storming the Capitol:  —  The Deep State is real, but it's not what you think.

Federal officials seek information on manatee harassment  —  Updated with video  —  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the harassment of a manatee.  The animal was reported to federal authorities over the weekend when it was discovered with the words “Trump” scraped in its back.

Susan Collins recounts the moment rioters stormed the Capitol … Susan Collins represents Maine in the U.S. Senate.  —  was destined to be a significant day.  The Senate and the House would decide whether to certify the electoral votes in the presidential election, and I knew …

Trump's nonprofit inaugural committee improperly paid a $49,000 bill incurred by his company, D.C. attorney general alleges  —  President Trump's private business failed to pay a $49,000 hotel bill incurred during Trump's 2017 inaugural — and then, after the bill went to a collections agency …

Enough!  There Was No Riot, Insurrection or “Storming!”  —  Enough!  Enough of the gaslighting by the press.  Enough of the gaslighting by the party of slavery, Jim Crow, the KKK, want, deprivation, envy and murder of the unborn in the womb.  Most especially, enough of their “Republican …

Republican AGs group sent robocalls urging protesters to the Capitol.  GOP officials now insist they didn't know about it.  —  The day before a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, an arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association sent out robocalls urging supporters to come to D.C. to …

Biden dresses down his Covid team over plans to speed vaccinations  —  President-elect Joe Biden has grown frustrated with the team in charge of plotting his coronavirus response, amid rising concerns that his administration will fall short of its promise of 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days …

Record of Determination for the Temporary Closure of Public Facilities, Parking and Roads in Response to Threats to Visitors and Park Resources  —  § 1.5(a)(1) the National Mall and Memorial Parks is implementing temporary closures of National Park Service public facilities …

Army investigating officer who led group to Washington rally  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Army is investigating a psychological operations officer who led a group of people from North Carolina to the rally in Washington that led up to the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.

The worst run cities in America  —  The current state of many of America's large cities is poor and rapidly declining, leading to the greatest rates of emigration since the bad old days in the 1970s of bankruptcy, runaway crime, and disorder.  Eight cities stand out as the worst-run in the nation …

We've seen this movie before — Rumors of Trump's political demise are greatly exaggerated  —  Apparently, President Donald Trump's political future is over.  Headlines blare his actions are “a Breaking Point for Many in the G.O.P.” They pronounce that “Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him.”

Germany's Merkel hits out at Twitter over ‘problematic’ Trump ban  — German Chancellor Angela Merkel finds Twitter's decision to ban President Donald Trump's account “problematic,” her spokesperson said.  — Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account on Friday, following outcry over riots on Capitol Hill.

UPDATED x2 *** Speaker Madigan to suspend campaign... for now  —  * Two high-level House Democrats have confirmed rampant rumors that House Speaker Michael Madigan is suspending his reelection campaign so that he's not standing in the way of someone else trying to get to 60.  More in a bit.