Trumps' snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude  —  (CNN)On the morning of January 20, Donald Trump and Melania Trump will depart the White House as President and first lady, but they will not invite their incoming counterparts, Joe and Jill Biden, inside before they do.

Wyoming GOP chairman floats secession after Cheney votes to impeach Trump  —  A top Republican official in Wyoming floated the idea of seceding from the United States after a high-profile member of his party from the Cowboy State embraced the impeachment of President Trump.

QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing  —  The FBI privately warned law enforcement agencies Monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as National Guard members in Washington and others …

Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours  —  Among those under consideration for grants of clemency are the former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and the rapper Lil Wayne.  —  Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former …

Former US attorney general William Barr tells ITV News questioning election legitimacy ‘precipitated Capitol riots’ … Video report by ITV News Security Editor Rohit Kachroo  —  Former US attorney general William Barr has told ITV News that questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election result …

Dominion sends cease and desist letter to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell  —  Dominion Voting Systems on Monday sent a cease and desist letter to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell over his spread of misinformation related to the 2020 election.  —  Why it matters: Trump and several of his allies …

Last Trump Job Approval 34%; Average Is Record-Low 41%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Donald Trump prepares to leave the White House, 34% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president, the worst evaluation of his presidency.  His 41% average approval rating throughout …

Rudy Giuliani voted with an affidavit ballot, which he bashed in failed effort to overturn election  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani personally voted in the 2020 election using a voting method he publicly disparaged and bashed in his attempts to overthrow …

Biden to propose overhaul of immigration laws on first day in office  —  President-elect Joe Biden will roll out a sweeping overhaul of nation's immigration laws the day he is inaugurated, including an eight-year pathway to citizenship for immigrants without legal status and an expansion …

Fired Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones turns herself in to jail and tests positive for Covid-19  —  (CNN)The former Florida data analyst who has accused state officials of covering up the extent of the pandemic has turned herself in, days after a warrant was issued for her arrest …

Trump couldn't have incited sedition without the help of Fox News  —  It is hard to overstate the enormity of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021 — a date that will live in infamy alongside Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 11, 2001.  This was the first time the U.S. Capitol had been ransacked since the War …

Michigan Republicans seek to replace GOP canvasser who certified election  —  Lansing — The Michigan Republican Party wants to replace the GOP member of the Board of State Canvassers who cast the pivotal vote to certify election results in favor of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.

Trump's 11th-hour assault on the civil service by stripping job protections runs out of time  —  President Trump's last-ditch effort to remove civil service protections from tens of thousands of career federal employees appears to have lost steam, facing time constraints and legal hurdles …

McConnell, Schumer close in on power-sharing agreement in evenly divided Senate  —  Washington (CNN)The top two Senate leaders are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the evenly divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of setting the schedule but both parties likely …

Woman accused of taking laptop from Pelosi's office has been arrested, officials say  —  A witness who claimed to be a former partner of Riley June Williams told the FBI that friends of Williams played a video of her stealing a drive or computer  —  Federal authorities said they have arrested …

Biden Rejects Trump's Push to Lift Covid-19 Travel Restrictions  —  Biden's incoming press secretary said the president elect wouldn't lift travel bans, citing safety risks  —  President-elect Joe Biden rejected an effort by President Trump on Monday to lift bans on most travel into the U.S. from Europe …

Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm  —  (Reuters) - Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company.  —  Parler vanished from the internet when dropped …

‘Traitors Get Shot’: Capitol Rioter Accused of Threatening Children if They Turned Him In  —  A member of a right-wing militia group who is accused of taking part in the attack on the Capitol allegedly threatened to shoot his children if they turned him in to authorities.

Texas realtor on Capitol riot: 'I'm glad I was there' … Jenna Ryan says it all began with an invitation from a “very cute guy” on Facebook: Would she join him on a private plane to the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington, D.C.?  —  The decision was easy.  Ryan, a Dallas-area real estate agent …

127 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn The Election Results Are Now Praising MLK  —  By refusing to certify the Electoral College results, these GOP lawmakers were denying the voices of Black voters who turned out heavily for Joe Biden.  —  One hundred forty-seven Republicans in Congress voted …

Deborah Rhode, Who Transformed the Field of Legal Ethics, Dies at 68  —  A Stanford professor, she pushed the legal profession to confront the ways it failed clients and to be more inclusive of women.  —  Deborah L. Rhode, a law professor who transformed the field of legal ethics from little …

Director's Blog: Farewell  —  To the Outstanding Women and Men of the U.S. Census Bureau:  —  A little over two years ago, I took an oath to serve you as the 25th Director of the U.S. Census Bureau.  At that time, we knew we had great challenges ahead of us, especially in conducting the most complex …

Executive Order on Building the National Garden of American Heroes  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Background.  In Executive Order 13934 of July 3, 2020 …

Biden to ban special bonuses for appointees, expand lobbying prohibitions in new ethics rules  —  President-elect Joe Biden will ban his senior presidential appointees from accepting special bonuses akin to “golden parachutes” from former employers for joining government …

Biden to Tap Seasoned Former Diplomat to Oversee Southern Border Policy  —  Roberta Jacobson, a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, will join the NSC and help oversee an anticipated U-turn in U.S. policy on migration and asylum.  —  This article is part of The Biden Transition …

What today's Second Amendment activists forget: The right to not bear arms  —  As militias gather and march, they exercise a super-sized version of a right invented by gun advocates, not the Founders.  —  A radical vision of gun rights and the Second Amendment unites broad swaths of the Trump coalition.

Giuliani will not be part of Trump's defense in the Senate impeachment trial.  —  President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, will not be taking part in the president's defense in the Senate trial for his second impeachment, a person close to Mr. Trump said on Monday.