Even as metrics appear to improve, the toll is baked in.
Category: Politics
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Harold Bornstein, doctor who said Trump would be ‘the healthiest individual ever elected’ president, dies at 73
He later said his effusive 2015 letter extolling Trump’s health was dictated by the future president.
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NRA to move to Texas, fleeing litigation brought against it by New York state
Move could lead to shrinking or closing the organization’s offices in Springfield, VA.
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Fact-checking Biden’s speech on his coronavirus economic relief plan
Five claims caught our attention. The Biden team quickly provided citations and back-up.
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A pillow salesman apparently has some ideas about declaring martial law
Trump loyalist Mike Lindell showed up at the White House on Friday with notes that raise alarming possibilities.
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For those who quit Trump after riot, critics say it’s too little — and four years too late
The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol incited by the president set off a dramatic wave of resignations and attempts at distancing among administration officials and longtime advisers.
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Post-ABC poll: Overwhelming opposition to Capitol attacks, majority support for preventing Trump from serving again
Majorities also discount election fraud claims, though most Republicans say the party should continue to follow Trump’s lead.
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Democratic Senate control will give Biden freer hand in pursuing tax agenda
Biden ran for president on a campaign of raising taxes on the wealthy, corporations and estates, expanding tax credits for modest earners and exempting individual taxpayers making less than $400,000 from tax increases. Biden wants to use the extra money to pay for a far-reaching domestic agenda, with new spending on health care, infrastructure, low-income schools and combating climate change initiatives.
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With Trump banned from Twitter, his supporters are parsing speeches for clues about what’s next
Many of the president’s allies have struggled to glean clear marching orders from him since his banishment from social media.
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The crowd outside the Capitol last week included Rep. Bob Good’s district director
Sandy Adams and her husband, a local GOP official, attended the rally but did not breach the Capitol.
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Biden to begin presidency pushing emergency relief, other ambitious economic plans
President-elect Joe Biden will arrive in Washington with an ambitious economic agenda topped with plans to prod Congress to pass a multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief bill aimed at stabilizing the teetering economy and halting the pandemic’s spread.