The closure expands federal and local efforts to batten down D.C. in preparation for security concerns surrounding the Jan. 20 swearing in of President-elect Joe Biden.
With less than seven days remaining in his presidency, Trump’s inner circle is shrinking, offices in his White House are emptying, and he is angry over the backlash to his incitement of a mob that stormed the Capitol.
Two new polls reinforce that what might have seemed at the time liked a sound political move at the time has earned Hawley few friends and many more enemies.