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Democrats withdraw surveillance bill after Trump veto threat
and WashingtonDemocrats on Thursday pulled legislation from the House floor to extend FBI surveillance authorities after President Donald Trump and Republicans turned against the measure and ensured its defeat. The House later voted 284-122 to officially start those negotiations.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there instead would be a new round of negotiations with the Senate over the expired powers the FBI considers vital in fighting terrorism. The House later voted 284-122 to officially start those negotiations.The impasse raised the potential for the surveillance powers to remain expired...…and WashingtonDemocrats on Thursday pulled legislation from the House floor to extend FBI surveillance authorities after President Donald Trump and Republicans turned against the measure and ensured its defeat. The House later voted 284-122 to officially start those negotiations.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there instead would be a new round of negotiations with the Senate over the expired powers the FBI considers vital in fighting terrorism. The House later voted 284-122 to officially start those negotiations.The impasse raised the potential for the surveillance powers to remain expired...WW…
Senate narrowly rejects new limits on internet surveillance
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/0a36dc3057c7e1ac56dc0ed190c55407Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/0a36dc3057c7e1ac56dc0ed190c55407Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate came one vote short Wednesday of approving a proposal to prevent federal law enforcement from obtaining internet browsing information or search history without seeking a warrant. The bipartisan amendment won a solid majority of the Senate but just shy of the 60 votes needed for adoption. The 59-37 vote to allow such warrantless searches split both parties, with Republicans and Democrats voting for...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/0a36dc3057c7e1ac56dc0ed190c55407Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/0a36dc3057c7e1ac56dc0ed190c55407Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate came one vote short Wednesday of approving a proposal to prevent federal law enforcement from obtaining internet browsing information or search history without seeking a warrant. The bipartisan amendment won a solid majority of the Senate but just shy of the 60 votes needed for adoption. The 59-37 vote to allow such warrantless searches split both parties, with Republicans and Democrats voting for...WW…
Trump administration to begin transition to Biden presidency - The Boston Globe
Advertisement...fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement…Advertisement...fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWW…
Trump told officials to 'let my people in' and march to Capitol on Jan. 6, former aide testifies
Donald Trump rebuffed his own security's warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony Tuesday before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection.Cassidy Hutchinson, a little-known former White House aide, described an angry, defiant president that day who was trying to let armed protesters avoid security screenings at a rally that morning to protest his 2020 election defeat and who later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the...…Donald Trump rebuffed his own security's warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony Tuesday before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection.Cassidy Hutchinson, a little-known former White House aide, described an angry, defiant president that day who was trying to let armed protesters avoid security screenings at a rally that morning to protest his 2020 election defeat and who later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the...WW…
Stinging report raises new questions about Capitol security
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Shields that shattered upon impact. Weapons too old to use. Missed intelligence in which future insurrectionists warned, “We get our president or we die.” As Congress pushes for a return to normalcy months after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a damning internal report about the deadly siege is painting a dire picture of the Capitol...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Shields that shattered upon impact. Weapons too old to use. Missed intelligence in which future insurrectionists warned, “We get our president or we die.” As Congress pushes for a return to normalcy months after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a damning internal report about the deadly siege is painting a dire picture of the Capitol...WW…
Stinging report raises new questions about Capitol security
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Shields that shattered upon impact. Weapons too old to use. Missed intelligence in which future insurrectionists warned, “We get our president or we die.” As Congress pushes for a return to normalcy months after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a damning internal report about the deadly siege is painting a dire picture of the Capitol...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-riot-security-failures-3309c46a9e0bc21c2b6f3287a2e3b831Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Shields that shattered upon impact. Weapons too old to use. Missed intelligence in which future insurrectionists warned, “We get our president or we die.” As Congress pushes for a return to normalcy months after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a damning internal report about the deadly siege is painting a dire picture of the Capitol...WW…
Jan. 6 commission stalls, for now, amid partisan dissension
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-us-news-legislation-nancy-pelosi-00858ec59039cdc85f4d2072b6c1699aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-us-news-legislation-nancy-pelosi-00858ec59039cdc85f4d2072b6c1699aClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation creating an independent, bipartisan panel to investigate is stalled, for now, with Democrats and Republicans split over the scope and structure of a review that would revisit the deadly attack and assess former President Donald Trump’s role. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pushed...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-us-news-legislation-nancy-pelosi-00858ec59039cdc85f4d2072b6c1699aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-us-news-legislation-nancy-pelosi-00858ec59039cdc85f4d2072b6c1699aClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation creating an independent, bipartisan panel to investigate is stalled, for now, with Democrats and Republicans split over the scope and structure of a review that would revisit the deadly attack and assess former President Donald Trump’s role. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pushed...WW…
Impeachment vote becomes defining moment for GOP senator
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-senate-elections-richard-burr-north-carolina-elections-218deeb825e9f616c81270929728332dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-senate-elections-richard-burr-north-carolina-elections-218deeb825e9f616c81270929728332dClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — When Sen. Richard Burr stood and said “guilty” there were hushed gasps in the Senate chamber. But the North Carolina Republican’s vote to convict former President Donald Trump should not have come as a shock.In a way, he had been telegraphing his willingness to hold Trump...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-senate-elections-richard-burr-north-carolina-elections-218deeb825e9f616c81270929728332dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-senate-elections-richard-burr-north-carolina-elections-218deeb825e9f616c81270929728332dClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — When Sen. Richard Burr stood and said “guilty” there were hushed gasps in the Senate chamber. But the North Carolina Republican’s vote to convict former President Donald Trump should not have come as a shock.In a way, he had been telegraphing his willingness to hold Trump...WW…
House demands coronavirus loan info from Treasury, banks
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-politics-business-virus-outbreak-steven-mnuchin-7b12528ea57682fe5de3b7f21605ee82Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-politics-business-virus-outbreak-steven-mnuchin-7b12528ea57682fe5de3b7f21605ee82Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — A House subcommittee investigating billions of dollars in coronavirus aid is demanding that the Trump administration and some of the nation’s largest banks turn over detailed information about companies that applied for and received federal loans intended for small businesses.The requests...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-politics-business-virus-outbreak-steven-mnuchin-7b12528ea57682fe5de3b7f21605ee82Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-politics-business-virus-outbreak-steven-mnuchin-7b12528ea57682fe5de3b7f21605ee82Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — A House subcommittee investigating billions of dollars in coronavirus aid is demanding that the Trump administration and some of the nation’s largest banks turn over detailed information about companies that applied for and received federal loans intended for small businesses.The requests...WW…