AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Friday that the State Capitol will be closed Saturday through Inauguration Day due to potential threats. The following statement was released by the Texas House Republican Caucus Executive Committee…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York, where a state lawsuit is trying…
Originally Published: 14 JAN 21 02:49 ET Updated: 15 JAN 21 12:29 ET By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) -- More than 38,000 Americans have died of Covid-19 in the first two weeks of the new year. Another 92,000 could die…
Originally Published: 04 JAN 21 11:02 ET Updated: 04 JAN 21 11:55 ET By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) -- President-elect Joe Biden's inaugural committee will promote the national day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of…
Originally Published: 15 JAN 21 12:47 ET Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) -- The government-sanctioned harassment of Martin Luther King Jr. provides the chilling spine of "MLK/FBI," a documentary timed to the annual holiday for the civil rights icon.…
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday evening outlined a $1.9 trillion emergency legislative package to fund a nationwide vaccination effort and provide direct economic relief to Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic, telling Americans that "the health of our nation is at stake." "There…
Keller was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and obstructing law enforcement engaged in official duties incident to civil disorder, according to documents…
Victoria, Texas - District 27 Republican Congressman Michael Cloud released the following statement regarding the impeachment of Donald Trump: “Last week’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol was abhorrent, and I condemn every unlawful action that occurred. Every single person…
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - Federal officials say a West Texas flower shop owner who posted a video on Facebook bragging about breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the U.S. Capitol riot last week has been arrested. A spokesman…
Originally Published: 13 JAN 21 15:53 ET Updated: 13 JAN 21 17:33 ET By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) -- President Donald Trump has been impeached again -- the first leader in US history to be impeached twice by the…
Originally Published: 13 JAN 21 16:17 ET By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN (CNN) -- Superintendents from Texas, Florida, Washington, North Carolina and other states are pushing for an organized plan to vaccinate the country's teachers and school staff more quickly, in…
Originally Published: 13 JAN 21 13:00 ET Updated: 13 JAN 21 13:04 ET By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business (CNN) -- Dollar General wants its employees to get Covid-19 vaccines, so it's offering to pay them to do it. The chain…
The resolution, brought forward by Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, calls on Pence "to immediately use his powers under section 4 of the 25th Amendment to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments in the Cabinet…
Originally Published: 09 JAN 21 12:27 ET Updated: 09 JAN 21 15:46 ET By Keri Enriquez, CNN (CNN) -- Six House Republicans were captured on video refusing masks offered by a colleague during the US Capitol insurrection on Wednesday. Rep.…
The news comes as security measures are being stepped up ahead of Inauguration Day, with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies preparing for the possibility of more violence after rioters stormed the US Capitol last week leaving five people dead, including…
By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s work on the border wall, the White House said Saturday. Trump will travel to the town of…
WASHINGTON D.C. - Facebook has suspended the president's access to his social media accounts as a result of the violence that took hold of the…
In the extraordinarily detailed lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington on Friday, the company outlined Powell's TV appearances and online posts -- including when she repeated her unfounded beliefs that Dominion was linked to communist Venezuela and Georgia officials…
WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressman Michael Cloud, of the 27th District of Texas, recounts Wednesday night's invasion of the United States Capitol, calling it a heartbreaking moment: "My…
Twitter said Wednesday it has locked President Donald Trump's account for 12 hours, and warned for the first time that it may suspend him permanently. The temporary lock reflects Trump's violation of the Twitter rules, the company said. "We have…
Originally Published: 06 JAN 21 19:46 ET By Caroline Kelly and Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) -- Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, who has condemned GOP attempts to subvert the will of the voters in the presidential election, lambasted President Donald Trump…
The US Capitol is once again secured but a woman is dead after supporters of President Donald Trump breached one of the most iconic American buildings, engulfing the nation's capital in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial…
Updated: By Paul LeBlanc, CNN (CNN) -- Republican former President George W. Bush derided the rioters who forced a shutdown of the House and Senate chambers of the US Capitol on Wednesday, calling the scene "sickening and heartbreaking" in a…
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their…
