President-elect Joe Biden arrived in the nation’s capital Tuesday to prepare for his inauguration to be held under an unprecedented blanket of armed security.
Gary Martin
Former Review-Journal Washington Bureau Reporter
With heightened security and no cheering crowds at the Capitol, the 59th presidential inaugural will be one like never before.
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time for inciting a violent mob to storm the Capitol and confront lawmakers — an insurrection that left five people dead.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution encouraging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office.
House Democrats formally introduced Monday a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the violent mob attack on the Capitol last week.
Calling President Donald Trump “unhinged,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged the Joint Chiefs of Staff to prevent him from initiating military operations or instigating a nuclear attack in his final days in office.
House members including Nevada Democrats Dina Titus, Steven Horsford and Susie Lee, said they support efforts to impeach the president.
A date that in past years has marked the routine, peaceful transfer of power turned into an ugly assault by rioters who were carrying Trump signs and surrounding the Capitol as violence broke out.
Nevada lawmakers were escorted from the House and Senate and sheltered in their offices and safe places Wednesday when rioters stormed the Capitol.
A recommendation by the Trump administration to reduce the boundary of Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada was never implemented.
The usually routine process of certifying the results has erupted into a partisan brawl as breakaway Republicans prepare to challenge Joe Biden’s victories in key states.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell failed to bring the nomination of Judge Jennifer Togliatti to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote.
A little known provision in the sweeping $900 billion relief package approved by Congress contains a two-year tax exemption credit for solar energy producers, a rising industry in Nevada, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said.
The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
House and Senate negotiators nailed down a $900 billion coronavirus relief package Sunday after a compromise was reached on several outstanding items.