Now that the Democrats have the Senate, it’s time to get real about eliminating the filibuster — the Senate procedure that creates a de facto 60-vote threshold for most controversial legislation. The problem is that there are not the needed 50 Democratic senators in favor of abolishing it. The only way any change will happen […] More
Here’s what you need to know: President Trump could issue a raft of pardons on his final day in office. Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times It is the final full day of the Trump administration. Among the final actions for the outgoing administration: a wave of pardons. As the Trump era draws to a close, lawmakers […] More
The FBI has discovered that adherents of the bogus “QAnon” conspiracy theory, which alleges that President Donald Trump is secretly fighting a cabal of pedophiles in elite circles, have discussed ways to potentially disguise themselves as some of the National Guard troops that have been assigned to watch over President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January […] More
President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration plans to block an effort announced by President Trump on Monday to lift bans on travel from Europe, the U.K. and Brazil amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 400,000 people as Trump prepares to leave office. “With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, […] More
On Wednesday, as President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. completes his transition into the White House, several social media companies will be completing their own transitions of highly followed official accounts. But the handoff won’t be as seamless as it was four years ago, when President Barack Obama turned over the keys of much of his […] More
And finally: Stray cats landing on their feet Lauren Vespoli writes: Last summer, Jali Henry was feeling lonely after many of her friends moved out of the city because of the pandemic. “I literally had no one,” she said. Then she began noticing street cats in Williamsburg, where she lives: first, four that lived behind […] More
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday ordered an end to the ban on travelers from Europe and Brazil that had been aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus to the United States, a move quickly rejected by aides to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., who said Mr. Biden will maintain the ban when he […] More
“A huge victory for Lakota and Indigenous front liners and Water Protectors. None of this would have been possible without their sacrifices,” Nick Estes, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and an assistant professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico, tweeted in response to Biden’s reported plan for Keystone XL, a sprawling […] More
Donald Trump moved to lift COVID-19 travel restrictions just days before leaving the White House, an action that comes as the United States crosses 400,000 coronavirus deaths. According to Reuters, “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rescinded entry bans imposed because of the coronavirus on most non-U.S. citizens arriving from Brazil and much of Europe […] More
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will arrive in the nation’s capital on Tuesday evening for an inauguration eve ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool honoring the nearly 400,000 people who have died during the coronavirus pandemic that will be his first priority after he is sworn in the next day. The somber […] More
President Trump on Monday ordered an end to the ban on travelers from Europe and Brazil that had been aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus to the United States, a move that was quickly rejected by aides to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., who said Mr. Biden will rescind the move when he […] More
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, quickly reversing his predecessor’s approval of a project to move oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico long opposed by environmentalists, according to a person familiar with Mr. Biden’s plans. Opponents of […] More
