By The Associated Press MIAMI—Newly filed lobbying records (pdf) show Venezuela’s socialist government previously hired a longtime Democratic Party donor for $6 million at the same time it was lobbying to discourage the U.S. from imposing sanctions on the oil-rich nation. The documents, which were disclosed Thursday, show a U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela’s state oil giant […]
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DHS Issues ‘Heightened Threat’ Alert After Transition, Warns of Potential Violence
By Zachary Stieber The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday said the United States is seeing “a heightened threat environment” following the presidential inauguration as it warned of potential violence in the coming weeks. Acting DHS Secretary Pete Gaynor said in a terrorism advisory bulletin that information suggests “some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections […]
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Border Wall Contractors Told to Stop Construction by Tuesday Night: Congressman
By Jack Phillips All Customs and Border Protection (CPB) construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall will stop by the end of Tuesday, according to a Democratic congressman whose district is located along the border. “I received notification that in accordance with President [Joe] Biden’s executive order, all CPB contractors have now been formally notified by CBP […]
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More National Guard Troops Get Called Back to Their States
By Samuel Allegri More governors are calling their local National Guard units to return to their respective states following accounts of thousands of them saying they had been “banished” to the parking garage of the U.S. Capitol. Montana’s Republican governor Greg Gianforte called the expulsion of troops from the Capitol a “national disgrace.” Gianforte said in an […]
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Growing Number of Republican Senators Oppose Holding Trump Impeachment Trial
By Zachary Stieber An increasing number of Republican senators are voicing opposition to holding an impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, leaving Democrats’ ability to swing enough votes for a conviction in doubt. Twenty-nine GOP senators have now spoken out against holding a trial, according to an Epoch Times tally, arguing it’s unconstitutional to try to convict […]
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Constitutional Amendment to Prevent Supreme Court Packing Resurfaces
By Matthew Vadum Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced legislation Jan. 22 to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices, the numerical cap that has been in place for well over a century, in order to prevent Democrats from enlarging the court’s membership. Amending the Constitution is no easy task. The amendment […]
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CCP Virus Updates: Mutations Rise Along With Cases
By The Epoch Times Staff The CCP virus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason. Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic. On Friday, […]
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White House Showcases List of Trump Presidency Accomplishments
By Allen Zhong The White House published a long list of President Donald Trump’s accomplishments during his presidency. The document titled “Trump Administration Accomplishments” lists what the outgoing president achieved in the last four years, including an unprecedented economic boom before the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, job opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds, […]
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Pompeo Calls Twitter’s Ban on Trump ‘Un-American,’ Compares It to Chinese Communist Censorship
By Eva Fu Twitter’s decision to permanently ban President Donald Trump is “un-American” and parallels censorship under communist China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Jan. 9. “Silencing speech is dangerous. It’s un-American. Sadly, this isn’t a new tactic of the Left. They’ve worked to silence opposing voices for years,” he wrote in a tweet. “We cannot […]
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Full List: How Members of Congress Voted on Objections to Arizona, Pennsylvania Electoral Results
By Zachary Stieber Two objections triggered a vote during the joint session of Congress, which spilled into the early hours of Thursday before Joe Biden was certified as president-elect. Objections require support from at least one member of each chamber. The objections that received support were to electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. Both objections failed to get […]
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Arizona’s 11 Electoral Votes Challenged by GOP Senator, Reps During Joint Session
By Jack Phillips More than 60 Republican House representatives led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and one senator objected to Arizona’s 11 electoral votes during the Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday. Their objection “complies with the law,” said Vice President Mike Pence, the president of the Senate during the Joint Session of Congress. Gosar […]
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Trump: Pence ‘Has the Power to Reject Fraudulently Chosen Electors’
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump asserted on Tuesday that Vice President Mike Pence has the power to reject electors that were fraudulently chosen, echoing statements made by his legal team in recent days ahead of Jan. 6’s Joint Session of Congress. “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Trump wrote on Tuesday in a tweet. Republicans […]
