A Texas man charged with invading the Capitol and threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Monday that he was effectively following then-President Donald Trump’s orders when he joined a mob that stormed Congress on Jan. 6. Garret Miller also apologized to Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for writing “Assassinate AOC” in a Twitter post. He said he would be willing to […] Read more
Before departing Delaware for his inauguration in Washington, President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered an emotional paean to his longtime home and his late son, Beau Biden. Biden, who is set to take office Wednesday, choked up at the top of his brief remarks at the Delaware National Guard headquarters in New Castle, which was named […] Read more
President Donald Trump signed a massive coronavirus relief and government funding package into law Sunday, five days he sent Washington into a panic by suggesting he could veto the bill that he considered was a “disgrace.” He refused to approve the legislation for days after receiving it, blowing past a Saturday deadline to prevent an estimated 14 […] Read more
The multilateral approach to global affairs came under attack during President Donald Trump’s administration with the “America First” agenda sweeping aside more cooperative and communal strategies to world trade, diplomacy and politics. But the secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) told on Monday that a Biden presidency is likely to […] Read more
Arizona and Wisconsin on Monday officially declared that Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in each of those states’ elections, damaging Trump’s long-shot efforts to reverse his projected loss in the Electoral College. Trump, who won both states in the 2016 election, failed to invalidate votes for Biden in legal challenges in Arizona and through a recount of two […] Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory to be overturned, and spread unproven claims of voter fraud while falsely insisting he won a series of key swing states that went to Biden. Facing defeat after a string of court losses, Trump made a surprise call-in appearance at a Republican state legislature hearing in Gettysburg, […] Read more
Delays in the transition process from the current administration to President-elect Joe Biden’s administration could lead to “substantial” damage if President Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede, said a former American ambassador to Singapore. “So far I think it’s not terribly damaging, it’s really still early days,” David Adelman told “Capital Connection” on Monday. “If it were […] Read more
Any presidential election in the United States is bound to divide Americans over who should be the next host of the White House, but the upcoming elections seem to have divided the country more than ever. From yard signs, to the Black Lives Matter movement, or the abortion debate and now the Coronavirus pandemic, it […] Read more
The U.S. elections are less than a month away, and the oil market cannot seem to make up its mind whether it prefers a Biden or Trump presidency. Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, is ostensibly bearish for the oil markets since he has not only pledged to steer the U.S. to a net-zero carbon emissions status […] Read more
Joe Biden embraced his blue-collar roots and his political centrism during a town hall hosted by CNN in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania. On question after question Thursday night, Biden replied with answers aimed directly at potential “Trump-Biden voters,” whose defection from the Democratic Party in 2016 helped deliver narrow victories to Donald Trump in […] Read more
