The House and Senate overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to object to the presidential election results in Arizona after the debate was halted for hours on Wednesday when rioters incited by President Donald Trump breached the Capitol and forced the House and Senate to be evacuated. The Senate voted 93 to 6 to dismiss the objection
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Several of President Donald Trump’s top aides — including national security adviser Robert O’Brien — are considering resigning in the wake of his response to a pro-Trump mob breaching the US Capitol on Wednesday, according to multiple sources familiar with their thinking. O’Brien, deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and deputy chief of staff Chris
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The Senate overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to object to the presidential election results in Arizona after the debate was halted for hours on Wednesday when rioters incited by President Donald Trump breached the Capitol and forced the House and Senate to be evacuated. The Senate voted 93 to 6 to dismiss the objection raised by
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The Senate has overwhelmingly turned aside a challenge to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, guaranteeing the result will stand. The objection to the results in Arizona — spearheaded by Rep. Paul Gosar and Sen. Ted Cruz — was rejected 93-6 on Wednesday night. All votes in favor came from Republicans, but after violent protesters
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The chaotic US Capitol breach by an angry mob on Wednesday spurred multiple GOP lawmakers to announce they would no longer challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Sens. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, Steve Daines of Montana, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state all cited the
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Congress resumed its counting of the Electoral College votes just after 8 p.m. ET Wednesday evening after the process of declaring President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election was abruptly halted when rioters incited by President Donald Trump breached the Capitol and forced the House and Senate to be evacuated. Lawmakers in both
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The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner is investigating the death of a doctor weeks after he received a Covid-19 vaccine, according to Darren Caprara, director of operations at the medical examiner’s office. Caprara said his office is working with the Florida Department of Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate the
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While much of the nation was transfixed on the riot at the US Capitol, supporters of Donald Trump demonstrated in cities across the country, and in Olympia, Washington, protesters pushed into the governor’s mansion property. Video from CNN affiliate KIRO showed demonstrators — some with tactical gear and rifles — yelling, “We are beyond talking
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The Louisville Metro Police Department fired two detectives connected to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, according to copies of the officers’ termination letters. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in her apartment during a flawed forced-entry raid in the early hours of March 13, 2020. Detective
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Consolidated Water is issuing a precautionary boil advisory for customers near S Old Hwy 63. According to Consolidated Water, the boil advisory isdue to a water main repair. Customers including 19347 S Old Hwy 63 and South, Zumwalt Rd, N Mount Pleasant Rd, Raitt Rd, Critter Crossing Rd, Lee Rd, S Mt
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Stephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump, submitted her resignation Wednesday afternoon, effective immediately, in the wake of the violent protests, a White House official says. White House social secretary Anna Cristina “Rickie” Niceta also resigned Wednesday effective immediately, a White
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri police investigated an incident on the University of Missouri Recreation Trail where a man allegedly was masturbating in front of a runner on Nov. 1, 2020. Officials say the woman was running the trail when a male rode past her on a bike and would stay to stare at
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Click here for updates on this story STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Search efforts are underway to find thieves who stole a security camera that was aimed at finding a lost dog. Bruno, a Shih Tzu was last seen on New Year’s Eve after bolting out the door because of fireworks. Hound Hunters of NEPA and
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Pregnant women in South Asia who have been exposed to air pollution face an increased risk of pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and stillbirth, according to a new study. Researchers found that an estimated 349,681 pregnancy losses each year across India, Bangladesh and Pakistan were associated with bad air quality. Published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal
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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 counting of the electoral votes that will confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Shortly
Continue Reading Former military officials who served under President Donald Trump are condemning the President and other leaders who have interfered with a peaceful transfer of power following Wednesday’s breach of the US Capitol, when rioters attempted to stymy the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes that will affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Trump’s first secretary of
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While many Americans were stunned as they watched rioters descend on the Capitol and clash with police, there has been chatter for days on various social media platforms about the prospect of Wednesday’s protests turning violent. Ahead of protests organized to contest the formal counting of electoral votes in Washington DC, calls for violence could
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US diplomats overseas were told Wednesday to suspend all social media posts given the mob assault on Capitol Hill in Washington, three diplomatic sources tell CNN, a step normally only taken during a terrorist attack or major natural disaster. The under secretary for public affairs sent a note to US diplomatic posts overseas ordering them
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The US coronavirus vaccine rollout has been slow, and some states eager to move more doses are beginning to vaccinate more than the health care workers and nursing home residents initially at the front of the line. Just 5.3 million of the 17.3 million doses distributed have been administered in the United States — only
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At least 52 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in the UK have been found in the United States, according to data posted Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes at least 26 cases in California, 22 cases in Florida, two cases in Colorado, and one case each in
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