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When Ireland came out of a strict six-week lockdown in December it had one of the lowest levels of Covid-19 cases in Europe. Since then, the situation has dramatically unraveled. The country recorded the highest infection rate in the world last week, according to Our World in Data, an online scientific publication based at the
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to approve a resolution calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment in the wake of the violent siege of the US Capitol last week. The vote amounts to a symbolic rebuke after Vice President Mike Pence made clear earlier in the
Continue ReadingThe US set a record Tuesday for the most Covid-19 deaths reported in one day since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday evening, 4,197 deaths were reported, according to JHU. This is not the complete total for Tuesday, though, because final numbers come in overnight. The
Continue ReadingFederal investigators are chasing thousands of leads in twin efforts to prosecute people involved in last week’s attack on the US Capitol and to try to prevent feared follow-up attacks in Washington and around the country. But while the FBI has opened more than 160 case files in the six days since pro-Donald Trump rioters
Continue ReadingSecurity footage released Friday shows protesters entering the Oregon Capitol last month after a Republican state legislator allegedly opened a side door and walked out. Oregon State Police have opened an investigation into state Rep. Mike Nearman’s actions, according to spokesman Timothy Fox. “I don’t condone violence nor participate in it,” Nearman said in a
Continue ReadingMultiple House Republicans announced Tuesday evening they would support the impeachment of President Donald Trump for his role inciting last week’s riot as congressional Republicans made their clearest break with Trump to date after he showed no remorse for the US Capitol mob. While the vast majority of House Republicans are expected to oppose the
Continue ReadingThe impeachment proceedings and vote are scheduled to begin Wednesday at 6 a.m. PT. You can watch it live in the ABC News player above. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes that impeaching President Donald Trump will make it easier to get rid of the President and Trumpism from the Republican
Continue ReadingThe impeachment proceedings and vote are scheduled to begin Wednesday at 6 a.m. PT. You can watch it live in the ABC News player above. Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s third-ranking House leader, announced on Tuesday that she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump, becoming the highest-ranking official from her party to
Continue ReadingIndia’s Supreme Court has put three contentious farm laws on hold until further notice, after months of massive nationwide protests by farmers who say their livelihoods are at stake. In an order issued Tuesday, the court said that the decision to suspend the laws “may assuage the hurt feelings of the farmers and encourage them
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled a trip to Europe this week after being snubbed by officials in Luxembourg in the wake of the deadly assault on the US Capitol, according to two State Department officials familiar with the planning. The intended stop in Luxembourg had not been publicly disclosed by the State Department, which
Continue ReadingSome of America’s biggest companies are suspending donations to Republican Congress members who objected to the Electoral College’s votes. The growing list of those corporations, including American Express, BlueCross BlueShield, Commerce Bank, Dow and Marriott, comes after a pro-Trump mob breached the US Capitol last Wednesday to fight against the ceremonial counting of electoral votes
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence made clear Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, in a new letter released just hours ahead of a House vote on a measure urging him to do so. The resolution, brought forward by Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has discussed issuing pardons for himself and his children with new urgency since the attack on the US Capitol, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. One source familiar with the conversations says there is a belief that a Trump “pardon of family and kids, is more likely and more urgent
Continue ReadingTiny microfiber strands, washed into the ocean from laundering our clothes or from industrial wastewater, are polluting one of the most remote regions on Earth. While microplastics — those measuring up to 5 millimeters in diameter, or about the size of a sesame seed — have previously been found in Arctic sea ice, new research
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence made clear in a new letter Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, a statement released just hours ahead of a House vote on a measure urging him to do just that. The resolution, brought forward by Democratic Rep.
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is on course to lag behind his recent predecessors who had Cabinet nominees confirmed on the day of inauguration, causing concern that Biden’s administration could be hampered in its early efforts to face immediate security, health and economic challenges. Biden’s transition team is beginning a new messaging push to urge Republican senators
Continue ReadingNumerous law enforcement officers stood guard at Texas’ Capitol building in Austin and about a dozen demonstrators gathered outside as the legislative session began Tuesday. The large police presence came as an FBI internal bulletin warned “armed protests” were being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in the
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate long-standing restrictions for patients seeking to obtain a drug used for abortions early in pregnancy — with the three liberals dissenting in a potential preview of a new chapter in the court’s rulings on the procedure. The order’s timing was a surprise, coming
Continue ReadingMembers of Congress and staffers will have to walk through metal detectors in order to get onto the floor of the US House of Representatives, a senior Democratic aide told CNN Tuesday. The development comes after multiple House Democrats told CNN they are worried about some of their Republican colleagues and that there have been
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment in the wake of the violent siege of the US Capitol last week, though Vice President Mike Pence made clear that he has no plans to comply with the
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