Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Vice President Pence opposes using 25th amendment to remove Trump: Business Insider, NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence opposes using the 25th amendment to remove President Donald Trump from power, according to reports from Business Insider and the New York Times. Democr...
Jan 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence reads the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S. transport, education secretaries quit in staff exodus after Capitol violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned on Thursday, joining a growing list of aides leaving President Donald Trump's administratio...
Jan 08, 2021 REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Spain seeking "fair and balanced" legislative districts in Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- In the new year, Illinois' House Republicans are offering a plan to draw up new legislative districts. Every 10 years, new boundaries are drawn up based on Illinois' latest Census data...
Jan 07, 2021 Rep. Ryan Spain
Trump says there will be an orderly transition to Biden presidency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday there will be an orderly transition when Joe Biden takes office as president in less than two weeks, after Congress certified the De...
Jan 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly dipped last week while staying extremely high, with the labor market recovery appearing to sta...
Jan 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside Kentucky Career Center prior to its opening to find assistance with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Ray LaHood reacts to attack on the U.S. Capitol
PEORIA, Ill. -- Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C. as crowds of supporters of President Donald Trump waged an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Former Illinois Congressma...
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Under heavy guard, Congress got back to work after Trump supporters stormed U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning bid to overturn his election defeat, battling police in the hallways and dela...
Jan 07, 2021 An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. Congress certifies Biden win hours after harrowing Capitol Hill assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress on Thursday formally certifie...
Jan 07, 2021 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the protests taking place in and around the U.S. Capitol in Washington as the U.S. Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results, at a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Despite Trump pressure, Pence will not block Biden's election certification: advisers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to help overturn his election loss, Vice President Mike Pence will stick to his ceremonial duties and not block Wednesday's cer...
Jan 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vice President Mike Pence finishes a swearing-in ceremony for Senators in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 3, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general: official
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, who was once President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, to serve as the next U.S. at...
Jan 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House after being nominated by President Barack Obama (not pictured) to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
