JANUARY 8, 2021
US Senator Lisa Murkowski called for President Trump’s resignation, and suggested she may leave the Republican Party if it continued to align itself with him. - Anna Moneymaker / NY Times
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, called on Friday for President Trump to resign, denouncing him in unsparing terms and even suggesting that she might leave...
JANUARY 8, 2021
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. - Evan Vucci, AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. — By skipping President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, President Donald Trump will break from White House tradition, but won't make history, when he misses the ceremonial peaceful transfer of power.
Trump will become...
JANUARY 8, 2021
A growing corps of House Democrats, furious over the invasion of the Capitol on Wednesday by a mob inspired and encouraged by President Trump, is pushing to rapidly impeach the president a second time — hoping to force Trump from office even a few days early rather than allow him to leave on his own terms.
Removing Trump...
JANUARY 7, 2021
President Donald Trump at the White House on November 26. Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images
Multiple European security officials told Insider that President Donald Trump appeared to have tacit support among US federal agencies responsible for securing the Capitol complex in Wednesday's coup attempt.
Insider is reporting this information because it illustrates the serious repercussions...
JANUARY 7, 2021
White House chief of staff John Kelly listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House October 5, 2017 in Washington, D.C. - Andrew Harrer/Pool/Getty Images
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Thursday that if he were a member of President...
JANUARY 7, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Shellshocked Republicans on Thursday said President Trump's grip on the party is significantly weaker after he incited a mob to attack the Capitol, but some questioned whether their party would be free of his hold anytime soon.
The challenges to Trump are clearly mounting. There is chatter his Cabinet could invoke the 25th Amendment to...
JANUARY 7, 2021
FILE PHOTO: 2020 U.S. presidential election in Washington D.C. - Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has increasingly isolated himself in the White House, relying on a small group of diehard loyalists and lashing out at those who dare to cross him, including Vice President Mike Pence, said four sources familiar with the matter.
Some longtime...
JANUARY 7, 2021
The Ellipse was a deep sea of delusion. Thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters drove or bused or flew from all corners of the United States to meet here, in the treeless space beside the White House, in their quest to overturn the results of the 2020 election with the help of congressional Republicans. “As I live...
JANUARY 7, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters a day after supporters of President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol, during a news conference in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. - Erin Scott/Reuters
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called for the immediate removal of President Donald Trump following the breach...
JANUARY 7, 2021
FILE PHOTO: The flag of the U.S. State Department flies in Washington. - Reuters/JOSHUA ROBERTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A State Department adviser on Iran who expressed anger on Twitter over the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and said Trump "needs to go," was fired on Thursday, a U.S. official familiar with...
