JANUARY 15, 2021
A new report shows that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the largest private farmland owner in the United States.
Gates, the world’s fourth-richest person with a net worth of over $120 billion, reportedly owns 242,000 acres of farmland in the country stretching across 18 states, according to an analysis by the Land Report.
Louisiana is the state where Gates...
JANUARY 13, 2021
President Donald Trump encourages protesters to "walk down to the Capitol" where lawmakers were set to confirm Joe Biden as president Jan. 6 before the rally became violent. - Evan Vucci, AP
All House Republicans supported Trump in December 2019, when House Democrats impeached him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress stemming from his...
JANUARY 12, 2021
President Donald Trump attends the D-day 75 Commemorations on June 05, 2019 in Portsmouth, England. Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn did not hold back in his criticism of President Donald Trump over the Capitol siege.
"Trump is a criminal, a political pyromaniac who should be sent to criminal court. He's a person...
JANUARY 12, 2021
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Darko Bandic/AFP via Getty Images
The final European trip for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was scrapped on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Starting with Luxembourg Foreign Affairs Minister Jean Asselborn, a series of diplomats snubbed Pompeo, according to a Reuters report.
One diplomatic source told Reuters that...
JANUARY 12, 2021
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the group of the most senior uniformed leaders at the Pentagon, issued a force-wide statement Tuesday condemning the riot at the Capitol as a “direct assault” on Congress and the constitutional process and affirming President-elect Joe Biden will become the nation’s 46th commander in chief on Jan 20.
The memo represented a rare...
JANUARY 12, 2021
Passengers in a Dulles International airport terminal on December 27, 2020. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will begin requiring negative COVID-19 tests from all travelers entering the US starting January 26.
International travelers must provide proof of COVID-19 recovery or present a negative COVID-19 test in...
JANUARY 12, 2021
Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, walks to the Senate Chambers in the Capitol building on Wednesday. - Erin Schaff/NY Times
Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to...
JANUARY 12, 2021
A man breaks a window as a mob of President Trump’s supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6. - Leah Millis/Reuters
A day before rioters stormed Congress, an FBI office in Virginia issued an explicit internal warning that extremists were preparing to travel to Washington to commit violence and “war,” according to an internal document reviewed by...
JANUARY 12, 2021
FILE President Donald Trump works in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 4, 2021. - Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump's first meeting with Vice President Mike Pence since before last week's deadly siege of the Capitol lasted 90 minutes and was friendly in nature, according to White House officials briefed on the...
JANUARY 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Democratic lawmakers introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump on Monday accusing him of inciting an insurrection as they pressed ahead with efforts to remove the president following the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“There may well be a vote on impeachment on Wednesday,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.).
Democrats also...
