Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 8, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Liz Cheney undertook a stunning act of political courage last week. She voted to impeach President Trump with a statement meant to leave a mark and make it as hard as possible for fellow Republicans to…
Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the FBI investigation into links between Donald Trump associates and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election on Capitol Hill, November 10, 2020. (Susan Walsh/Pool via Reuters) Lindsey Graham Warns That Pardoning Capitol Rioters Would ‘Destroy’ Trump Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Sunday…
Members of the National Guard arrive at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) A rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration scheduled for Sunday has been postponed due to security concerns in the nation’s capital, according to reports. The rehearsal will be held Monday instead, Politico reported. Security has been boosted…
A fillet of lab-grown cultured chicken developed by Eat Just. (Eat Just, Inc./Handout via Reuters) Here’s a technology designed to rehumanize us, putting mankind’s brilliance and ingenuity in service to our gentler side. Last month, from Singapore, came news of the world’s first commercial sale of cell-cultured meat, the product of a bioreactor instead of…
Authorities are still working to identify more rioters involved in last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol. More than 9,500 members of the National Guard are in Washington ahead of Inauguration Day.Jan. 17, 2021
After spending time in and out of a children’s home, Nathan Harris-Waynick found his forever home at age 12. His forever family was there to cheer him on as he was accepted to the University of South Carolina and even offered a spot on the football team.Jan. 17, 2021
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s electoral commission said Saturday that President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth five-year term, extending his rule to four decades, while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine dismissed “cooked-up, fraudulent results” and officials struggled to explain how polling results were compiled amid an internet blackout.In a generational clash watched across the African continent…
Automaker eyeing $1 billion plan to upgrade plant to make electric vans for customers like FedEx.General Motors is set to transform its Ingersoll, Ont., plant into a facility focused on building electric delivery vans if a deal reached with its union is ratified by workers. (Dave Chidley/The Canadian Press)GM Canada says it has reached a…
The FBI warned police agencies of possible armed protests outside all 50 state capitol buildings starting Saturday through president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, fuelled by supporters of President Donald Trump who believe his false claims of electoral fraud.Officers are seen before a protest scheduled outside the Capitol building in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday.…
Patrick Poitras was operating a bulldozer that fell through the ice at Suncor’s Base Plant mine, north of Fort McMurray, on Wednesday.Patrick Poitras, 25, of Saint-Andre, N.B., was operating a bulldozer at the Suncor Base Plant mine, north of Fort McMurray, Alta., when it fell through the ice on an inactive tailings pond on Wednesday…
