On Tuesday, Senators were sworn in as jurors for the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the disgraced former president. Trump’s impeachment was brought on by the House of Representatives because of his role in inciting a violent mob that attempted to mount an insurrection within the Capitol on January …
Read MoreToday at noon, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America. He assumes the office at one of the direst moments in recent memory, with thousands of Americans dying of COVID-19 daily. The economy is in shambles due to the pandemic, and …
Read MoreThe US vaccination effort is slowly rolling forward even as record-breaking numbers of people are dying from COVID-19. The novel coronavirus has devastated the US, causing thousands of deaths per day on average for the last several months. On Tuesday, the US saw over 4,200 deaths, the highest single-day death toll …
Read MoreIn a reversal of usual political fortunes, Democrats have managed to flip both Republican-held Senate seats in Georgia. Reverend Raphael Warnock and documentary filmmaker Jon Ossoff both won their Senate bids in Tuesday’s runoff election. The effort has been heralded by pundits as a sign of Georgia’s shifting demographics, as …
Read MoreIn a phone call on Sunday night, President Donald Trump instructed Georgia’s Secretary of State to find evidence of voter fraud in the November general election. In that election, Trump was defeated by challenger Joe Biden, prompting the incumbent to claim (without evidence) that voter fraud had robbed him of …
Read MoreOn January 5, Georgia will hold two runoff elections to decide whether Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler get to keep their seats or if Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock will be going to the Senate in 2021. The elections are of national interest due to the current composition of …
Read MoreCaving to bipartisan pressure to avert a government shutdown, President Donald Trump finally signed off on the multi-billion dollar COVID relief bill that included funding to avert a government shutdown. The bill also included a provision to give most Americans a $600 COVID relief check, though Trump has demanded that …
Read MoreSunday night, Congressional leadership finally managed to secure an agreement on a $900 million COVID relief bill during the lame duck period at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency. Congress hasn’t passed COVID relief since earlier this year, with the CARES Act in March being the last major bill to …
Read MoreFollowing his unsuccessful presidential bid, Pete Buttigieg will play a role in the Biden Administration. On Monday, Biden announced that Buttigieg will be joining his cabinet as Secretary of Transportation. He will be the first openly gay member of a presidential cabinet and will be one of the youngest members …
Read MoreFor roughly an hour on Monday, one of the biggest web presences on the planet experienced an unprecedented outage. Several of Google’s services, like Gmail, Google Classroom and YouTube, were offline for roughly an hour Monday morning, keeping many from completing work or simply watching videos. A bit after 8 …
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