On the morning of January 20, 2021, around 8:30 AM Eastern Time, Donald Trump left the White House for the last time as president. He boarded Marine One, bound for Joint Base Andrews, where he made a few unscripted remarks. “We love you, this has been an incredible four years,”
The oldest president to ever take office, Joe Biden, will take on the responsibilities of the presidency at a particularly dire moment in American history. Biden’s challenges feel like a combination of those faced by Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. With a
In the most recent example of how important a swift vaccine rollout is, researchers in California have identified a new strain of the novel coronavirus. The strain, first detected in Santa Clara County, appears to be different than the more infectious variant detected in the UK last month. What’s more,
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a sweeping plan to address the American economy’s struggle to keep up with the coronavirus pandemic. The $1.9 trillion bill includes numerous provisions aimed at easing the burden of the pandemic’s impact on the finances of average Americans. In many ways, the bill acts
For the first time in American history, a sitting president has been impeached twice in his term. The second impeachment of Donald Trump came over one article of impeachment, this one relating to his role in inciting mob violence in the US Capitol. The riot left five dead, and Democratic
After Tuesday night’s vote to pass a House resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25thAmendment to remove Donald Trump from office, there is now growing Republican support for the House’s impeachment effort. The Democratically-controlled House is expected to impeach the president for a second time on
A poll from Vox and Data for Progress released on Tuesday indicates that nearly half of all Republicans think Joe Biden shouldn’t be sworn in on January 20. The poll was conducted from January 8 through January 11, in the days that followed the deadly pro-Trump mob that descended on
In a shocking turn of events on Wednesday, as Congres moved to certify the Electoral College results, a pro-Trump mob of rioters descended on the Capitol building. The chaotic scenes that ensued were among the most blatant attacks on the US Capitol in American history, with legislators being whisked to
With less than two weeks left in his term, President Donald Trump is facing the specter of being removed from office days early. Following Wednesday’s unprecedented attack on the Capitol building, during which pro-Trump rioters attempted to derail the counting of the Electoral College vote, top Democrats like Chuck Schumer
In the early morning hours of Thursday, January 7, Congress was able to successfully certify Joe Biden’s Electoral College win. The move was largely ceremonial, a Constitutionally mandated proceeding that officially sets Biden on track to be sworn into office on January 20. Normally, this is just a routine step
