Category: USA

DOD, FBI Vetting National Guard Members in DC: Pentagon Chief

Pentagon chief Christopher C. Miller confirmed that National Guard members who are stationed in D.C. will see expanded vetting by the Department of Defense and FBI ahead of Inauguration Day. “While we have no intelligence indicating an insider threat, we are leaving no stone unturned in securing the capital,” Miller, the acting Department of Defense…


2,000 National Guard Troops in DC Sworn in as Special Deputy US Marshals

The U.S. Marshals said that about 2,000 National Guard troops were sworn in as U.S. Marshals before Inauguration Day. Chief Lamont Ruffin from D.C. District Court swore in the 2,000 National Guard troops as special deputy U.S. Marshals prior to the upcoming presidential inauguration, according to the federal law enforcement agency’s Twitter page. The “deputation…


Trump Praises Military Policies, Says ‘Troops in Afghanistan Are at a 19-year Low’

President Donald Trump, in a message on his military policies, touted his military policies over the past four years. The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan “are at a 19-year low,” said Trump in a statement on Thursday, touting a key initiative to withdraw soldiers from the country after nearly 20 years. “Likewise,” the president continued,…


Trump Calls on Americans to Help Ensure Peaceful Transition: ‘NO Violence’ and ‘NO Lawbreaking’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on all Americans to not engage in any violent demonstrations, vandalism, or lawbreaking ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration. “In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking, and NO vandalism of any kind,” Trump said. “That is not what I…


Trump: ‘What I Said Was Totally Appropriate,’ Calls for ‘No Violence’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday addressed the social media censorship and his Twitter accounts being deleted following the breach at the U.S. Capitol last week. “People thought that what I said was totally appropriate,” Trump told reporters in response to the Big Tech backlash for his speech on Jan. 6 to protesters. “We want no…


House Democrats Introduce Impeachment Resolution Over Jan. 6 Speech

The House of Representatives has released a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection,” and they’re expected to vote on it next week. “In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government,” according to the resolution. “He threatened the integrity of the…


Trump: Supporters Will Have a ‘Giant Voice Long Into the Future’

President Donald Trump issued a new tweet on Friday morning, saying that the 75 million people who voted for him will have a “giant voice” in the future. “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future,” he wrote….


Ashli Babbitt, Woman Killed at US Capitol, Remembered by Family Members

The Air Force veteran who was shot and killed by Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building as throngs of people stormed the building Wednesday was remembered fondly by her family members. Babbitt, 35, was among a mob of people who stormed the building to protest against the certification of President-elect Joe Biden by Congress….


Photos: Protesters Storm US Capitol Building During Joint Session

Protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday. Photos showed them inside the chambers of the House and Senate. There were reports of shots fired in the Capitol building. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he heard the shots, according to Fox News, and called on President Trump to issue a statement….


Judge Dismisses Lin Wood Election Lawsuit as ‘Too Speculative’

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by attorney Lin Wood to block the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff election. Earlier this month, Wood filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, saying the Secretary of State’s office violated the law in how it handled absentee and mail-in ballots during the Nov. 3 election. Wood…