SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is mobilizing 1,000 members of the National Guard over concerns of civil unrest ahead of President Donald Trump leaving office. State officials also Thursday erected a temporary chain link fence around the state Capitol, bolstering other temporary and permanent barriers. @CHP_HQ has denied the...
California Professor Who Spoke at Trump Rally Retires
ORANGE, Calif. — A law professor who spoke during President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., rally last week before the attack on the U.S. Capitol has retired from a California university where there were demands for his ouster. The retirement of John Eastman from Chapman University resulted from an agreement reached...
Trump Impeached for 2nd Time in Bipartisan Vote After Capitol Riot
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office. Newly elected Congressman David Valadao (R - Hanford)...
Trump’s Republican Wall Eroding Ahead of Impeachment Vote
Republicans offered only modest reproach when President Donald Trump said there were “very fine people” on both sides of a white supremacist rally. They stayed in line when Trump was caught pressuring a foreign leader and later defended his handling of a deadly pandemic. But with a sudden force, the...
Trump Takes No Responsibility for Riot as He Heads to Texas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday took no responsibility for his part in fomenting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, despite his comments encouraging supporters to march on the Capitol and praise for them while they were still carrying out the assault. “People thought that what...
Trump Heads to Texas Border in Final Days to Showcase Wall
WASHINGTON — After days out of sight following the Capitol siege, President Donald Trump travels to Texas to trumpet one of the pillars of his presidency: his campaign against illegal immigration. Trump will be flying Tuesday to Alamo, Texas, a city in the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S-Mexican border....
Trump Says ‘Tremendous Anger’ in Nation Over Impeachment
WASHINGTON — With the House set to impeach, President Donald Trump is blaming Democratic congressional foes for “tremendous anger” in the country and last week's deadly attack on the Capitol by his supporters after he urged them on their way. The embattled president, in his first remarks to reporters since...
After Frosty Few Days, Pence, Trump Appear to Reach Détente
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appear to have come to a détente after nearly a week of silence, anger and finger-pointing. The two met Monday evening in the Oval Office and had a “good conversation,” according to a senior administration official. It was their first...
House Speeding to Impeach Trump for Capitol ‘Insurrection’
WASHINGTON — Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act first in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency....
Hundreds of Historians Call for Trump’s Removal From Office
NEW YORK — Pulitzer-Prize winners Garry Wills, Ron Chernow, Jon Meacham and Stacy Schiff are among hundreds of historians who have signed an open letter calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office after last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. “By fomenting violence against...