Kamala Harris says Trump’s call to Georgia secretary of state is ‘bold abuse of power’ – video

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Admin

The US vice-president-elect said a phone call made by Donald Trump to Georgia's secretary of state in which he asked to reverse his 3 November election defeat is a 'bold abuse of power'.

Speaking at a rally in Savannah on Sunday, Harris said the call was 'the voice of desperation'.

The Washington Post obtained the recording of a conversation on Saturday between Trump and Brad Raffensperger.

‘I just want 11,780 votes’: Trump pressed Georgia to overturn Biden victory

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Admin

Trump asked secretary of state to recalculate vote in phone call
Republican push to keep Trump in power seems doomed

In an hour-long phone call on Saturday, Donald Trump pressed Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger to overturn Joe Biden’s victory there in the election the president refuses to concede.

‘Traitors and patriots’: Republican push to keep Trump in power seems doomed

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Admin

Senators decline to defend electoral college ploy on TV
Democrats and GOP leaders to block gambit aimed at party base
Robert Reich: Seven ways 2020 left America exposed

All 12 Republican senators who have pledged not to ratify the electoral college results on Wednesday, and thereby refuse to confirm Joe Biden’s resounding victory over Donald Trump in the presidential election, declined to defend their move on television, a CNN host said on Sunday.

Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi homes vandalised in Covid protests

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Admin

Republican Senate leader blocked relief payment increase
Kentucky protest unites progressives and pro-Trump crowd
Republican senators oppose certifying election results

The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, decried what he called a “radical tantrum” on Saturday after his home in Kentucky was vandalised with messages apparently protesting against his refusal to increase Covid aid payments from $600 to $2,000.

The attack followed a similar one on the home of Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker, in San Francisco.

Biden seeks term-defining wins in Georgia runoffs Trump called ‘illegal’

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Admin

Contests will decide control of Senate and how far Biden can reach on issues such as pandemic, healthcare, taxation and environment

Could Asian Americans be crucial to Georgia Senate races?

Campaigning continued in Georgia on Saturday in two Senate runoff elections which will define much of Joe Biden’s first term in office.

Senate overrides Donald Trump’s veto of defense spending bill

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Admin

Republicans join Democrats to push through bill against Trump’s strong objections

Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the US Senate on Friday took the atypical rebellious step of overriding his veto for the first time in his presidency.

The Senate pushed through a bill on defense spending against Trump’s strong objections – just 20 days before he leaves office.

Pelosi rebukes McConnell for saying ‘no realistic path’ for $2,000 relief stimulus bill – video

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Admin

The Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, says the bill that would direct $2,000 coronavirus relief payments to Americans has 'no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate'. After Donald Trump and Democrats pushed for larger relief cheques, McConnell said he would not be 'bullied' by Democrats into quickly approving the measure. House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, criticised McConnell for adding a delay to the payments.'These Republicans in the Senate seem to have an endless tolerance for other people's sadness,' she said

Mitch McConnell says 'no realistic path' for $2,000 relief checks bill

Mitch McConnell says ‘no realistic path’ for $2,000 relief checks bill

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Admin

Attempts by Donald Trump and Democrats for bigger coronavirus relief checks fade in the Senate

Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 relief checks to Americans struggling financially with the pandemic was all but dead after Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that a proposal from Democrats had “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate”.

Declaring that he would not be “bullied” by Democrats into quickly approving the measure, McConnell effectively denied a final request for legislative action by the president in the waning days of his administration.

Democrats in Georgia’s runoff elections raise more than $200m in two months

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Admin

Races will decide which party controls the Senate and, in turn, the legislative power of President-elect Joe Biden

Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both running for crucial US Senate seats in Georgia that will decide the fate of Joe Biden’s new administration, have raised over $100m each in just two months.

The announcement of the recent record-breaking hauls – which considerably exceed that of their Republican opponents – comes with less than two weeks to go until the runoff races are decided in special elections on 5 January.

Trump claims to be ‘working tirelessly’ but leaves Covid relief in disarray

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Admin

President flies to Florida after throwing party ‘under a bus’
Democrats seize chance to push for $2,000 payments
Has Donald Trump finally split the Republican party?

Donald Trump went to his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, after claiming to be “working tirelessly for the American people” with a schedule that included “many meetings and calls”. Back in Washington, a Democratic proposal to increase direct payments to Americans under the Covid relief bill, from $600 to $2,000, was blocked.

Trump loyalists aim to block Biden’s goal to rejoin Iran and Paris agreements

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Admin

Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham urge Trump to submit Iran nuclear deal and Paris climate agreement to Senate to undercut future attempts to revive them

Two prominent Trump loyalists in the US Senate, Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, are reportedly pressing the president to submit the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement to the chamber for ratification, in a last-minute attempt to scupper Democratic plans to take America back into the accords.

‘Help is on the way’: Covid relief bill deal agreed, says Mitch McConnell

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Admin

Republican Senate leader says text of bill on $900bn package being finalized
The two US vaccines – here’s what you need to know

Top congressional leaders have announced agreement on a $900bn coronavirus aid package after late-night discussions on Sunday.

“We can finally report what our nation has needed to hear for a very long time: more help is on the way,” said Republican Senate leader Mitch MCConnell. “Moments ago, in consultation with our committees, the four leaders of the Senate and House finalised an agreement for another major rescue package for the American people.”

Trump attempt to overturn election is ‘nutty and loopy’, Romney says

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Admin

Utah Republican decries flirtation with Flynn martial law plan
Trump wanted conspiracy theorist Powell as special counsel

Donald Trump’s flirtation with declaring martial law in battleground states and appointing a conspiracy theorist as special counsel to help his attempt to overturn defeat by Joe Biden are “really sad” and “nutty and loopy”, Mitt Romney said on Sunday.

Congress passes spending bill to fund government through Sunday – live

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Admin

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The Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna’s vaccine for emergency use. This is the second coronavirus vaccine to gain approval in the US.

The government can now begin to distribute 5.9m doses of the Moderna vaccine across the US.

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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said they were optimistic they could reach a deal on a coronavirus stimulus bill this weekend.

The $900bn proposal currently on the table has been held up over an attempt by Republicans to curtail the Federal Reserve’s lending power - limiting its emergency lending efforts amid a deep economic crisis. Democrats said the provision would tie president-elect Joe Biden’s hands as he tries to rein in the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell acknowledges Biden/Harris victory – video

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Admin

Republican Mitch McConnell on Tuesday congratulated the Democratic president-elect, Joe Biden, and vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, on their election victories, ending his long silence on the outcome of the presidential race. In remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning, the Senate majority leader acknowledged the Democrats' winning the White House following Monday's formal result issued by the electoral college

Mitch McConnell congratulates Biden after weeks of declining to acknowledge election win – live

Georgia Republican senator had ‘no idea’ she posed with neo-Nazi

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Admin

Kelly Loeffler spokesman disavows photo of her posing with white supremacist Chester Doles at campaign event

The campaign of the Georgia Republican senator Kelly Loeffler is disavowing a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist at a recent campaign event, with less than a month to go until the runoff elections that will determine the balance of the US Senate.

Loeffler did not know who Chester Doles was when she took a picture with him, her campaign spokesman, Stephen Lawson, said on Sunday. The picture was taken on Friday at a campaign event in Dawsonville, Georgia.

Trump’s attacks on election integrity ‘disgust me’, says senior Georgia Republican

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Admin

Lieutenant governor: ‘Trump did not win the state of Georgia’
President made numerous false claims in incoherent speech
Does a Trump presidential library – or theme park – lie ahead?

Donald Trump’s attacks on Republican officials in Georgia and insistence his defeat by Joe Biden must be overturned are disgusting, the Republican lieutenant governor of the southern state said on Sunday.

‘If I lost, I’d be a very gracious loser’: Trump pushes false fraud claims in Georgia – video

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Admin

Donald Trump campaigned for two Republican senators in Georgia on Saturday, at a rally that some in the party feared could end up hurting their chances by focusing on his efforts to reverse his own election defeat. In his first rally appearance since he lost to Joe Biden, Trump repeated baseless claims of widespread fraud in the presidential election. The crucial January runoff will determine which party controls the Senate

Trump rails against election result at rally ahead of crucial Georgia Senate runoff

Trump heads for Georgia but claims of fraud may damage Senate Republicans

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Admin

President and first lady set for rally ahead of January runoffs
Analysts: refusal to accept loss to Biden may depress turnout
David Litt: Claims of ‘fraud’ have a long history. They are false

Donald Trump will return to the campaign trail on Saturday – not, notionally at least, in his quixotic and doomed attempt to deny defeat by Joe Biden, but in support of two Republicans who face January run-offs which will decide control of the US Senate.

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Kamala Harris says Trump’s call to Georgia secretary of state is ‘bold abuse of power’ – video

‘I just want 11,780 votes’: Trump pressed Georgia to overturn Biden victory

‘Traitors and patriots’: Republican push to keep Trump in power seems doomed

Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi homes vandalised in Covid protests

Biden seeks term-defining wins in Georgia runoffs Trump called ‘illegal’

Senate overrides Donald Trump’s veto of defense spending bill

Pelosi rebukes McConnell for saying ‘no realistic path’ for $2,000 relief stimulus bill – video

Mitch McConnell says ‘no realistic path’ for $2,000 relief checks bill

Democrats in Georgia’s runoff elections raise more than $200m in two months

Trump claims to be ‘working tirelessly’ but leaves Covid relief in disarray

Trump loyalists aim to block Biden’s goal to rejoin Iran and Paris agreements

‘Help is on the way’: Covid relief bill deal agreed, says Mitch McConnell

Trump attempt to overturn election is ‘nutty and loopy’, Romney says

Congress passes spending bill to fund government through Sunday – live

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell acknowledges Biden/Harris victory – video

Georgia Republican senator had ‘no idea’ she posed with neo-Nazi

Trump’s attacks on election integrity ‘disgust me’, says senior Georgia Republican

‘If I lost, I’d be a very gracious loser’: Trump pushes false fraud claims in Georgia – video

Trump heads for Georgia but claims of fraud may damage Senate Republicans