House lawmakers override Trump’s defense bill veto

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwitter said the official White House accounts, including @POTUS, will change hands in “real time” on Inauguration Day next week when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn into office.As President-elect Biden takes the oath in at noon ET on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, Twitter will facilitate the transfer of institutional White House Twitter accounts from President Trump’s administration, including @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS and @PressSec.

In a final parting blow to American LGBTQI communities, President Donald Trump in the dying days of his Presidency has rolled back protections that in turn, will now allow government funded social service providers to discriminate against clients based on gender and sexual orientation. In an example of how the new rule change will affect the treatment of LGBTQI communities, the original 45 CFR 75.300(d) required grant recipients to treat same-sex marriages as valid.

The "majority" of GOP lawmakers are afraid they will be in danger if they vote in favor of impeaching President Trump over his role in the Capitol riots, Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado said during a television appearance on Wednesday.

Six Republicans have said they will vote to impeach President Trump on Wednesday. Rep.

House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern on Wednesday defended his 2017 objection to President Trump's electoral votes from Alabama as a "protest" as he sparred with GOP Rep.

GOP leadership will not lobby members to vote against President Trump’s impeachment, two House Republican leadership sources told Fox News.  "This is a conscience vote for the members, I don’t believe it will be whipped," one senior Republican aide said.  Nevertheless, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has said in a letter to GOP House members that he opposes impeaching the president.

President Donald Trump.The longtime coach of the New England Patriots announced on Monday that he will no longer «move forward» with the accolade after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week.

AT&T, the parent company of WarnerMedia, and Comcast, parent company of NBCUniversal, are the latest corporations to halt political contributions to lawmakers who objected to the certification of the electoral vote last week in favor of Joe Biden, an event that was at the center of the siege of the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.

25th amendment and removing him from office, following the assault Wednesday by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol that left four civilians dead. «A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th,» Mr.

Hamilton star Daveed Diggs is trading Broadway for the big screen in the upcoming live-action movie for The Little Mermaid, and can’t wait for Disney fans to hear the lovely voice of its leading star: Halle Bailey. The 20-year-old singer is already part of the famous singing duo Chloe x Halle, but Daveed EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife how he thinks fans will react after hearing her voice on the big screen.

House lawmakers abandoned social distancing protocols on Sunday evening as Speaker Nancy Pelosi read the oath to officially swear in the new freshman members of the 117th Congress. While many of the members appear to be wearing masks, video shows hundreds of lawmakers wandering around the chamber speaking with each other in close contact and shaking hands.  New York Times reporter Emily Cochrane called the scene "utter chaos" noting some lawmakers removed their masks to speak.

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The 81-to-13 Senate vote Friday to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) wasn’t surprising. What was surprising was Trump’s veto Dec.

UPDATED, 2:03 PM: The Senate today followed the House of Representatives in overriding Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, giving the outgoing president a bipartisan New Year’s rebuke.

The Senate voted Friday to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act in a bipartisan rebuke weeks before he exits the White House.

President Trump filed a petition Wednesday night asking the Supreme Court to declare the state of Wisconsin’s election "unconstitutional" in a last-ditch bid to void results before Congress meets on Jan. 6 to certify the Electoral College’s vote.

A group of bipartisan and bicameral lawmakers, dubbing themselves the "908 Coalition," signed a public letter on Sunday, urging President Trump to sign a much-needed COVID-19 emergency relief package or "veto it immediately." The letter, signed by eight U.S. Senators and two U.S.

President Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Wednesday, calling it a "gift" to U.S. adversaries China and Russia and making good on a promise to veto if it did not repeal a law that shields certain Big Tech companies from liabilities.

Donald Trump followed through on a threat to veto a major $740 billion defense bill, in part because it does not repeal a key law that shields social media platforms from liability for the way that they moderate third-party content.

President Donald Trump is balking at the massive $2.3 trillion Covid-19 relief and government funding bills that overwhelming passed Congress and has asked lawmakers to return to amend the bill to increase “ridiculously low” direct payments of $600 per person.