Dave Boyer

Elaine Chao, transportation secretary, resigning in response to riot at U.S. Capitol

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced her resignation Thursday, the first Trump Cabinet secretary to resign in response to the president's supporters storming the U.S. Capitol this week.

January 7, 2021

Donald Trump to award Medal of Freedom to golfing legends in low-key ceremony

President Trump's first official event after Wednesday's debacle in Washington will be to award the Medal of Freedom to famed golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player.

January 7, 2021

Mick Mulvaney resigns post, says Donald Trump ‘not the same’ person anymore

Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Thursday he has resigned his post as special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland in response to the riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

January 7, 2021

Mike Pence ‘very upset’ with Donald Trump, GOP senator says

Vice President Mike Pence was furious with President Trump after Wednesday's events at the U.S. Capitol, a senior Republican senator said.

January 7, 2021

Matt Pottinger, White House national security aide, resigns in protest

Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger has become the highest-ranking White House official to resign in the wake of the violence by Trump supporters at the Capitol.

January 7, 2021

Lindsey Graham: Capitol siege will be Donald Trump’s defining legacy

Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday night the president will forever be remembered for the deadly storming of the Capitol by his supporters earlier in the day.

January 6, 2021

Trump tells supporters to ‘go home’ after demonstrators storm Capitol, commit crimes

President Trump told supporters to "go home" Wednesday after thousands of them stormed the Capitol, assaulted police, smashed windows and forced Congress to stop counting the Electoral College results.

January 6, 2021

Capitol on lockdown as Trump supporters storm building and gain entry during debate

A woman was shot and killed as thousands of angry Trump supporters stormed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, assaulting police, smashing windows, ransacking offices and forcing Congress to evacuate as they halted lawmakers temporarily from certifying the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

January 6, 2021

Police, Trump supporters clash at Capitol as Congress begins counting electoral votes

U.S. Capitol police appeared to spray mace at some angry Trump supporters who were pressing toward the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress began counting the Electoral College votes to certify the win of President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

January 6, 2021

Pence defies Trump, says he can’t object to Electoral College results

Vice President Mike Pence opened a joint session of Congress Wednesday by announcing he can not object to President-elect Joseph R. Biden's victory, which President Trump has called for him to do while claiming widespread fraud in the November election.

January 6, 2021

Donald Trump tells big rally in Washington he will ‘never concede’

President Trump told tens of thousands of supporters Wednesday that he'll "never concede" the election to President-elect Joseph R. Biden and called on Vice President Mike Pence to send the Electoral College results back to states for re-certification.

January 6, 2021

Trump allies vow to punish GOP lawmakers who don’t support president in electoral vote

Trump supporters heaped scorn Wednesday on congressional Republicans who are certifying President-elect Joseph R. Biden's Electoral College results, vowing to drive them out of office one by one.

January 6, 2021

Trump urges Pence to summon ‘extreme courage’ to send back electoral votes to states

President Trump urged Vice President Mike Pence to show "extreme courage" on Wednesday to send back states' electoral votes for a recount when Congress begins to receive the Electoral College totals.

January 6, 2021

Pennsylvania Republicans ask for delay in electoral vote certification

Republicans in Pennsylvania's state Senate asked congressional Republican leaders on Tuesday night to delay certification of the state's electoral votes for President-elect Joseph R. Biden, citing "questionable activities" in the election.

January 5, 2021

Donald Trump: Mike Pence agrees he has power to decertify state electoral votes

President Trump said Tuesday night that he and Vice President Mike Pence are "in total agreement" that Mr. Pence can decertify states' electoral votes in the final counting that will begin in Congress on Wednesday.

January 5, 2021

Mike Pence pressured to reject Electoral College results

Congress will start combative vote-counting of the Electoral College results on Wednesday, with Vice President Mike Pence facing enormous pressure from President Trump and his allies to break precedent and reject the votes from battleground states for President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

January 5, 2021

Growing number of Republicans push back against effort to challenge Electoral College certification

Nearly two dozen GOP senators are pushing back against fellow Republicans who plan to challenge the congressional certification of President-elect Joseph R. Biden's Electoral College votes.

January 5, 2021

Trump calls on Pence to reject ‘fraudulently chosen electors’ during count in Congress

President Trump renewed his public pressure on Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday to reject electoral votes from battleground states won by President-elect Joseph R. Biden when Congress counts the votes.

January 5, 2021

Donald Trump declares ‘no way we lost Georgia’ as he campaigns for GOP Senate candidates

President Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday night for Georgia's two Republican senators, and immediately declared he will "fight like hell" against the election results that have certified the victory of President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

January 4, 2021

Georgia Senate runoffs: Stars try to seal the deal

The biggest names in American politics converged on Georgia Monday to put their final imprint on the hard-fought runoff races that will determine the balance of power in the Senate and define the waning days of President Trump's administration.

January 4, 2021