Articles by David Sherfinski
The National Rifle Association announced Friday that it's filing for bankruptcy protection and will seek to reorganize in Texas in a seismic blow to the embattled gun-rights group.
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January 15, 2021
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Incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Friday that he's hoping for a quick impeachment trial for President Trump in the U.S. Senate.
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January 15, 2021
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Lawmakers are increasingly on edge about security for the scaled-down inauguration ceremony.
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January 14, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that there's almost no such thing as spending too much money right now given the "twin crises" of the coronavirus pandemic and the associated economic fallout.
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January 14, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Thursday he will demand nearly $2 trillion from Congress to deliver on his plan for reviving the sputtering economy by defeating the deadly coronavirus first, an early test of what the incoming leader will be able to get through Congress after his party officially takes control of the House, Senate and White House.
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January 14, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday that the House voted to hold President Trump "accountable" for inciting the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol last week.
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January 13, 2021
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Ten House Republicans voted with Democrats on Wednesday to impeach President Trump for inciting insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week.
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January 13, 2021
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey Democrat, says there were members of Congress who provided "reconnaissance" missions to people inside the U.S. Capitol the day before rioters attacked the building.
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January 13, 2021
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Rep. Jason Crow, Colorado Democrat, said Wednesday that Republican members of Congress are scared they'll be killed if they vote to impeach President Trump.
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January 13, 2021
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she feared "White supremacist" colleagues would put her in harm's way during the siege of the Capitol and other House Democrats suggested the rioters had inside help from members of Congress.
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January 13, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday named Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Obama administration, as his pick to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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January 13, 2021
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Tuesday prodded President-elect Joseph R. Biden to champion labor union expansion and spend trillions of dollars to prop up the coronavirus-ravaged economy.
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January 12, 2021
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Vice President-elect Sen. Kamala D. Harris declined to weigh in on whether she personally supports impeaching President Trump for inciting a violent mob at the U.S. Capitol last week.
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January 12, 2021
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Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, said Tuesday that Congress can't let the impeachment push delay other early priorities of the incoming Biden administration and allies of labor.
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January 12, 2021
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President Trump is the most "masculine" person to ever hold the office, a spokesman for Mr. Trump's campaign said Monday.
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January 11, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Monday said he is looking for ways that the Senate could hold an impeachment trial for President Trump while working on the new administration's agenda.
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January 11, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden received a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a Delaware hospital Monday.
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January 11, 2021
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House Democrats failed Monday in their first bid to punish President Trump after his supporters' attack on the Capitol, but they plan to spend the rest of this week attempting to make him the first president ever to be impeached twice.
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January 11, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden will lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery with several of his predecessors as one of his first acts after being sworn into office on Jan. 20.
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January 11, 2021
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Monday announced William Burns as his pick for CIA director, turning to a career diplomat for his choice to lead the intelligence agency.
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January 11, 2021
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