Vice President-elect Kamala HarrisKamala HarrisSenate majority offers Biden new avenues on Trump environmental rollbacks Empire State Building lights on eve of Biden inauguration to honor COVID-19 victims READ: Harris letter resigning from Senate ahead of inauguration MORE on Monday officially resigned from her Senate seat ahead of her inauguration with President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenWoman accused of trying to sell Pelosi laptop to Russians arrested Trump gets lowest job approval rating in final days as president Trump moves to lift coronavirus travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil MORE later this week. … [Read more...] about READ: Harris letter resigning from Senate ahead of inauguration
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The Latest: Top diplomat nominee says he’ll rebuild State
Haines will also tell lawmakers that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence must not shy away from “speaking truth to power” even if inconvenient or difficult. That’s according to excerpts of her prepared remarks released ahead of the hearing. … [Read more...] about The Latest: Top diplomat nominee says he’ll rebuild State
‘This Is Not Goodbye’: Harris Formally Resigns From Senate Ahead Of Inauguration
“And this is not goodbye. As I resign from the Senate, I am preparing to take an oath that would have me preside over it,” Harris wrote. “As senator-turned-Vice-President Walter Mondale once pointed out, the vice presidency is the only office in our government that ‘belongs to both the executive branch and the legislative branch.’ A responsibility made greater with an equal number of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate.” … [Read more...] about ‘This Is Not Goodbye’: Harris Formally Resigns From Senate Ahead Of Inauguration
Department of Justice: ‘Corroborating Evidence’ Backs Underage Prostitution Allegations Against Senator Bob Menendez
Later in the document, the DOJ even reveals several instances in which they did find serious and disturbing evidence—including interviews with Melgen’s private jet pilot—of alleged solicitation of prostitution. For example, they lay out how Melgen paid South Florida strippers thousands of dollars to come to Casa de Campo, his resort in the Dominican Republic. … [Read more...] about Department of Justice: ‘Corroborating Evidence’ Backs Underage Prostitution Allegations Against Senator Bob Menendez
The Hill’s Morning Report – An inauguration like no other
In California, Gov. Gavin NewsomGavin NewsomREAD: Harris letter resigning from Senate ahead of inauguration Harris resigns Senate seat ahead of swearing in as VP Harris to resign from Senate seat on Monday MORE (D) appointed Secretary of State Alex PadillaAlex PadillaHarris resigns Senate seat ahead of swearing in as VP Harris to resign from Senate seat on Monday Newsom taps Shirley Weber to serve as California secretary of state MORE to succeed Harris in the Senate, making him the first Hispanic to represent the state in the upper chamber. He says he will run to keep the seat in 2022. By filling out Harris’s term, Padilla gains seniority over two recently elected Democratic senators from Georgia, Jon OssoffJon OssoffDaily Beast reporter discusses prospects for K stimulus checks Democrats see Georgia as model for success across South Georgia state senators who backed attempts to overturn presidential election stripped of committee assignments MORE and Raphael WarnockRaphael … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Morning Report – An inauguration like no other
