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“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Zuckerberg wrote. "Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill) called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked Thursday. A day after violent riots unfolded on the grounds the U.S. Capitol that left four people dead and interrupted a joint session of Congress as they certified the Electoral Votes for the 2020 presidential election.
All the diplomats are expected to resign on January 20th anyway. But, it’s one official act that I can take as an individual to say what happened yesterday is wrong. It just is and you can’t be associated with it. My guess is there will be more resignations today, tonight and tomorrow as more folks just look themselves in the mirror and say they can’t be associated with this.”
Biden’s bid for the Oval Office garnered 304 electoral votes to President Trump’s tally of 227. In fact, it was the inverse total the longtime American businessman defeated Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton by in 2016.
Democrat Jon Ossoff was declared the winner of the Georgia's Senate runoff against Republican incumbent David Perdue, according to several media reports on Wednesday. The victory gives the Democrats 51 seats in the U.S. Senate, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote in the chamber.
Thousands of President Trump’s supporters in Washington, D.C. breached security at the U.S. capitol on Wednesday. This happened at the same time a joint session of Congress had adjourned to debate Arizona’s Electoral College vote in their respective chambers.
Garland, a federal appeals court judge in Washington, D.C., was nominated for a Supreme Court seat by President Obama to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but snubbed by Republicans six months before the 2016 presidential election.
Warnock, 51, thanked all the people in Georgia and acknowledged the “underdog” victory with a video to his supporters. “Whether you voted for me or not, – I hear you, I see you, and every day I’m in the Senate, I will fight for you.”
A leaked phone call by Donald Trump and his lawyers to Georgia's election officials on Saturday is raising questions about the president's attempts to interfere in the state's elections process. The president urged officials to find "11,780 votes" to overturn Joe Biden's win the state.
Both the House and Senate came to an agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package on Sunday. Another round of pandemic assistance that includes direct payouts of $600 stimulus checks to Americans and a $300 per week jobless extension for the next 10 weeks. Payments are expected over the next two weeks.
