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Former president Donald Trump’s lawyers will argue the Senate cannot constitutionally try him now that he is out of office. J. Michael Luttig, a former federal appeals court judge, agrees with this impeachment argument in a Washington Post piece. Chuck Cooper, a top conservative lawyer, offers a counterargument in the Wall Street Journal . Patricia Mason got sick with COVID-19 in March last...

The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump starts tomorrow. CNN has a preview of arguments each side will make. In the New Yorker , Harvard law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen lays out the trial’s risks for Democrats. President Biden says pandemic school-closures are a “national emergency.” The Houston Chronicle looks at how Texas schools are considering extra weeks of c...

Democratic Senators moved ahead on a COVID-relief bill without Republicans in an overnight session. The Washington Post has key details. House Democrats voted to strip Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments. Politico explains how each political party is navigating this moment. Vox and USA Today look at current data and guidance related to COVID-19 vaccinations...

Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 is a key measure in Democrats’ pandemic-stimulus package, which they are aiming to pass through budget reconciliation. Politico breaks down why that may or may not be possible. More information is coming out about the people who participated in the Capitol insurrection and the forces that influenced them. In his latest piece for the New Yorker , Ronan...

Democrats are moving forward to pass a COVID-19 relief bill through a process known as “budget reconciliation.” NPR explains how it works.   On the campaign trail, Biden promised a major overhaul of Trump’s immigration policies. But L.A. Times reporter Molly O’Toole writes that Biden’s early actions on immigration focus on reviewing Trump policies, and don’...

Republicans say Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus proposal will add too much to the national debt. Politico explains how the debate over debt is shifting. Many Wall Street investors and economists now say big spending is needed to help the economy and national debt concerns can wait.   Politico reports on the challenges Republicans face in figuring out the best way to deal with co...

Ten Republican senators are proposing a $600 million plan as an alternative to President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. The Wall Street Journal explains the debate over stimulus checks. And the Washington Post cites research that says wealthier families barely spent the money they got from the earlier stimulus. The Biden administration is running into early obstacles as it pu...

By the end of this week, President Biden will have signed more than three dozen executive actions. Reuters analyzes growth in the use of presidential executive orders and assesses their impact. COVID-19 vaccine appointments are in short supply and high demand — and glitchy sign-up procedures in some areas are making them hard to get. The Wall Street Journal has a guide to how to get a vaccin...

The Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration’s signature accomplishment, has survived four years of attempts to gut it. CNN reports on how President Biden, now president, is moving to bolster the law. And Quartz breaks down what Democrats could get done on health care with a slim majority in Congress. GameStop stock rose 1,555% in a month. That is definitely not normal. Vox explains how...

President Biden has big plans to tackle climate change. The Washington Post profiles West Virginia senator Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat who could make or break Biden’s climate agenda. A tiny detail in the global supply chain is having a big impact on COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Reuters explains why a shortage of a special syringe is making the vaccine rollout harder. The Boston Gl...

New variants of COVID-19 are emerging. The Wall Street Journal breaks down what we know so far about them. A new analysis from NPR looks at 135 fatal police shootings of unarmed Black people, and finds that many of the officers involved took part in multiple shootings. Few faced charges. New moves to change voting rules could have major impact on future elections. Politico reports on Republican at...

President Biden has promised that 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered in his first 100 days in office. But, according to analysis by Bloomberg News , the U.S. was already more or less meeting that goal in the final days of the Trump administration. Fareed Zakaria argues in the Washington Post that Biden’s current goal is far too modest. Russians in more than 100 cities to...

Many Republicans are asking where the party goes after the Trump presidency. Time looks at the internal debate and how the impeachment trial factors into it.   America’s income gap is widening during the pandemic. Bloomberg News explains why moves to deal with the economic slowdown are working out especially well for the richest Americans. COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the U.S. faces...

With over 400,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus, Joe Biden inherits a country with no clear plan to contain the pandemic. CBS News has details on a second round of executive orders aimed at providing targeted relief. And CNN takes a look at what it’s going to take to jumpstart a national vaccination plan. Politico reports on ongoing negotiations over how to run an evenly split Senate....

The Wall Street Journal recaps President Biden’s first message to the nation as president. Bloomberg News breaks down the many executive actions Biden planned for day one of his presidency. Poet Amanda Gorman read the inaugural poem. She spoke with NPR about her writing process.

The Wall Street Journal reports on President Trump’s final pardons, which include ones for his former political adviser Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne. Ahead of President-elect Biden’s inauguration, NPR looks at inaugural addresses of past presidents who have taken office during challenging moments in history. The Washington Post discusses Biden’s Catholic faith and how he mig...

Politico reviewed 30 areas where President Trump has made major policy changes thatmany people may have missed. CNN analyzes how U.S. far-right groups might adapt following moves to deplatform them. And Vox explains why the decision to ban Trump from social-media sites led to a drop in online misinformation. CBS News reports that West Virginia is leading other states in its COVID-19 vaccination pr...

The Washington Post reports on the Biden administration’s plan to take immediate action against the coronavirus. Following the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, national-security reporter Spencer Ackerman argues in the Daily Beast that the U.S. should use existing anti-terror laws to fight domestic terrorism rather than create new ones. Cosmopolitan talks with some unlikely adopters...

Politico reports on how the Senate trial of Donald Trump could complicate the Biden administration’s efforts to move its agenda forward. For GQ Magazine , Wesley Lowery writes about convicted murderer Dustin Higgs, whom federal officials plan to execute. ProPublica reports on Black officers’ complaints about racism in the Capitol Police.   National Geographic explains the polar vo...

After the impeachment vote, PBS NewsHour looks at what lies ahead for President Trump as the Senate prepares for a trial. The Washington Post reports that states are bracing for possible further violence from extremist groups. The Hill spoke with dozens of lawmakers who were in the Capitol during the insurrection and has a detailed account of what they experienced.   As more and more people g...

Politico reports that some congressional Republicans are backing impeachment. And the Washington Post explains the rift that has emerged between President Trump and Vice President Pence. The Wall Street Journal looks into several people who participated in the Capitol riots to paint a fuller picture of those who stormed the building. CNN explains the Trump administration’s new plan to distri...

Politico reports on the Capitol Police officers suspended after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building. One was seen taking a selfie with a rioter. Another wore a Make America Great Again hat. Harvard professor Martin Puchner writes in the L.A. Times about parallels he sees between the current moment in the United States and the dark history of his home country, Germany.   The Washington Post b...

Politico reports that Democrats agree that President Trump should be held accountable over the attack on the Capitol, but not on how to go about doing it. And the Wall Street Journal rounds up what Democrats have planned. The Washington Post lays out a detailed timeline of what happened during Wednesday’s attack. Evelyn Douek writes in the Atlantic that the removal of Trump’s social-me...

National Geographic provides some historical background on the 25th Amendment. And Vox breaks down why invoking it is unlikely to work. The Washington Post explains the delayed response from the Department of Defense to the attack on Capitol Hill. ProPublica points out that Capitol law enforcement had plenty of warning ahead of the events that transpired on Wednesday. And Eddie Glaude, chair of Pr...

The Wall Street Journal reports on how Congress confirmed Joe Biden’s win after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol and disrupted the count. Analyses from Vox and the New Yorker look at actions by the president and his supporters that led up to the violence. CNN and the Washington Post report on international reactions to the violence and the message it sent to the rest of the world about th...