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☆ Alex Azar resigns as Health and Human Services Secretary, citing Capitol mob
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Dartunorro Clark | Dartunorro Clark Is A Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +2 min

Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary, resigned earlier this week, citing the violent Capitol riot inflamed by President Donald Trump in his resignation letter obtained by NBC News. In particular, Operation Warp Speed, which led to the creation of two vaccines to combat the raging coronavirus pandemic. The Trump administration has been heavily criticized for its distribution strategy for vaccines. Trump administration officials finally began giving Biden's team access to critical Covid-19 vaccination data this week. Azar joins several other Cabinet officials who have already resigned, including Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who both cited Trump's role in egging on the rioters.

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☆ Health Secretary Alex Azar uses resignation letter to fire warning at Trump that the Capitol siege threatens to 'tarnish' the administration's accomplishments
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar resigned this week, using his departure letter to condemn President Trump over his role in inciting last week's violent attack on the US Capitol. In the resignation letter, which dates to January 12 but was obtained by NBC News on Friday, Azar said that Trump's actions following the election "threaten to tarnish" the administration's accomplishments. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar resigned earlier this week, using his departure letter to strongly criticize President Trump over his role in inciting last week's violent riot at the US Capitol. Azar announced he would resign at noon on January 20, the very same day President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated. DeVos, who has called the riots "unconscionable," was one of the first top Trump officials to condemn the attack.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is resigning on Jan 20, the same day President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in. Azar wrote that "the actions and rhetoric following the election, especially during the past week, threaten to tarnish" the legacies of this administration. The mob descended on the Capitol building Wednesday shortly after proceedings began to count the Electoral College votes and confirm Biden's election. In a tweet last week, Azar condemned the riot, saying he was "disgusted." "Physical violence and the desecration of this hallowed symbol of our democracy must end.

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Trump relented and instead hunkered down at the White House to watch television images of the mob rioting he is accused of triggering. Trump’s last days in the White House have been marked by rage and turmoil, multiple sources said. The White House declined to comment for this story. If convicted by the Senate in a trial that would occur after he has left the White House, Trump could be banned from holding federal office again. “I would be floored if that were to happen,” another White House official said.

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☆ GOP kicks Trump to curb after deadly Capitol insurrection, leaving president to fend for himself during his historic second impeachment
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Tom Lobianco | Darren Samuelsohn | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +11 min

Pence made that clear in a Tuesday night letter on White House stationary to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "They're telling him he can't," one of the GOP sources close to the White House said. And a wave of recent departures also came from top White House staffers citing the attack on the Capitol.. "This is him by himself and it is something that has never happened before," said one former senior Trump administration official. I just think that's a goofy theory," said the former Trump administration official.

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☆ Trump is angry at Ivanka and Jared Kushner after she spoke about going to Biden's inauguration, source tells Insider
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

President Trump is angry at Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusher over her plan to go to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, a Republican source told Insider. President Donald Trump is angry at Trump and Jared Kusher, his daughter and son-in-law, over her plan to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, a Republican source told Insider. Trump said on Friday that he would not be attending Biden's inauguration, breaking a long-standing norm in US democracy. A White House source told the outlet she "is worried that her promising political career is in jeopardy and she's doing whatever she can to save her reputation." Another White House source denied to the Mail that Ivanka plans to attend the inauguration.

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☆ Critics say Elaine Chao's resignation falls short: 'The damage has been done'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

She hasn't been afraid of opening up about her immigrant roots and her difficult early years in America. Her rise from her immigrant roots has made her a role model for some Asian American families. Chao came under fire several times during Trump's tenure for staying silent as he tried to institute hard-line immigration policies. In 2017, several Asian American organizations called on Chao to oppose Trump's termination of the Temporary Protected Status programs for several countries, including Sudan, Nicaragua and Haiti. She also remained silent about Trump's public charge rule, which denies immigrants residency if they are deemed likely to need public assistance, among other controversial policies.

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☆ Amazon slams Parler in court reply and invokes Big Tech's liability shield
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Brian Fung | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +1 min

(CNN Business) Amazon Web Services filed its response to Parler's lawsuit on Tuesday, blaming the social media platform favored by the far-right for filing a "meritless claim" against the cloud computing giant and citing a liability shield often maligned by President Donald Trump: Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934. Amazon AMZN AWS's legal brief argues that it is Parler, not, that breached the terms of its contract and that Parler's removal from AWS's hosting platform was a "last resort." "This case is about Parler's demonstrated unwillingness and inability to remove from the servers of Amazon Web Services ('AWS') content that threatens the public safety," Amazon wrote, "such as by inciting and planning the rape, torture, and assassination of named public officials and private citizens." The response highlights more than a dozen examples that Amazon said it reported to Parler, including calls for a civil war and the deaths of Democratic lawmakers; tech company CEOs including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey; members of professional sports leagues; former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao; and US Capitol Police, among others. Parler didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigns as tension grows
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Dartunorro Clark | Dartunorro Clark Is A Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Monday became the latest Cabinet official to step down following last week's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Pete Gaynor, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will take over as acting secretary. He has also faced scrutiny over how the Department of Homeland Security handled intelligence assessments and a $6 million contract that was awarded to his wife's company. The last homeland security secretary to be confirmed by the Senate, Kirstjen Nielsen, resigned in April 2019. Although Trump formally nominated Wolf for the job last summer, Wolf has yet to get a full vote in the Senate, remaining acting secretary.

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☆ Acting U.S. homeland security secretary stepping down as inauguration approaches
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Ted Hesson | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -0.97 time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told his staff on Monday he was stepping down, the agency said, a move that comes as his department coordinates security for the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration and after a deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol last week. FILE PHOTO: Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf is seen before he testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press office said Wolf would leave his post at 11:59 p.m. on Monday. Wolf said earlier on Monday that due to the “evolving security landscape,” the Secret Service would begin its inauguration security operations on Wednesday instead of Jan. 19. A senior DHS official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the change in leadership would not diminish security for the inauguration.

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☆ A 'disgruntled' staffer reportedly changed Trump and Pence's biographies on the State Department website to say both their terms ended today
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Grace Panetta | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence's biography pages on the State Department's website were updated to state that their terms would end on January 11. Buzzfeed News and journalist Hugo Longwell both reported that the changes were made deliberately by a "disgruntled employee" at the State Department. Buzzfeed also reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "ordered an internal investigation into the matter, beginning with interns and employees leaving Foggy Bottom this week." ET, both Trump and Pence's biography pages returned 404 errors with the message: "We're sorry, this site is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Some Twitter users speculated that the State Department could be announcing that both Trump and Pence were resigning from office, or that their site could have been hacked.

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☆ Acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf is resigning after the Capitol siege
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Sonam Sheth | John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, has resigned, multiple outlets reported Monday. Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, announced in a letter to employees Monday that he is resigning, Fox News and NBC News reported. Shortly after his statement was released, the White House announced that Trump had withdrawn Wolf's nomination to be the permanent Department of Homeland Security secretary. After former Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in 2019, Trump bypassed a senior homeland security official who was legally designated to temporarily lead the agency by tapping Kevin McAleenan to be the department's acting head. With Wolf stepping down, FEMA administrator Pete Gaynor is set to take over as acting head of Homeland Security.

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Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies at his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on September 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigned Monday, becoming the third Cabinet-level official to quit on the heels of the riot at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters. Wolf, in a letter to Department of Homeland Security staff, said his resignation was "warranted by recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary." He had been acting secretary of DHS since November 2019. Pete Gaynor, who currently is the administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will become acting DHS secretary.

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☆ Forbes editor issues warning to companies intending to hire Trump officials: 'We'll assume everything you talk about is a lie'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

The editor of Forbes — Randall Lane — has warned companies that choose to hire officials from President Donald Trump's administration that they will be heavily scrutinized, he wrote in an article. Lane wrote that, following Wednesday's attempted coup, there should be a "truth reckoning." The editor said that, as part of that reckoning, there would be "repercussions" for those who have lied on behalf of Trump. "Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie," the magazine's editor Randall Lane wrote. In recent days, several high-profile Trump officials have resigned to distance themselves from the president.

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☆ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says GOP leaders who dismiss consequences for Capitol riots 'are opening the door for it to happen again'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-09 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez excoriated GOP leaders on Saturday, saying that a lack of accountability for the Capitol riots on Jan. 6 would preclude any "healing" from the violent episode, in which five people died. The second-term New York Democrat has asked her Republican colleagues to join the push in removing President Donald Trump from office. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez excoriated GOP leaders on Saturday, saying that a lack of accountability for the Capitol riots on Jan. 6 would preclude any "healing" from the violent episode, in which five people died, including a Capitol police officer. A few hours later, Twitter warned there's talk of another DC Capitol attack on January 17th. Even your GOP colleagues have distanced from your acts."

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“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said. Plans for future armed protests were proliferating on and off Twitter, the company added, including a proposed secondary attack on the Capitol on Jan. 17. There was no immediate response from the White House to the move by Twitter. While he remains in office, Trump would still have access to the official @POTUS presidential account. Biden told reporters he viewed Trump as “unfit” for office but said he would let Congress decide what to do.

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☆ Trump's political future in peril after Capitol attack, advisers say
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Jeff Mason | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

A woman died.”Trump supporters broke into the Capitol, pushed past police, and roamed through the building, forcing lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence to evacuate. I don’t see how there’s a future,” said another former administration official, referring to Trump and his top aides. Other lower level administration officials have announced their departures, too, with roughly two weeks to go before the end of Trump’s administration. “I don’t think he’s going to be elected to anything else,” a third former White House official said of Trump. “As time goes on, he will continue to be a very strong voice and he will have a very big following, but ...

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☆ Democrats consider second Trump impeachment after Capitol siege
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Richard Cowan | Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

Amid mounting calls for his removal from office, Trump finally denounced the violence that left five people dead, including a police officer. In a video released on Thursday evening, the Republican president called for reconciliation and also promised a smooth and orderly transition of power. If impeached in the Democratic-led House, Trump would theoretically face trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which is scheduled to be in recess until Jan. 19. Slideshow ( 4 images )The House impeached Trump in December 2019 for pressuring the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden, but the Senate acquitted him in February 2020. More than half of House Republicans and eight Republican senators voted to challenge election results from some states, backing Trump.

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☆ Democrats to discuss impeaching Trump for a second time after assault on Capitol
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Susan Cornwell | Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Friday were weighing impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time after his supporters, inflamed by his false claims of election fraud, stormed the U.S. Capitol. Amid mounting calls for his removal from office, Trump finally denounced Wednesday’s violence that left five people dead, including a police officer. If impeached in the Democratic-led House, Trump would theoretically face trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which is scheduled to be in recess until Jan. 19. Slideshow ( 4 images )The House impeached Trump in December 2019 for pressuring the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden, but the Senate acquitted him in February 2020. More than half of House Republicans and eight Republican senators voted to challenge election results from some states, backing Trump.

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☆ Republican would consider Democratic effort to impeach Trump after Capitol assault
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Susan Cornwell | Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least one Senate Republican would consider supporting a possible effort by congressional Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time after his supporters, inflamed by his false claims of election fraud, stormed the U.S. Capitol. Republican Senator Ben Sasse said on Friday he would “definitely consider” any articles of impeachment from the House. As calls mounted for the Republican president to be removed before his term ends on Jan. 20, Trump finally denounced Wednesday’s violence that left five people dead, including a police officer. The House impeached Trump in December 2019 for pressuring the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden, but the Senate acquitted him in February 2020. More than half of House Republicans and eight Republican senators voted to challenge election results from some states, backing Trump.

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☆ Democrats inch toward second Trump impeachment after Capitol siege
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Richard Cowan | Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

With less than two weeks left in Trump’s term, it was not clear whether enough time remained to complete the impeachment process. If impeached in the House, Trump would theoretically face trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which is scheduled to be in recess until Jan. 19. Aides to Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, have not said what he would do if the House approves articles of impeachment. Slideshow ( 4 images )The Democratic-led House impeached Trump in December 2019 for pressuring the president of Ukraine to investigate Biden, but the Republican-held Senate acquitted him in February 2020. More than half of House Republicans and eight Republican senators voted to challenge some states’ election results, backing Trump.

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☆ It appears the bromance is over between Donald Trump and Mike Pence
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Julie Gerstein | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

President Donald Trump has long benefitted from the loyalty of his Vice President Mike Pence. Pence is reportedly very angry with Trump but has yet to agree with invoking the 25th Amendment, which would remove Trump from power. Vice President Mike Pence has been between a rock and an increasingly angry president this week as Donald Trump has finally turned on his vice president over his failure to engineer Trump's reelection. The president was furious, and reportedly told Pence: "I don't want to be your friend, I want you to be the vice president." During Wednesday's White House rally, Trump told the crowd that "Mike Pence is gonna have to come through for us.

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☆ Some Trump officials are so horrified by the Capitol riot that they plan to refuse instructions that they think will put the US at risk, report says
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

But CNN and Axios reported that Democrat and Republican officials are urging some national-security aides to stay in their roles to prevent another crisis. Some of President Donald Trump's top officials have been so horrified by the Capitol riot that they plan to reject any orders that they think could be dangerous or unlawful, Axios reported Thursday. Two senior national security officials told Axios' Jonathan Swan that both they and their colleagues will refuse instructions that they think would harm the US or go against the law, and force Trump to fire them instead. Trump supporters take over balconies and inauguration scaffolding at the Capitol on Wednesday. A pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol after Trump addressed his supporters and told them to march on the Capitol.

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☆ Trump was deliberately 'trying to stage a coup' says his former White House national security official
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Thomas Colson | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Fiona Hill, a former national security official appointed by President Donald Trump, said he was 'trying to stage a coup' after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. "This could have turned into a full-blown coup had he had any of those key institutions following him," Fiona Hill told the Daily Beast. Hours before a violent mob of protestors broke into the building, President Trump had told them at a rally to 'fight much harder' and 'take our country back.' President Donald Trump was deliberately "trying to stage a coup" by inciting a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol, which only failed because the military did not join in, a former national security official to the president has said. A federal prosecutor on Thursday said that President Trump was being investigated for possible incitement over the siege at the Capitol.

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ET Live Updates: Democrats Talk of Impeachment as Chaos Engulfs Trump’s White House The assistant speaker of the House said Democrats could vote on impeachment next week. The prospect of actually short-circuiting Mr. Trump’s tenure in its last days appeared remote. (The Democrat-led House already impeached Mr. Trump once in December 2019, and he was acquitted in the Senate. But the first family has discussed leaving the White House for good on Jan. 19, the day before the inauguration. Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security adviser Mr. Pottinger has been Mr. Trump’s deputy national security adviser since 2019.

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