by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Religion
Multimillionaire televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood megachurch took $4.4 million in bailouts as part of the federal government’s COVID-19 relief program for small businesses. The evangelical church, which is based in Houston, Texas and is one of the...
by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris today, marking the first time he has directly acknowledged their victory. “The Electoral College has spoken, so today I want to...
by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2020 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his secretary of transportation, elevating the onetime rival to a key role in the incoming administration’s push to rebuild American infrastructure and the economy, according to three people familiar with...
by Jim Heath | Dec 14, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, GOP, Headlines
Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) said today his disgust and disappointment with President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the election have led him to request that the Clerk of the House change his party affiliation to “independent.” a He also...
by Jim Heath | Dec 14, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Former Vice President Joe Biden has officially amassed the electoral votes to secure his White House win. California and its 55 electoral votes put the president-elect over the top today, despite President Trump’s efforts to subvert the Nov. 3 election results....
by Jim Heath | Dec 14, 2020 | Headlines, Justice Department, Trump
President Trump tweeted today that Attorney General William Barr would depart next week, ending a tenure marked by Barr’s willingness to advance the president’s political agenda and criticism that he eroded the post-Watergate independence of the Justice Department....
