by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
Former President Trump can be convicted in an impeachment trial for his role in inciting the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 even though he is no longer in office, a bipartisan group of constitutional law scholars wrote in a letter today. “We differ from one another in...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Another 900,000 people filed new unemployment claims last week, President Trump’s last in office, a snapshot of the significant labor market challenges facing President Biden. An additional 423,000 people in 47 states filed new claims for Pandemic Unemployment...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
After the presidential election last year, the Proud Boys, a far-right group, declared its undying loyalty to Donald Trump. In a Nov. 8 post in a private channel of the messaging app Telegram, the group urged its followers to attend protests against an election that...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump left the White House grounds this morning for the last time as president. Now, Trump will step into a financial minefield that appears to be unlike anything he has faced since his earlier brushes with collapse. The tax records that he has long fought to...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s first act as president today centered around signing a flurry of executive actions undoing much of what Donald Trump implemented through his own executive orders – like stopping border wall construction, implementing a mask mandate and ending the...