CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union said Sunday that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom over concerns about COVID-19, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said that refusing to return when ordered would amount to...
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Trump weighed firing of acting AG Rosen to pursue vote fraud claims
In his last weeks of office, then-President Donald Trump weighed a plan to oust acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and replace him with a loyalist inside the Justice Department when Rosen refused to pursue Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud, a person familiar with the...
Cheney on calls to step down after impeachment vote: I’m ‘confident’ GOP will be united against Biden
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was less interested Thursday in discussing backlash from the party over her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump last week than how congressional Republicans plan to check President Biden‘s agenda. Cheney, the House GOP conference chair, told “America’s Newsroom” she was...
Conservatives vote to eject Derek Sloan from caucus after donation from white nationalist | CBC News
Conservative MPs today voted to expel Derek Sloan from caucus after the eastern Ontario MP accepted a donation from a notorious white nationalist. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole initiated the ouster earlier this week after news emerged that Paul Fromm — whose ties to white supremacist and...
Germany’s CDU in vote to choose successor to Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party is choosing a new leader on Saturday, eight months before voters decide who will succeed her in a national election. The new leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union will either run for chancellor in the September parliamentary election or...
Banks vote in favour of Piramal offer for DHFL, see holes in Oaktree bid
The lenders to Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the resolution plan submitted by the Piramal group, paving the way for a turnaround of the bankrupt firm. While Piramal’s offer received 94 per cent...
Bobi Wine says soldiers have stormed his home as Uganda counts vote
Soldiers have stormed the home of Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition leader has said, as votes continued to be counted in the country’s election. “We are under siege,” the pop star turned politician tweeted. “The military has jumped over the fence and has now taken...
Prospect for Trump acquittal unclear as most GOP senators undecided or won’t say how they will vote
President Trump’s chances for an acquittal in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial are unclear, as most Republicans either refuse comment on how they will vote or say they are undecided. Fox News contacted every Republican who will be serving as a senator after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20,...
Lisa Murkowski says Trump ‘incited violence’ but stops short of saying she will vote to convict
Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday that President Donald Trump ‘incited violence’ with his speech to supporters before the Capitol riots – but stopped short of saying whether she would vote to convict him. Trump’s Senate trial is expected to start after he has,...
Murkowski calls Trump’s impeachment appropriate but won’t reveal her vote
“On the day of the riots, President Trump’s words incited violence, which led to the injury and deaths of Americans — including a Capitol Police officer — the desecration of the Capitol, and briefly interfered with the government’s ability to ensure a peaceful transfer of...