Pelosi says Trump impeachment sent to Senate Monday
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she will send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday triggering a fast trial for incitement of insurrection at the Capitol. Senate leader Schumer pledged a full fair trial with time to prepare while Republicans debate constitutional questions and potential witnesses.
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Austin confirmed as 1st Black Pentagon chief
Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate and former four-star general, won Senate confirmation 93 to 2 as the nation’s first Black secretary of defense. The vote clears him to lead the Pentagon amid Afghanistan, China, and Middle East policy challenges as Avril Haines and others join Biden’s national security team.
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Yellen Nomination Clears Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee voted 26 to 0 to approve Janet Yellen as the 78th Treasury secretary. Supporters aim for quick full Senate confirmation to advance Biden's $1.9 trillion relief plan amid GOP concerns on deficits and a $15 minimum wage.
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Biden signs stopgap aid orders as talks start on huge relief plan
President Biden issues two executive orders to quicken food aid increases and unemployment protections and to lay groundwork for a $15 hourly minimum wage for federal workers and contractors. The measures aim to aid millions while Congress debates a $1.9 trillion package and note that 400,000 plus deaths have occurred amid a dire economic picture.
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