This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Bryan Bender on politico.com on January 21, 2021.US President Joe Biden has decided to accept Russia’s offer to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty for the full five years, in what could be a bright spot in an otherwise tense relationship in the opening days of the new administration, according to two administration officials.The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which caps…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Sarah Ferris and Heather Caygle on politico.com on January 21, 2021.Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she would “soon” take steps that would formally launch the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump but refused to offer a specific timeline as Senate leaders continue to haggle over details.Pelosi is expected to transfer the House’s article of impeachment against Trump in the…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Tyler Pager on politico.com on January 20, 2021.Joe Biden bounced down Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, revelling in the opportunity to greet the small handful of supporters lining the street and joke with reporters while on-air.It was a brief moment of normalcy for the consummate retail politician.But Biden’s first day as president was most remarkable for the abject lack of normalcy in a…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Lara Seligman and Bryan Bender on politico.com on January 20, 2021.The Pentagon blocked members of US President Joe Biden’s incoming administration from gaining access to critical information about current operations, including the troop drawdown in Afghanistan, upcoming special operations missions in Africa and the Covid-19 vaccine distribution programme, according to new details provided by…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nick Niedzwiadek on politico.com on January 20, 2021.After four years of shattering precedent inside the White House, US President Donald Trump took part in one final presidential tradition on his way out of office Wednesday: leaving a letter for his successor inside the Oval Office.Trump spokesperson Judd Deere confirmed Wednesday that the president had written a letter to president-elect Joe Biden…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Evan Semones on politico.com on January 20, 2021.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Donald Trump could be an accessory to murder after this month’s deadly riots at the US Capitol.In an interview with MSNBC’s Joy Reid that aired Tuesday night, Pelosi repeatedly decried the Trump’s role in inciting a violent insurrection on January 6 that claimed the lives of five people, including a US Capitol Police…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Natasha Korecki on politico.com on January 19, 2021.Joe Biden paces as he dictates long portions of his speeches to aides, spinning out thoughts that quickly pile into six, seven or eight paragraphs of copy, only to later be scrapped.On the 2020 campaign trail, he’d keep groups of supporters waiting inside while he’d hole up in a black car with aides, refining lines of his prepared remarks.Revisions go…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Andrew Desiderio on politico.com on January 19, 2021.US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said President Donald Trump “provoked” the crowd that stormed the Capitol earlier this month as Congress was certifying the presidential election results, his strongest condemnation yet of the outgoing president’s actions that led to the violent insurrection targeting lawmakers.McConnell’s remarks…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Lara Seligman on politico.com on January 19, 2021.US president-elect Joe Biden has tapped former aide and long-time Asia expert Ely Ratner to be the incoming Pentagon chief’s principal adviser on China matters, according to two people with knowledge of the move.The move may help reassure China watchers who are concerned that Biden’s defence secretary nominee, retired general Lloyd Austin, does not have…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Kyle Cheney on politico.com on January 18, 2021.The FBI is investigating evidence that a woman who entered the US Capitol on January 6 stole a laptop or hard drive from Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s office and intended to sell it to Russians.The bizarre claim, which the FBI emphasised remains under investigation, was included in an affidavit describing the criminal case against Riley June Williams, a…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Tanya Snyder and Stephanie Beasley on politico.com on January 16, 2021.Airlines are banning guns and suspending alcohol service. Amtrak is strengthening its police force to prepare for anti-mask riders. Airports are creating safe zones so lawmakers can escape threatening mobs. And security agencies are calling in extra agents to help keep the peace as Washington, DC braces for an Inauguration Day like…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nick Niedzwiadek on politico.com on January 15, 2021. The Department of Justice announced on Friday it has initiated an internal review of its response to the January 6 incursion on the US Capitol building, as the federal government takes a hard look at its failure to prevent a deadly riot that breached the halls of Congress. DOJ’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, said that the investigation will…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Lara Seligman on politico.com on January 14, 2021.US president-elect Joe Biden is tapping current Deputy Defence Secretary David Norquist to temporarily run the Pentagon while the new team works to confirm a permanent defence chief, according to four people familiar with discussions.Norquist, the Pentagon’s No 2 since July 2019, will take over after the inauguration and be in charge until the Senate…

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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Ronald Krotoszynski on politico.com on January 13, 2021.On Wednesday, House Democrats, joined by 10 Republican members, adopted an article of impeachment against US President Donald Trump. It called for Trump’s removal because of his “conduct on January 6, 2021, following his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election”.Now, the article goes…

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