Pelosi spoke with chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on preventing Trump from initiating nuclear attack

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has inquired with Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing President Donald Trump from initiating a nuclear strike in the last remaining days of his presidency.

Biden calls Trump’s decision to skip inauguration 'a good thing'

President Donald Trump said he will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, making him the first incumbent president to skip his successor's swearing-in since Andrew Johnson.

Third-ranking Senate Democrat urges Sens. Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley to resign

The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate is calling on Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz to resign, arguing that their objections to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory “incited and supported the violent mob that attacked the Capitol.”

'It was like out of a bad movie': Congresswoman Jackie Speier on the pro-Trump riots

Peninsula Congresswoman Jackie Speier, no stranger to trauma and violence, described the moments leading up to and during the pro-Trump riots as she watched her colleagues debate the electoral college votes on the House floor. 

Dominion Voting Systems files $1.3B defamation lawsuit against Trump lawyer Sidney Powell

Dominion Voting Systems has filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell’s “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden.

Rep. Al Green co-leading effort to impeach President Trump

US Rep. Al Green is co-leading the effort to remove President Donald Trump from office through a lightning-quick impeachment process. 

$2,000 stimulus checks on the table after Dems win control of Senate

Democrats pledged to deliver $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans as soon as possible after winning control of the Senate with a pair of victories in Georgia's runoff elections.

Non-scalable fence erected around Capitol as more National Guard members arrive in DC

The National Guard erected what they described as a "non-scalable fence" to protect the U.S. Capitol on Thursday – one day after pro-Trump supporters stormed the building.

Texas lawmakers describe witnessing the riot at the U.S. Capitol

Texas lawmakers say they witnessed pro-Trump rioters breaching the U.S. Capitol building and say it was shocking and cannot happen again.

Scholars explain the 25th Amendment and its use in removing a president deemed unfit to serve

The top Democrats in Congress are calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office and stripped of his powers before his term ends by invoking the 25th Amendment.

Georgia woman among dead after riot at U.S. Capitol

A 34-year-old woman from Kennesaw, Georgia was one of four people who died when a mob of President Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, according to DC Police.

Former President Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn issue statement after violence in D.C.

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn issued a statement late Wednesday evening after a mob broke into the Capitol building earlier in the day, interrupting the certification of the Electoral votes by Congress.

Loeffler: 'I cannot, now, in good conscience object to this certification'

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, speaking on the floor of the Senate chamber after a mob protesting the certification of the Electoral College votes, said she is withdrawing her object to the count.

FOX 7 Discussion: Security failures at the U.S. Capitol

Spencer Coursen, threat management expert with Coursen Security Group, joins Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to talk about how Wednesday's breach of the U.S. Capitol was allowed to happen.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns blaming Trump rhetoric after Capitol riot

In a resignation letter Thursday, DeVos, a Michigan native, blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming tensions in the violent assault on the seat of the nation's democracy. She says, "There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me."