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HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By Jan 17, 2021 03:19 AM EST A tearful Nancy Pelosi announced Congress members might be prosecuted over the Capitol riot as she initiated a major security review. Congress Members May Be Prosecuted The House Speaker was emotional upon declaring she has asked retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré to conduct an urgent review of security arrangements in the wake of the violence at Washington, DC. The unexpected January 6 siege courtesy of President Donald Trump s supporters had five fatalities. This resulted in the House impeaching Trump for a second time due to an arduous speech that day in which he prompted thousands of his followers to combat President-Elect Joe Biden s victory. ....
HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By Jan 15, 2021 08:54 AM EST Upon President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration on Wednesday, he will take command of the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse Twitter accounts in an official bequeathing of power. Twitter summarized how it would transfer the official accounts, which also involve @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec, and a new account that goes by the username @SecondGentleman. Joe Biden Clashes With Twitter According to Twitter in a blog post, as they conducted in 2017, the social media giant is actively working with the American government to support the archival and transition of Twitter accounts across administrations. As Joe Biden is inducted on January 20, 2021, Twitter will carry through the transfer of institutional White House Twitter handles. ....
By Jan 14, 2021 09:37 PM EST Illinois Democrats of the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to anoint state Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D) as their next leader. This formally concludes decades of dominion by House Speaker Mike Madigan (D), who was sitting longer in his position more than any other state Speaker in the history of the United States. Welch Elected as New Illinois House Speaker Welch, who represents a suburban district east of Chicago, garnered the votes required to become Speaker after negotiating with state Rep. Jay Hoffman (D), who will hold a leadership post the following year. The Illinois House elected its first Black Speaker to oust the longest-seated legislative leader in modern US history, picking Welch for the position and ousting Madigan following his implication in an ongoing bribery investigation. ....