California officials are calling for 3,000 temporary medical workers to help handle the state’s high levels of COVID-19 patients. As of Thursday, the state only had about one-third of the temporary workers they say they need. A volunteer program is proving unsuccessful after 95,000 people originally raised their hands but only 14 are now in the field due to qualifications.
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Federal authorities took Jacob Anthony Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, of Arizona, into custody on Saturday and have charged him with “knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds,” according to the Justice Department.
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WWE Monday Night Raw “Legends Night” paid tribute to the legends Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Mickie James and many others. Like most WWE events since mid 2020, it was held at the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida with crowds watching through monitors rather than being there in person.
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Twitter announced Friday that they decided to permanently remove President Donald Trump from their social media channel after he incited violence at the nations capitol.
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The study by Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, suggests the pharmaceutical giant’s vaccine would work against the highly transmissible mutation first found in the UK. Another variant found in South Africa, called the E484K mutation, has not been examined yet.
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On Friday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that House Democrats will move to impeach President Trump if he does not “imminently and willingly” resign from office, according to The New York Times, Fox News and other reporters privy to a conference call between the lawmakers.
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Trump announced Friday he will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s upcoming inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump took to twitter Friday morning to announce his decision.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned from her position on Thursday amid the aftermath of the violent riots at the U.S. Capital.
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A judge in Baghdad issued an arrest warrant for President Donald Trump for his involvement in the Washington-ordered drone strike that resulted in the assassinations of both Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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In a video shared on Thursday evening, President Trump acknowledged that a “new administration will be inaugurated on January 20” and said his “focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power.”
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