President Joe Biden’s administration finds the United States in an uncertain international position. Charles University graduate student Jakub Škopek argues American leadership in the global community has been in decline for decades, but Biden has a chance to turn that around.
AP: Convict Trump or face dire democracy damage, prosecutors say
Dire harm from Donald Trump’s false and violent incitements will vex American democracy long into the future unless the Senate convicts him of impeachment and bars him from future office, House prosecutors insisted Thursday as they concluded two days of emotional arguments in his historic trial.
AP: Police beg for help, senators flee in Trump trial video
Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors and searching menacingly for Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as overwhelmed police begged on their radios for help.
News in :90 – Feb. 10, 2021
Opening arguments began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, there was a shooting at a clinic in Buffalo and a former St. Thomas student was sentenced to prison after calling in a bomb threat. Chief Video Editor Emily Rudie has today’s News in :90.
AP: Trump’s historic 2nd trial opens, first of former president
The Senate opened Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial Tuesday, the defeated former president charged by the House with inciting the deadly mob attack on the Capitol to overturn the election in what prosecutors call the “most grievous constitutional crime.”
OPINION: Unity should be Biden’s top priority
On his first day, President Joe Biden signed 15 executive orders with topics ranging from the pandemic to climate change. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters argues Biden’s top priority should be uniting the country, especially in the face of COVID-19 and January’s political whirlwind.
News in :90 – Feb. 8, 2021
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to begin Tuesday and St. Thomas offered its fourth free campus-wide testing event Thursday. Ad/PR Operations Manager Carly Scheuerman has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Feb. 2, 2021
Two people are hospitalized after suffering injuries when a house exploded, Former President Donald Trump faces an impeachment trial next week and the St. Thomas women’s and men’s basketball teams play their first games since before the pandemic this week. Director Mia Laube has today’s News in :90.
AP: Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8
Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office.
AP: Trump impeached after Capitol riot; historic second charge
President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.
AP: Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress
“Where are they?” a Trump supporter demanded in a crowd of dozens roaming the halls of the Capitol, bearing Trump flags and pounding on doors. They — lawmakers, staff members and more — were hiding under tables, hunkered in lockdowns, saying prayers, and seeing the fruits of the country’s divisions up close and violent.
AP: Trump supporters storm US Capitol, lawmakers evacuated
Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Trump issued a restrained call for peace but did not call on his supporters to leave.
News in :90 – Dec. 1, 2020
Positive COVID-19 cases on campus fell by almost half, Arizona certifies President-elect Joe Biden as its winner and police will not open a major investigation into the disappearance of a monolith in Utah. Business Manager Mae Macfarlane has today’s News in :90.
AP: US agency ascertains Biden as winner, lets transition begin
The General Services Administration ascertained Monday that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, clearing the way for the start of the transition from President Donald Trump’s administration and allowing Biden to coordinate with federal agencies on plans for taking over on Jan. 20.
News in :90 – Nov. 12, 2020
Minnesota’s largest school district is planning to close its elementary schools due to COVID-19, Trump loyalists have filed at least 15 legal challenges in Pennsylvania and the University of St. Thomas hosted its first Division I signing day. Reporter Libby Simpson has today’s News in :90.