Trump rejects Dems’ request to testify at impeachment trial
By Eric Tucker, Mary Claire Jalonick and Jill Colvin
Former President Donald Trump rejects Dems’ request to testify at impeachment trial, according to an adviser.
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Daniel Rickenmann to run for mayor
Courtesy: City of Columbia Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Columbia City Council Member Daniel Rickenmann tells ABC Columbia News he is planning on running for Mayor. Rickenmann currently represents Columbia’s fourth district. He says he is running to foster investment opportunities to create continued growth. Rickenmann has served on the council for a total of 12 years over two different stints. According to…
House GOP faces difficult vote over stripping Greene of committee assignments
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks with fellow House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, following a meeting called by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Democrats are demanding that the GOP leadership remove her from committee assignments because of her history of using social media to endorse outlandish conspiracy theories and violent, racist views. (AP Photo/J….
President Biden to meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss virus relief
By Aamer Madhani
President Biden is set to meet Monday with GOP lawmakers who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill.
Congress security tightening in era of rising threats
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House’s chief law enforcement officer says he’s tightening security for traveling lawmakers. The moves come as Congress reassesses safety at a time when threats against members were surging even before Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol this month. Timothy P. Blodgett is the acting House sergeant at arms. And he says Capitol Police officers will be…
Mass. congressman tests positive for COVID-19 despite vaccination
(AP) – A Massachusetts congressman who has received both doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has tested positive for the virus. The office of U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch said Friday that the lawmaker had had a negative test result before attending President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The office says Lynch’s positive test result came after a staff member in his Boston…
Democrats prepared to act on Biden’s $1.9T aid without republican help
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are rejecting a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks. Democrats and the White House appear ready to leave their GOP opponents behind and push the sweeping economic and virus aid forward on their own. Despite Biden’s calls for unity, Democrats say the stubbornly high unemployment numbers and…
Parents, Teachers and students wonder if full time face to face instruction is safe
In this report ABC'S Steve Osunsami talks to the CDC to find out
(ABC NEWS) — It’s one of the most contentious debates surrounding the ongoing global pandemic, whether it’s safe for childrwn to return to the class room for face to face instruction full time. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says it can be safe, that is if the proper protections are put in place and followed….
Deadly pedestrian accident being investigated by SC Highway Patrol
The incident happened along US Highway 178 in Pelion
FILE Lexington, SC ( WOLO)— The South Carolina Patrol continues to investigate an accident that took place at approximately 6:15 Tuesday night. According to investigators, 28 year old William Miller was walking in the roadway along the 1300 block on Highway US 178 when he was struck by a car traveling South Bound. Lexington County Coroner Fisher says Miller was…
Woman sells Bernie doll for over $20K, donates to charity
Tobey King speaks to her crochet Bernie Sanders doll as the bidding continues on eBay on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The doll sold for $20,300, and all of the proceeds are being donated to Meals on Wheels. (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – Bernie Sanders went from becoming a hit…
