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MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said Monday on “Deadline” that President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term by “issuing a challenge to the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.” Wallace said, “I guess we’ll start here. Buckle up, the country and the world are now experiencing what this is like. The first hours of the second Trump presidency happening right now. Donald Trump is at the U.S. Capitol. Soon he will head to that rally inside Capital One Arena. It’s happening in place of the Inaugural Parade because of bitterly cold temperatures. Donald Trump is expected to take...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday said he should have issued a statewide mask mandate earlier, noting that doing so would have made a “dramatic difference” in the fight against the coronavirus. During an interview on public radio, the governor was asked about missteps he may have taken in the response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden will be issuing a new message timed to the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a militant Web site with close connections to the group said Wednesday. "Urgent, very soon by the will of God," read the announcement of the new message "the response is what you see and not what you hear, by the warrior sheik, Osama bin Laden." Iraq marked the fifth anniversary of the war on Wednesday. The announcement was text only and showed no pictures of the elusive militant leader. The message would be bin Laden's...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger accused Washington leaders Monday of divisiveness and partisanship, chiding them to learn the lessons of California and start to cooperate. "Politics is about compromise. It is about give-and-take. Doesn't anyone here in Washington remember that chapter from their civics book?" the Republican governor said in a speech to the National Press Club. "How come Republicans and Democrats out here don't schmooze with each other?" he asked in prepared remarks, mentioning his cigar tent at the State Capitol in Sacramento where he lights up with lawmakers. "You can't catch a socially transmitted disease by sitting down with people...

Time has run out to stop conceal carry permits from coming to Saint Louis City and Saint Louis County. The excuse that there is no funding to cover the costs is no longer valid. Tuesday, Missouri senators gave final approval to a bill that passed in the house in March. Now a spokesman for Governor Matt Blunt says it's not a matter of if he will sign this new bill, but when. It will becomes law immediately. The conceal-carry law has resulted in a barrage of opinions from gun owners and those against guns getting in more hands. Despite his...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration planned to issue the nation's first regulations to cut mercury pollution from electric utilities Tuesday, relying on a market trading system that gives companies 15 years to reduce it nearly by half. The Environmental Protection Agency (news - web sites)'s regulations are aimed at reducing levels of a toxic chemical that can severely damage nervous systems, especially in fetuses and children. They result from a lawsuit brought by an environmental group 13 years ago. The EPA expects to reduce the current 48 tons a year of mercury from smokestacks of coal-burning power plants down to...