The Daily Populous

Vice president Mike Pence is said to have told Donald Trump he does not have the power to overturn the 2020 presidential election result - just hours before he is scheduled to preside over Congress’s ratification of Joe Biden’s victory.

The New York Times reported that on Tuesday, Mr Pence told Mr Trump he did not have the authority or power to block Mr Biden’s passage to the Oval Office.

It said Mr Pence, an evangelical Christian and the former governor of Indiana, told the president over lunch, shortly after the president appeared to cajole him on Twitter. »

Well, Scotland’s first minister has blocked the latter under the country’s pandemic travel ban. “

‘Coming to play golf is not what I would consider to be an essential purpose.’ ”.

Nicola Sturgeon addressed the rumors that Trump planned to fly into Scotland the day before Biden’s Inauguration during the Scottish government’s coronavirus update on Tuesday. »

Newark police: No officer fired a single shot in 2020, thanks to de-escalation program.

Newark police and city officials say a de-escalation training program is working, especially in a year faced with challenges.

Through it all, Ambrose says not one officer in the city fired his or her weapon while on duty in 2020. »

Just over half of all teachers ordered to report to Chicago Public Schools on Monday did not show up to prepare for in-person instruction as the district rolls out its reopening plan, CPS says.

"We have sent notices to staff who did not return to ensure that our expectations are clear.

The school district released an eight page response Sunday in which it addressed the concerns brought up by the aldermen. »