House expected to pass COVID relief bill next week

Former President Donald Trump on Monday made his first public appearance since his Senate acquittal over the weekend, greeting supporters from his motorcade as he passed them by in West Palm Beach, Florida.

It was one of just a few public sightings of Trump off the golf course since he left the White House and relocated to his new home state on Jan. 20.

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Backlash grows against Republicans who voted to convict Trump

The former president celebrated his acquittal with supporters in Florida on Presidents Day. Democrats point out it was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment verdict in history.

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Meanwhile, the seven Republican senators who joined Democrats to vote to convict the former president are facing backlash from their home states.

Sen. Bill Cassidy was unanimously censured by the Louisiana GOP executive committee just hours after he voted on Saturday and Sen. Richard Burr was censured by the North Carolina Republican Party Central Committee in an unanimous vote on Monday.

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The United States Capitol Police Union voted no confidence in the acting chief and senior USCP leadership.

"The past week of the impeachment trial showed members of Congress and the entire country, devastating details of the violence that Capitol Police officers faced during the insurrection," union Chairman Gus Papathanasiou said. "It was the darkest day in the history of the department."    

The union said the step was "unprecedented" and that 92% of their members voted no confidence in acting Chief Yogananda Pittman. 

The chairman added that there are leaders inside the department that they trust and would rather see in the top positions. 

"We hope congressional leaders and the entire Capitol Hill community understands that continuing with the current USCP leadership is not an option," Papathanasiou continued. "The current leadership is just a continuation of the past regimes on this department and there needs to be accountability. Their failures are inexcusable."

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Harris spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron Monday about "the need for close bilateral and multilateral cooperation to address COVID-19, climate change and support democracy at home and around the world," as well as "revitalizing the transatlantic alliance," according to her office.

Harris also thanked Macron "for his leadership on the issue of gender equality."

Discussing support for multilateralism, in general, and with respect to topics like climate change and COVID-19, in particular, represents a sharp contrast with former President Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy.

The call was Harris' second to a foreign leader since she became vice president, according to her office. Her first call was to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 2, her office said at the time.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress will take the steps to establish a Sept. 11-type commission to investigate the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

"Now, as always, security is the order of the day: the security of our country, the security of our Capitol which is the temple of our democracy, and the security of our Members," she wrote in a letter to her Democratic colleagues.

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré was appointed to issue a report on Capitol security following the riot.

"It is clear from his findings and from the impeachment trial that we must get to the truth of how this happened," Pelosi's letter continued. "To protect our security, our security, our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission to 'investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex … and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the National Capitol Region.'"