Douglas Egerton, history professor at LeMoyne College, chronicled the political ascendancy of John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, and their descendants decision to dissolve the political dynasty.
Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution, recalled President Eisenhower's decision to deploy U.S. Marines to Beirut in 1958, America's first combat entry into the Middle East.
Microsoft President Brad Smith draws on his company's experience, & observations of other tech companies, to talk about how technology can be both a helpful tool & a weapon in society. He also advocates for more regulation of the tech industry. He's co-author of the new book "Tools and Weapons."
Social Security Administration officials testified before the Senate Aging Committee on efforts to protect seniors from social security impersonation scams. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who chaired the two hour-hearing, said these types of scams were the number one report scam to the committee's fraud lines. Ranking member Bob Casey (D-PA) played a recording of a impersonation scam that one of his staffers received in the previous week. Later, a second panel of witnesses discussed what organizations are doing to combat these scams and included testimony from a resident of Ogden, Utah who was a victim of a scam.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg delivered remarks on affordable housing at an event with local leaders in Washington, DC. Before his remarks, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) endorsed Mr. Bloomberg's candidacy.
Just a day before the Iowa caucuses, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) held a 'Get Out the Caucus' rally in Indianola, Iowa. Senator Warren answered questions from supporters on policy issues. She also encouraged her supporters to keep fighting for structural change is Washington, DC.
Sen. Joe Manchin said the Senate should consider censuring President Trump rather than convict him over the House's articles of impeachment. Sen. Marsha Blackburn disagreed, saying the impeachment is based solely on politics. Senate Democrats continued to make their case for the Senate convicting President Trump over articles of impeachment brought by the House.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) spoke on the Senate floor about how she's planning to vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump and explained her reasons.
