President Donald Trump made a large number of false claims in a rambling speech. His allies then made some more in Congress. Both before and after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, Trump and a group of congressional Republicans repeated some of the same baseless election-related nonsense that has agitated much
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Even Boris Johnson, who nurtured a long-time mutual admiration with Donald Trump, couldn’t restrain himself Wednesday as he bemoaned the images streaming around the world of America’s Capitol under siege. “Disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress,” the British prime minister tweeted while Congress was still being invaded. “The United States stands for democracy around the world
Continue ReadingMonths after flames and unrest gripped Kenosha, Wisconsin, the decision by county officials to not charge the White police officer who shot Jacob Blake has renewed the city’s communal pain and racial divide. The Kenosha prosecutor’s announcement this week that Rusten Sheskey and other police officers would not face charges in connection with the shooting
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The House and Senate recessed after midnight Thursday to consider an objection to Pennsylvania’s electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden, after overwhelmingly rejecting an attempt to block the presidential election results in Arizona following riots in the US Capitol incited by President Donald Trump. The late-night session was anything but the normal routine for counting
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A 77-year-old Prineville-area man was arrested on attempted murder and other charges Wednesday after he allegedly shot and seriously wounded his 35-year-old son, who then fled into the nearby woods, prompting a search, Crook County Sheriff John Gautney said.
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All four living former presidents — Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter — derided the rioters who forced an evacuation of the House and Senate chambers of the US Capitol in strongly worded statements that stressed the need for a peaceful transfer of power. “History will rightly remember today’s violence at
Continue ReadingThe chaotic US Capitol breach by an angry mob on Wednesday spurred a host of GOP lawmakers to announce they would no longer challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Sens. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, Steve Daines of Montana, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Mike Braun of Indiana and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, and
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The chaotic federal response to the Trump rally Wednesday, which was overwhelmed by rioters who stormed the US Capitol, stood in sharp contrast to the heavily-armed presence of thousands of federal authorities during summer protests in Washington, DC, following the police killing of George Floyd. Mobs broke through police barricades and rampaged through the Capitol,
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The House and Senate overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to object to the presidential election results in Arizona after the debate was halted for hours on Wednesday when rioters incited by President Donald Trump breached the Capitol and forced the House and Senate to be evacuated. The Senate voted 93 to 6 to dismiss the objection
Continue ReadingSeveral of President Donald Trump’s top aides — including national security adviser Robert O’Brien — are considering resigning in the wake of his response to a pro-Trump mob breaching the US Capitol on Wednesday, according to multiple sources familiar with their thinking. O’Brien, deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and deputy chief of staff Chris
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The Senate overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to object to the presidential election results in Arizona after the debate was halted for hours on Wednesday when rioters incited by President Donald Trump breached the Capitol and forced the House and Senate to be evacuated. The Senate voted 93 to 6 to dismiss the objection raised by
Continue ReadingThe chaotic US Capitol breach by an angry mob on Wednesday spurred multiple GOP lawmakers to announce they would no longer challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Sens. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, Steve Daines of Montana, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state all cited the
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Continue ReadingThe Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner is investigating the death of a doctor weeks after he received a Covid-19 vaccine, according to Darren Caprara, director of operations at the medical examiner’s office. Caprara said his office is working with the Florida Department of Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate the
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Globally speaking, there’s nothing particularly unusual about insurrection. Here in Latin America alone, there have been roughly 150 attempted coups since 1950, according to a database maintained by researchers at the University of Central Florida, not to mention protests, mobs, government-building takeovers — some giving voice to the frustrations of the oppressed, others driven by
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While much of the nation was transfixed on the riot at the US Capitol, supporters of Donald Trump demonstrated in cities across the country, and in Olympia, Washington, protesters pushed into the governor’s mansion property. Video from CNN affiliate KIRO showed demonstrators — some with tactical gear and rifles — yelling, “We are beyond talking
Continue ReadingThe Louisville Metro Police Department fired two detectives connected to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, according to copies of the officers’ termination letters. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in her apartment during a flawed forced-entry raid in the early hours of March 13, 2020. Detective
Continue ReadingStephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump, submitted her resignation Wednesday afternoon, effective immediately, in the wake of the violent protests, a White House official says. White House social secretary Anna Cristina “Rickie” Niceta also resigned Wednesday effective immediately, a White
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On Wednesday, rioters stormed the US Capitol after they were encouraged by President Donald Trump to engage in “wild” protests while Congress counted the electoral votes certifying that Joe Biden won the presidency. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger called their actions, which included breaking windows, invading the House and Senate floors and other violent behavior, a
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