Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Washington, D.C., following last week's riot in the Capitol Building. The announcement comes a little over a week ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20. On Wednesday, January 6, a mob of pro-Trump protestors stormed the Capitol…
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Nicholas Ochs, the leader of the alt-right Proud Boys movement in Hawaii, has been arrested as a direct result of his involvement in the Capitol riots, after posting pictures of himself in the building on social media. Per the Daily Mail, Och shared an image of himself with his 1,000+…
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Rudy Giuliani is facing removal from the New York State Bar Association, as the organization launches what it describes as a "historic inquiry" into the former New York mayor. Writing in an official news release on its website, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) says it strongly condemns the…
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First Lady Melania Trump has said in an official statement that she was "disappointed" by the violence that erupted during the pro-Trump Capitol riots last week. On Wednesday, January 6, a mob of pro-Trump protestors broke into the Capitol building and disrupted the ceremonial counting of the Electoral College votes…
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An Iowa man who was reportedly captured on camera chasing a police officer through the Capitol building during Wednesday's riots has been identified and arrested. As reported by outlets such as the New York Times and Associated Press, Police Sergeant Paul Parizek confirmed that Des Moines officers assisted the FBI…
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as early as this week, as she pushed Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to remove him from office, it's reported. This comes after Trump was widely…
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United States Vice President Mike Pence will attend President-Elect Joe Biden's inauguration a senior administration official said on Saturday, per Reuters. The news comes after current President Donald Trump said that he would not be attending Biden's inauguration himself, taking to Twitter before his permanent ban on the site to…
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The Capitol rioter who was pictured hanging from the Senate balcony and sitting in Nancy Pelosi's chair has issued a statement begging for forgiveness. Josiah Colt, 34, from Boise, Idaho, said that he got "caught up in the moment" and that he had no intention of his actions putting a "stain…
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Hillary Clinton has trolled Donald Trump over his permanent ban from social media site Twitter, taking to the very platform Trump is no longer able to communicate on to do so. In case you somehow missed the news, the @realDonaldTrump account was banned from the site earlier this week. Trump…
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A man who was widely photographed in a horned hat during the riots in the US Capitol last week is in custody on charges that include violent entry and disorderly conduct, it has been reported. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who is also known as Jake Angeli is known to be a…
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Sacha Baron Cohen has hailed Twitter's decision to ban the @realDonaldTrump account from the site as "the most important moment in the history of social media." Donald Trump has had his Twitter account permanently banned from the platform "due to the risk of further incitement of violence", the company has…
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A West Virginia Republican state lawmaker who filmed himself storming the US Capitol during the violent riots earlier this week is facing criminal charges, it has been announced. Per CNN, Derrick Evans, who is a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, has been charged with entering a restricted…
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The brother-in-law of a woman trampled to death during the Capitol riot on Wednesday has stated that he believes Trump's words incited the deadly storming of the building. Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Georgia, was one of four civilians who died amid the chaos, Washington, DC police have stated, per…
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A man who was depicted carrying off Nancy Pelosi's lectern in an image that subsequently went viral on social media has been arrested, ABC News reports. Florida authorities said that they had arrested 36-year-old Adam Johnson of Parrish, Florida and that he is now being held at Pinellas County Jail…
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A man who was photographed sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office with his foot on her desk during the Capitol riots has been arrested, it is widely reported. Per CNBC, Richard Barnett was apprehended in Arkansas and charged with "entering and remaining on restricted grounds, violent entry, and theft…
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A daughter has identified her mom as part of a group who confronted a Black woman in DC after spotting her in a video. Speaking to Buzzfeed News, 18-year-old Helena Duke explained that it was out of character for her mom to shut off her location earlier this week on…
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Joe Biden has branded Donald Trump one of the "most incompetent presidents in the history of the United States of America". In response to the outgoing president's tweet from his now-permanently suspended Twitter account that he would not be attending the inauguration, the president-elect told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware it…
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The current President of the United States, Donald Trump, has had his Twitter account permanently banned from the platform "due to the risk of further incitement of violence", the company has said. Referring specifically to the "@realDonaldTrump account" in a statement posted to Twitter's blog site, the company advised that…
