Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Comedian Seth Meyers has called for incumbent President Donald Trump to be "removed from office" and "prosecuted" in the aftermath of the Capitol riots. Per Mashable, in a live monologue delivered on his eponymous talk show, Meyers had stern words for the Republican leader and his supporters, who stormed the…
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White House staffers are resigning after the violent protests at the Capitol on Wednesday (January 6). As per CNN, a White House official has said that Stephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump, submitted her resignation on Wednesday afternoon…
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Donald Trump has been blocked by Facebook and Twitter after persistently violating the social media giants' guidelines amid yesterday's storming of the US Capitol by his supporters, the BBC reports. Amid the riots, which left four people dead, Trump had posted a video urging protesters to "go home", while adding:…
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Donald Trump has finally agreed to an "orderly transition" of power but still says he "totally" disagrees with the election outcome. Trump has continually rejected the legitimacy of President-Elect Joe Biden's victory in the wake of the 2020 US elections after the Democrat candidate was projected by multiple media outlets…
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A woman who was fatally shot during the riot at the Capitol has been identified by her family as Ashli Babbit. The 35-year-old's death was confirmed to KUSI News by her husband Aaron, and her identity was again verified by her mother-in-law to Fox 5 DC. PEOPLE reports that she was…
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Congress has officially sealed Democrat candidate Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 Presidential Election following the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol building yesterday. Per CNN, after Vermont's three electoral votes were counted, Democrat candidate Biden and his running mate, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, managed to overcome the 270-threshold needed to…
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Joe Biden has called for peace in the Capitol and called out Donald Trump, telling the outgoing president to "demand an end to this siege". As protesters clash with police officers and breach the Capitol building - forcing a lockdown with members of Congress inside - The US President-elect has…
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As Trump supporters and protesters breach the US Capitol, people have called on Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment. Following an address from President Trump, protesters clashed with police officers and breached the Capitol building, forcing a lockdown with members of Congress inside. As reported by ABC News and…
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Donald Trump has urged his supporters in Washington to "stay peaceful" as protesters from the 'Save America March' storm the US Capitol building. Protesters clashed with police officers and breached the building, forcing a lockdown with members of Congress inside. As reported by ABC News and CNBC, the Senate has…
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Trump Supporters gathered in the US Capitol for the 'Save America March' have clashed with police officers and breached the building, forcing a lockdown with members of Congress inside. As reported by ABC News and CNBC, the Senate has been forced to recess after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building.…
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Earlier today (January 6), the outgoing US President Donald Trump revved-up his supporters at a rally near the White House, telling them: "We will never concede". Speaking prior to Congress assembling to count the electoral votes and officially certify Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Trump…
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Raphael Warnock has made history this week after being projected to become the first-ever black senator in the state of Georgia. Warnock has been predicted to win the Georgia runoff this year by multiple news outlets, such as CNN, the Associated Press, and Fox News, among others. The pastor, who…
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Donald Trump has vowed to "fight like hell" to prevent incoming President-elect Joe Biden from taking the White House. Speaking to his supporters at a rally in Georgia last night (January 4), the outgoing president shouted that there was no way that he lost the state. Trump added that the…
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The leader of the far-right group Proud Boys has been arrested on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter flag in Washington DC last month. Enrique Tarrio is facing misdemeanor destruction of property charges, according to police, after he admitted to burning a flag taken from a black church during…
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has officially introduced gender-neutral language in newly-proposed rules for Congress. According to a recent report by The Hill, newly-reelected Pelosi and Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern introduced a new code of conduct which features a number of changes to the rules of address, in…
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A Massachusetts police officer kindly paid for shoplifters' Christmas dinner rather than arresting them. Matt Lima, an officer in Somerset, Massachusetts, received a call from Stop & Shop to say that an incident of shoplifting was currently in progress. A worker informed him that two women with children were not…
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For the latest episode of 60 Minutes, which aired yesterday (January 3), the father of the youngest victim in the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was given a facial disguise in order to prevent conspiracy theorists from recognizing him. "Why did the father of a six-year-old victim of the Sandy…
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A mother who gave birth while intubated as a result of Covid-19 has finally brought her baby home - and has named her nurse as the godmother to her child. Monique Jones of Ferguson, Missouri, gave birth to her daughter, Zamyrah, through a c-section to save her daughter's life at…
