Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Donald Trump has issued a farewell speech yesterday (January 19) as his time as president comes to a close. The 45th president of the United States, who is the only president in history to have been impeached twice, issued a prerecorded farewell speech in which he stated that his administration…
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Joe Biden has nominated Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to serve as his assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services, POLITICO reports. As such, she is set to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate. A qualified pediatrician,…
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A woman accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the US Capitol riot earlier this month was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday, (January 18), according to a Justice Department official, the Los Angeles Times reports. As per the publication, the former romantic partner of Riley June Williams, 22,…
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Melania Trump has released a farewell message as she prepares to leave the White House in time for Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday, January 20. As part of the six-minute-long pre-recorded speech, which was posted to her official Twitter account, Mrs. Trump praised those in the military and law enforcement…
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A teenager who outed their own mom for participating in violence during the Capitol riots in Washington D.C. earlier this month has said that she doesn't regret doing it. On Wednesday, January 6, a number of Trump-supporting protestors stormed the Capitol building and interrupted the affirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's…
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A Trump-supporting nurse has been fired from her job after it was discovered that she participated in the Capitol riots. On Wednesday, January 6, a number of Trump-supporting protestors stormed the Capitol building and interrupted the affirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 US Presidential Election. The riot…
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Hundreds of editors, publishing agents, and writers have signed a letter objecting to any book deals for the Trump administration, the Independent reports. The letter, which was titled "No Book Deals for Traitors", was signed by more than 250 people in the publishing industry. These individuals collectively oppose any member…
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Newly-elected House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has had her Twitter account temporarily suspended. As reported by CNN, Twitter suspended Greene's account for 12 hours on Sunday (January 17), after she repeatedly violated the platform's new rules that were put in place following the deadly US Capitol riot earlier this…
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Mike Pence has said that he is "proud" that the Trump administration is the "first in decades" not to get the United States into a new war. The 61-year-old outgoing US vice president made the comments following his visit to troops at New York state's Fort Drum - where he…
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A woman has been arrested after allegedly mailing 180 photographs of nude men to 30 people. Sarah Pharis, 32, was arrested on December 28 after it was claimed that she sent 150 nude photographs of a nude man to at least 30 people. She was released later that day on…
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A North Texan woman who was arrested for her alleged role in the Capitol riots has said that she deserves a presidential pardon. "It was a very strange experience to be arrested by the FBI," realtor Jenna Ryan told CBS11 outside her home. "They're very professional and it was a…
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Rudy Giuliani has claimed that he was referring to HBO's Game of Thrones when he made his controversial "trial by combat" comments prior to the Capitol riots. Donald Trump’s personal lawyer spoke alongside the outgoing President at the "Save America" rally in Washington, D.C. on January 6. President Trump urged…
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Tucker Carlson has been met with fierce criticism after making "vile" jokes about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fearing she "was going to die" during the Capitol riots on January 6. As reported by BuzzFeed News, AOC took to Instagram Live on Tuesday night (January 12) to recall her "traumatizing" experiences as…
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Last week, heroic waitress Flavaine Carvalho hit headlines after she successfully saved a young boy who later claimed that his parents had allegedly been abusing him. Per Fox News 35, Carvalho was working her New Year's Day shift at the Mrs. Potato Restaurant on South Kirkman Road in Orlando, Florida,…
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Mary Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, claims that her uncle "enjoyed every second" of the Capitol riots. The 55-year-old clinical psychologist's remarks come a week after a mob of pro-Trump protestors stormed the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. - clashing violently with police and disrupting Congress' affirmation…
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A police officer who was captured on camera being swarmed by a mob of pro-Trump protestors during the Capitol riots on January 6 has said he'd do it "as many times as it takes". After being circulated on social media, footage of the Capitol breach shocked the world, as thousands…
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An Airbnb host has spoken out about unknowingly allowing Capitol rioters to stay at his property after they told him they were in town for a "history sight-seeing trip". On January 6, pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol building in Washington D.C., following the 'Save America March' that had been heavily…
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A 37-year-old man has been banned from Starbucks after attempting to hit on a teenage barista. Staff at the Spokane, Washington, branch felt compelled to call the police after the man handed the 16-year-old staff member a "creepy" note, The Independent reports. Later taking to Facebook to defend his actions,…
