Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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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…
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Dominion Voting Systems has filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump's lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday (January 8) over claims of electoral fraud. Describing the claims as "wild accusations", the Associated Press (AP) reports, the company asserted that they did not rig the election in favor of Joe Biden. "Dominion…
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A number of Americans who participated in the Capitol riots on January 6 have been fired after being publically identified. A mob of pro-Trump protestors attempted to obstruct the ceremonial counting of the Electoral College votes, and the affirmation of President-Elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 US Presidential Election.…
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Karlie Kloss has revealed that she tried to convince her in-laws Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump that Biden legitimately won the US election. The model, 28, made the revelation on Twitter after she tweeted to encourage her followers to recognize the results of the election in the wake of the…
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President Trump has returned to Twitter to condemn the Capitol riots and commit to an "orderly" transition of power. This comes after Brian Sicknick, an officer at the US Capitol Police (USCP), died after "injured while physically engaging with protesters", the BBC reports. Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday (January…
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A man has been fired from his job at a Maryland-based printing company after being seen by his employer in images partaking in the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday (January 6). Navistar Direct Marketing has officially announced its decision to fire the employee who was seen wearing his…
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A police officer is now the fifth person to die as a result of injuries sustained during the Capitol riots earlier this week. Per CNN, DC Metropolitan Police officer Brian Sicknick died at approximately 9.30 pm EST on Thursday, January 7, as a result of injuries sustained while on-duty when…
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Michelle Obama has called upon Facebook to permanently ban Donald Trump from the platform in the aftermath of the Capitol riots. Per CNBC News, the former First Lady took to Twitter to highlight the stark difference between how Black Lives Matter protestors were treated compared with the pro-Trump mob that…
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Donald Trump's former military officials are condemning him as well as other leaders who obstructed a peaceful transfer of power. They believe Trump incited Wednesday's storming of the US Capitol by continuing to repeat his unfounded claims that "We had an election stolen from us". Per CNN, the pro-Trump protestors…
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Yesterday, in the wake of pro-Trump rioters storming the US Capitol, Barack Obama issued a statement in which he said in no uncertain terms that the violence was incited by Donald Trump. Obama said that Wednesday's events would go down in history and accused the president of "baselessly" lying about…
