Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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The House is moving forward with a historic impeachment vote against Donald Trump a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building. As per CBS News, if the vote goes through successfully, it will mean make Trump the only president in US history to have been…
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During an Instagram Live on Tuesday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she had a "very close encounter" on January 6, the day of the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol, and that she thought she was "was going to die,” BuzzFeed News reports. Ocasio-Cortez did not provide detail about…
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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (January 12), that efforts to impeach him are causing "tremendous anger" throughout the United States. House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment against Trump for "incitement of insurrection" following last week's breach of the US Capitol. Per CNN, the pro-Trump protestors attempted to obstruct the…
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A judge has ordered that the 'Horned Shaman' protestor who broke into the Capitol should receive an organic diet after going on a "deeply concerning" fast, the Daily Mail reports. Jacob Anthony Chansley, 33, also known as Jake Angeli, was widely photographed at the Capitol riots last Wednesday, where he…
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Mike Pence has refused to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office in the wake of the violent and deadly Capitol riots. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pence said that he did not believe invoking the amendment a week before Trump's term comes…
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**Warning: This story contains details some people may find deeply upsetting** Further details have emerged surrounding the death of a 12-year-old girl who suffered from a head lice infestation so severe it triggered a cardiac arrest. Per The New York Times, Kaitlyn Yozviak, 12, died at her family home in…
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The only woman on death row in the US, Lisa Montgomery, has been executed. After a last-minute stay of execution was lifted by the US Supreme Court, the 52-year-old was killed by lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, the BBC reports. Montgomery's case attracted widespread media attention…
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A lawyer for the Trump supporter pictured carrying a lectern out of the Capitol Building has told news reporters: "I'm not a magician". Thirty-six-year-old Adam Johnson, who hails from Parrish in Florida, was featured in a number of photos of the Capitol riot last week, after he joined a mob…
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Melania Trump has been criticized for her "tone deaf" response to the recent Capitol riots. On Wednesday, January 6, pro-Trump protestors stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC and disrupted the ceremonial counting of the Electoral College votes. The rioters then clashed with riot police, and Congress was halted while…
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Jacob Chansley, the horned Capitol protestor known by the moniker "QAnon Shaman", reportedly hasn't eaten since Friday because his jail won't serve him organic food, his mom has revealed. Chansley (who also goes by the name Jake Angeli) inadvertently became an iconic symbol of the Capitol riot last week, after…
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Twitter has announced that they have removed upwards of 70,000 QAnon accounts in the wake of the Capitol riot last Wednesday (January 6). The social media website has also limited the accounts that have engaged with the content of the deleted accounts and deployed technology to surface "potentially harmful tweets…
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A Republican lawmaker who live-streamed himself storming the Capitol last week has now resigned from his post. According to BuzzFeed News, West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans - who is now facing criminal charges - filmed himself participating in the pro-Trump riots on the evening of Wednesday, January 6. Per CNN,…
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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…
