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'I can't stay here' — Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration, expects others to follow — President Donald Trump's former chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland said Thursday that he's resigning from his diplomatic post. — Mick Mulvaney told CNBC …
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Inhofe: “I've never seen Mike Pence as angry as he was today” — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe has been in Congress 34 years and in politics more than 50. As mayor of Tulsa, he once had garbage dumped on his lawn by angry residents. — But it's unlikely anything matched what he experienced Wednesday …
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Aides weigh resignations, removal options as Trump rages against perceived betrayals — President Trump was decamped in the White House residence Wednesday night, raging about his perceived betrayals, as an array of top aides weighed resigning and some senior administration officials began conversations …


‘He screwed the country’: Trump loyalty disintegrates — It was, for many of President Donald Trump's own allies, the final straw. — What began as a rally intended to support Trump became a permanent and irreversible stain on his presidency Wednesday afternoon, as fans of the outgoing president stormed …
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An isolated Trump bans Pence chief of staff from White House as other aides resign — President Trump enjoys the fervent support of tens of millions of Americans. But his closest friends and paid White House officials — many of the Trumpiest Trumpers we know — are avoiding him like the plague.
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Can Trump Be Stopped? — The hours since Wednesday afternoon have seen a tidal wave of calls for Donald Trump to lose the powers and duties of the office for his role in the historic storming of the U.S. Capitol. There is a new push for impeachment. And news reports suggest that members …
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Trump pressured Pence to engineer a coup, then put the VP in danger, source says — (CNN)President Donald Trump and top White House officials did little to check in on Vice President Mike Pence while he and members of his family were inside the US Capitol when Trump-backed rioters stormed …
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Barr condemns Trump: “Orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable”
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Facebook blocks Trump from platform indefinitely after Capitol riot response
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GOP Rep. Mace: Trump's legacy ‘wiped out’ by Capitol riot
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“They're Being Told to Stay Away From Trump”: After a Day of Violence and 25th Amendment Chatter, Trump's Allies Are Jumping Ship
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Trump Aides Beg Top Officials to Stay After MAGA Mob Attack
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GOP considers drastic options against Trump including 25th Amendment
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Trump Whines to Advisers: Why Can't I Tweet?!
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Twitter set to restore Trump's account after blocking him for fomenting Capitol riot
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Statement of Steven Sund, Chief of Police, Regarding the Events of January 6, 2021 — United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers and our law enforcement partners responded valiantly when faced with thousands of individuals involved in violent riotous actions as they stormed the United States Capitol Building.
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Capitol Breach Draws Sharp Condemnation of Law Enforcement
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Capitol Police inability to secure seat of U.S. government raises serious questions
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Elaine Chao, Trump's transportation secretary, resigns along with other officials.
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Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren't Ready.
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FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S Capitol Building
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Capitol Police face heat following mob breach
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Democrats are drafting new impeachment articles. Inaction is increasingly untenable. — Some Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are circulating drafts of new articles of impeachment directed at President Trump for his role in inciting the violent mob assault on the Capitol, a Democratic aide tells me.
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Man who posed at Pelosi desk said in Facebook post that he is prepared for violent death — Last Saturday, Richard Barnett of Gravette, Ark., criticized Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a Facebook post for using the description “white nationalist” as a “derogatory term.” — “I am white.
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He looted Speaker Pelosi's office, and then bragged about it.
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Giuliani to Senator: ‘Try to Just Slow it Down’ — The president's lawyer tries to block the count of the Electoral College votes. — Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer and top adviser to President Donald Trump, is calling Republican lawmakers urging them to delay the electoral vote count by at least …
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Giuliani calls wrong senator in last-ditch effort to delay certification of Biden's win
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KUSI News confirms identity of woman shot and killed inside US Capitol — WASHINGTON (KUSI) — The woman who was shot and killed inside the US Capitol during the protests was from the San Diego area. — KUSI News has spoken with her husband. — The woman is Ashli Babbit, a 14-year veteran …
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Woman fatally shot as pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol identified as Air Force veteran — When a group of pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol and smashed windows on Wednesday, a woman jumped onto a pane and started through. — Seconds later, a gunshot rang out and the woman …
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Remove Trump Tonight — This is a moment of shame and grief. — If we are not very careful, it will also be a terrible moment of opportunity for President Donald Trump. The violence Trump incited could be his pretext for further abuses of presidential power.
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Impeach Donald Trump, Remove Him, and Bar Him From Holding Office Ever Again
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What Trump and His Mob Taught the World About America
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Cotton calls out Senate Republicans for misleading supporters about election results — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is calling out Republican colleagues including Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — though not by name — for challenging the results of the 2020 election in a way he says was misleading.
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Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist
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Trump and His Party Made the Storming of the Capitol Possible
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How right-wing media explained the pro-Trump siege of the Capitol — You can't understand America, 2021, without watching how right-wing media explained a mob storming the U.S. Capitol for the first time since the early 19th century. — The big picture: The right's favored media …
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A Facial Recognition Company Says That Viral Washington Times “Antifa” Story Is False — Matt Gaetz had cited the story in Congress as supposed evidence that antifa was involved in the Capitol assault. But the company says it's “outright false.” — Copy


Madness on Capitol Hill — Part insurrection, part happy hour, Trump supporters lost their minds, and I watched a man urinate on the Capitol steps. The nation, ashamed, was left to mourn. — It was 5pm when the explosions started, one after another, washing the crowd of Donald Trump supporters in plumes of tear gas.
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Rep. Waltz slams hypocrisy of pro-police Trump supporters going after Capitol Hill cops
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Which Members of Congress Objected to Certifying Biden's Victory? — When a mob of President Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday, they forced an emergency recess in the Congressional proceedings to officially certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Strict absentee voting limits proposed after record Georgia turnout — Voting was never easier in Georgia than in November's presidential election. But it might not last. — Republican legislators plan to crack down on voting access after record turnout helped Democrat Joe Biden win Georgia …
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