Six hours of paralysis: Inside Trump's failure to act after a mob stormed the Capitol  —  Hiding from the rioters in a secret location away from the Capitol, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appealed to Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser.

House Democrats Briefed On 3 Terrifying Plots To Overthrow Government  —  One plot includes surrounding the Capitol and murdering Democrats to allow Republicans to take control of the government.  —  WASHINGTON ― Capitol Police briefed Democrats on Monday night about three …

Jayapal Tests Positive for COVID-19 Following Lockdown at Capitol With Republican Lawmakers Who Cruelly and Selfishly Refused to Wear Masks  —  WASHINGTON — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) received a positive COVID-19 test result tonight after being locked down in a secured room …

Inside the remarkable rift between Donald Trump and Mike Pence  —  Vice President Pence was in hiding from a violent mob of Trump supporters in the Capitol last Wednesday when the presidential tweet attacking him posted.  —  “Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done …

‘They Got a Officer!’:  How a Mob Dragged and Beat Police at the Capitol  —  Videos show pro-Trump rioters pulling three officers down a set of stairs during a violent attempt to breach the building.  —  The Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol building by a pro-Trump mob left a police officer and a rioter dead.

An Urgent Reckoning for the Trump Brand  —  Companies and institutions are shunning President Trump and some associates after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.  The Trump family business, built on luxury hospitality, is contemplating a reinvention.  —  In the span of four days …

Las Vegas Sands Announces Passing of Company Founder and Industry-Changing Entrepreneur Sheldon G. Adelson  —  Las Vegas Sands issued the following statement announcing the death of company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon G. Adelson: Our founder and visionary leader, Sheldon G. Adelson …

Fractured by Trump, the G.O.P. Can't Agree on a Way Back to Power  —  Many Republican leaders and strategists want to prepare the party for a post-Trump future.  But the pro-Trump voter base has other ideas.  —  The Republican Party is entering a period of political powerlessness …

Bill Belichick Rebuffs Trump's Presidential Medal Offer  —  The New England Patriots coach turned down the nation's highest civilian honor in the aftermath of the president's supporters siege of the U.S. Capitol last week  —  New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has turned …

An update following the riots in Washington, DC  —  Following the horrific events in Washington, DC, last week, here are some of the steps we've taken to protect the conversation on our service from attempts to incite violence, organize attacks, and share deliberately misleading information about the election outcome.

Congress Should Bar Trump From Ever Holding Office  —  Congress can invoke its constitutional power to bar the president from holding office again.  —  Mr. Gupta is the founder of an appellate litigation law firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Beutler is the editor in chief of Crooked Media.

‘Supremely self-absorbed’: Isolated Trump unlikely to mount an aggressive impeachment defense  —  House Democrats are poised to impeach him on Wednesday.  But President Donald Trump is not expected to mount a forceful White House defense against charges he incited last week's deadly riots inside …

‘Hate in their heart’: Lawmakers fear more violence after Capitol attacks  —  After freshman GOP Rep. Nancy Mace announced she would be opposing President Donald Trump's bid to overturn the election, the single mother of two feared so much for her life that she applied for a concealed carry permit …

Horned D.C. protester makes first court appearance, refuses to eat in detention  —  PHOENIX — The man in the horned headdress during the riot at the U.S. Capitol made his initial appearance in a Phoenix federal courtroom Monday.  —  Jacob Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli or the QAnon Shaman …

Troops Flood a Rattled Washington Ahead of the Biden Inauguration  —  Chad F. Wolf, the head of the department overseeing the agency leading inauguration security, announced that he would resign as acting secretary on Monday night.  —  WASHINGTON — Law enforcement authorities …

AJC Interview: Kemp on ‘distractions’ in Senate runoffs and his 2022 chances  —  Gov. Brian Kemp has been counted out before - when he launched a longshot bid for a long-held Democratic state Senate seat, after he lost his first statewide bid for office, from the moment he entered …

Only one person showed up to the pro-Trump protest outside Twitter's San Francisco HQ  —  30 police officers were there to monitor the scene  —  It's the second week of 2021.  Last week began with an insurrection, siege of the US Capitol building, and rejection of democracy …

How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism  —  A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war.  —  WASHINGTON — Before self-proclaimed members …

Lies, Patriotism, and Consequences  —  There have always been coat-and-tie Marxists, who would never get their hands dirty — who would never smash heads themselves — but who encourage it in others, to one degree or another.  Obviously, there are such characters on the right, too.

Staten Island politician apologizes for using Hitler reference during heated lockdown protest  —  A Staten Island political consultant running for borough president on Monday offered an apology — and defense — of a garbled blast at COVID-19 lockdowns and her use of “Heil Hitler” …

Yes, It Was a Coup.  Here's Why.  —  Since last Wednesday, people have been arguing what to call what happened at the U.S. Capitol — was it a riot?  An uprising?  An insurrection?  I've been public in calling it a coup, but others disagree.  Some have said it's not a coup because the U.S. military …

Florida Manatee Mutilated By Someone Who Etched ‘Trump’ Onto Its Back  —  MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Federal wildlife authorities in Florida are looking for the person or persons who mutilated a manatee by carving the word “Trump” onto its back.  —  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the manatee …

Before Capitol Riot, Republican Lawmakers Fanned the Flames  —  A “1776 moment”: Several of the president's closest allies in Congress used bellicose language to urge their supporters to attend the Jan. 6 rally that turned into a deadly riot.  —  WASHINGTON — Standing before a crowd …

Statement from Dr. Miriam Adelson on the passing of her husband, Sheldon G. Adelson  —  LAS VEGAS, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Miriam Adelson released the following statement on the death of her husband and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon G. Adelson:

Congress must consider censure, impeachment, removal  —  I remain a proud son of Missouri even though I have been away for many years.  In 1978, I left my position as a federal judge in St. Louis to serve in Washington as the director of the FBI and, nine years later, of the CIA.

‘Stop F—ing Lying’: Congress, Trump Officials in Heated Exchange Over Terrorism Designations  —  Congressional overseers are livid that the administration made major policy changes without prior formal consultations.  —  Congressional staffers exploded at Trump administration briefers …