US Senator Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump. (Photos by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images and Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - President Trump is pressing the Senate to increase coronavirus stimulus payments to $2,000 and Sen. Bernie Sanders, addressed on Fox News’ "Special Report" how he and the president are finally seeing eye-to-eye."President Trump is the most dangerous president in the history of our country," he said. "But he happens to be right on this issue."Sanders, I-Vt., admitted Trump was right in stating the severity of the country’s economic downturn and agreed that the American people need help to survive the ongoing pandemic.

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Trump legacy on race shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actions

CHICAGO – President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed in the final months of his presidency — and without a trace of irony — to have done more for Black Americans than anyone with the “possible exception” of Abraham Lincoln. He boasted that the African American unemployment rate dropped to record lows under his watch before the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the economy.

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‘Unacceptable act of censorship’: Putin critic Navalny criticizes Trump Twitter ban

Donald Trump — begins to clear, several prominent figures have taken to expressing their opinions online.Among them is Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who tweeted Saturday he thought Trump’s Twitter suspension was “an unacceptable act of censorship.” Twitter permanently suspends Trump as supporters face social media purge Navalny reasoned in a thread that the ban was a decision based on “emotions” and “personal political preferences” as other accounts belonging to other controversial leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as well as COVID-19-deniers and other extremists have been not been banned.“And yet, it was Trump who got banned publicly and ostentatiously,” wrote Navalny.

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Denial, defiance, disruption: U.S. Capitol riot is legacy of Trump’s presidency

U.S. President Donald Trump’s legacy is now defined by the Capitol riot. As Global National anchor and executive editor Dawna Friesen explains, the reckless act is a morbid reminder of democracy’s fragility.

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Democrats ramp up efforts to impeach Trump

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Momentum built among Democrats on Saturday for a fresh and fast push to impeach President Donald Trump, even as the House speaker accused his backers who violently invaded the Capitol of choosing "their whiteness over democracy."Nancy Pelosi’s remark came as Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., one of the chief sponsors of draft impeachment articles accusing Trump of inciting insurrection, said at midday that his group’s draft had collected 176 co-sponsors.

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Top Republican says Trump committed 'impeachable offenses'

WASHINGTON – Democrats' momentum for a fresh drive to quickly impeach outgoing President Donald Trump gained support Saturday, and a top Republican said the president's role in the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters was worthy of rebuke.Sen.

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Protest held outside City Hall to demand President Trump be removed from office

A small group of protesters gathered outside City Hall on Saturday to call for President Donald Trump's removal from office. PHILADELPHIA - A small group of protesters gathered outside City Hall in Philadelphia on Saturday to demand President Donald Trump be removed from office following the pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol. With less than two weeks remaining in Trump's presidential term, organizers with the "Refuse Fascism Rally" believe that "[Trump] and his followers present a real and present danger to humanity." Organizers have accused the Trump administration and his base of white supremacy, xenophobia and undermining the truth.

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Protesters held outside City Hall to demand President Trump be removed from office

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Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone

BOSTON – One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion. Though deprived of his big online megaphones, Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach, led by the far right-friendly Parler — even if Google removed it from its app store Friday and Apple threatened the same.

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'Find the fraud': Trump previously said to Georgia officials in earlier call

President Donald Trump (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)ATLANTA - While election officials in Georgia were verifying signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in one metro-Atlanta county, President Donald Trump pressed a lead investigator to "find the fraud" and said it would make the investigator a national hero.The December call, described by a person familiar with it who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to describe the sensitive nature of the discussion, is yet another link in the chain of the extraordinary pressure campaign waged by Trump on state officials as he sought to overturn the results of the November election, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.It is one of at least three phone calls, held

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Protesters gather outside City Hall to demand President Trump be removed from office

A small group of protesters gathered outside City Hall on Saturday to call for President Donald Trump's removal from office. PHILADELPHIA - A small group of protesters have gathered outside City Hall in Philadelphia to demand President Donald Trump be removed from office following the pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday. With less than two weeks remaining in Trump's presidential term, organizers with the "Refuse Fascism Rally" believe that "[Trump] and his followers present a real and present danger to humanity." Organizers have accused the Trump administration and his base of white supremacy, xenophobia and undermining the truth.

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Democrats plan swift Trump impeachment, want to remove him from office immediately

Donald Trump, demanding decisive, immediate action to ensure an “unhinged” commander in chief can’t add to the damage they say he’s inflicted or even ignite nuclear war in his final days in office.As the country comes to terms with the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters that left five dead, the crisis that appears to be among the final acts of his presidency is deepening like few other periods in the nation’s history.

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Biden calls Trump 'not fit' but doesn't endorse impeachment

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn't "fit for the job," but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to members of her chamber that lawmakers could move as early as next week to impeach Trump for inciting a violent mob that overran the U.S.

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COMMENTARY: What’s next for Donald Trump? Will he face charges after he leaves office?

dignity and generosity. At the same time, those defeated have not been hounded and jailed for their actions while in power.This differs markedly from democracies like Brazil and South Korea, where defeated presidents have been regularly jailed when their opponents seize power.

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Trump pressured Georgia to 'find the fraud' in earlier call

ATLANTA – While election officials in Georgia were verifying signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in one metro-Atlanta county, President Donald Trump pressured the lead investigator to “find the fraud” and said it would make the investigator a national hero.The December call, described by a person familiar with it who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to describe the sensitive nature of the discussion, preceded Trump’s Jan. 2 call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger where he asked election officials to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election.The call was first reported Saturday by The Washington Post.

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'He's on his own': Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump's steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration.After riling up a crowd that later staged a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, Trump appears to have lost some of his strongest allies, including South Carolina Sen.

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Pelosi's talk of limits on Trump nuke power raises old worry

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's concern about President Donald Trump potentially ordering the launch of a nuclear weapon in his final days in office highlights a little-known fact: Launch authority rests with the president alone.It also resurfaces a question with no certain answer: What would happen if a military commander determined, based on legal judgment, that a president's nuclear launch order was illegal? The commander might refuse such an order, but then what?Trump has given no indication he is considering using nuclear weapons, but Pelosi expressed worry that an “unhinged” president might start a war. She said she spoke Friday to Gen.

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Trump’s Twitter account suspended ‘permanently’

Twitter has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account following violent riots in the US Capitol this week. Erica Vella reports.

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No surprise: Trump left many clues he wouldn't go quietly

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump left plenty of clues he'd try to burn the place down on his way out the door. The clues spread over a lifetime of refusing to acknowledge defeat.

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Democrats plan lightning Trump impeachment, want him out now

WASHINGTON – Warnings flashing, Democrats in Congress laid plans for swift impeachment of President Donald Trump, demanding decisive, immediate action to ensure an “unhinged” commander in chief can't add to the damage they say he's inflicted or even ignite nuclear war in his final days in office. As the country comes to terms with the violent siege of the U.S.

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Biden calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn't “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to members of her chamber that lawmakers could move as early as next week to impeach Trump for inciting a violent mob that overran the U.S.

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Twitter permanently suspends Trump as supporters face social media purge

Donald Trump, citing a risk of him inciting further violence.“In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action,” read a statement posted on Twitter’s blog. Facebook blocks Trump for ‘at least’ the rest of presidential term “Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly.

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EXPLAINER: How Trump could be impeached again, but faster

WASHINGTON – When some Democrats were pushing for President Donald Trump’s impeachment in early 2019, it took around five months for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to back the idea.This time, it only took a day. Pelosi came out strongly Thursday in support of Trump’s removal — either by his own Cabinet or by Congress, if necessary — after pro-Trump supporters violently breached and ransacked the Capitol.

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Pelosi says House will move forward on 2nd impeachment if Trump doesn’t ‘immediately resign’

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has instructed the House Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward on a motion to impeach President Donald Trump and to introduce 25th Amendment legislation if Trump does not "immediately resign" in the wake of a deadly pro-Trump riot in the U.S. Capitol.Pelosi’s statement came after an hours-long conversation she said she had with the House Democratic Caucus after a mob of the president’s supporters violently stormed the U.S.

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Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account

WASHINGTON - Twitter announced Friday that it is permanently suspending President Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account after a careful review."After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," The social media giant wrote in a statement on Friday.The statement continues: "In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action.

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Donald Trump says he won’t attend Joe Biden’s inauguration

Donald Trump said he will not be attending Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20.Trump took to Twitter Friday morning, announcing the news.“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted.To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.— Donald J.

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Murkowski becomes 1st GOP senator to say Trump should resign

WASHINGTON – Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that President Donald Trump should resign, making her the first Republican senator to say he should leave office as backlash grows against his goading of violent supporters who stormed the Capitol.

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Security concerns for Inauguration Day following pro-Trump Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) - The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at the upcoming inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden, which already has been reshaped by the pandemic and President Donald Trump's decision not to attend.Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take the oath of office from the Capitol's West Front, one of the locations where a mob overpowered police and stormed the building.

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Biden says people responsible for Capitol officer’s death will be held accountable

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden expressed his "deep sympathy" to the family of the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died in the violent siege of the building by supporters of President Donald Trump and vowed those responsible will be held accountable."Our sympathies and our concerns go out to his family, and the people responsible should be held accountable — and they will be," Biden said during an event Friday in Wilmington, Delaware, to introduce additional key nominees of his economic and jobs team.U.S.

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Can Trump be charged with inciting a riot? Legal bar is high

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's top White House lawyer has repeatedly warned the president that he could be held responsible for inciting Wednesday's riot at the Capitol, but the standard for legal liability is high under court decisions reaching back 50 years.The admonitions from presidential counsel Pat Cipollone were delivered in part to prompt Trump to condemn the violence that was carried out in his name and acknowledge that he will leave office in less than two weeks, according to White House aides. They were not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations and spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Pelosi spoke with chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on preventing Trump from initiating nuclear attack

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Pro-Trump rioter fired after wearing work badge into U.S. Capitol

Trump rioter who joined the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has been fired after eagle-eyed observers noticed his work badge in footage from the unrest.The man appeared in dozens of photos captured inside the U.S.

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Pelosi aide says laptop stolen from her office during pro-Trump riot at US Capitol

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi heads back to her office after calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office either by invocation of the 25th Amendment by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet members or Impeachmen WASHINGTON - Electronics were stolen from prominent lawmakers’ offices during the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, including a laptop from the office of U.S.

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Trump says he will not attend Biden’s inauguration

President Donald Trump arrives to speak to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.

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Lehigh University rescinds honorary degree granted to President Trump in 1988

President Donald Trump speaks at the "Stop The Steal" Rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over Presi BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh University Board of Trustees has voted to rescind an honorary degree granted to President Donald Trump decades ago.The university announced the decision in a statement on Friday morning.According to the university, the executive committee of the board held a special session on Thursday and voted to rescind the degree granted to Trump in 1988.The decision was affirmed on Friday.On Wednesday, pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S.

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House Democrats considering swift second impeachment of President Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are discussing Friday whether to move forward with the quick impeachment of President Donald Trump if his Cabinet doesn’t try to remove him first, acting swiftly two days after the U.S. Capitol was ransacked by a pro-Trump mob.House Democrats are set to hold a caucus meeting at noon, the first since Wednesday’s harrowing events at the Capitol, and could take up articles of impeachment against Trump as soon as next week.

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Dominion Voting Systems files $1.3B defamation lawsuit against Trump lawyer Sidney Powell

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Dominion sues Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation

WASHINGTON – Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell's “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden.“Dominion brings this action to set the record straight,” the company said in the suit filed in federal court in Washington.Powell has for weeks claimed without evidence that the election technology vendor, whose vote-counting equipment was used in several states, was part of a scheme to steal the election from President Donald Trump.

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UPDATES: House Democrats mull fast-track President Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):9:10 a.m.House Democratic leaders say the House could take up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump as soon as next week if Vice President Mike Pence and Trump’s Cabinet don’t act to remove him.Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark of Massachusetts says the House "can use procedural tools to get articles of impeachment to the House floor quickly,” as early as the coming week, if Pence doesn’t invoke the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. Rep.

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House Democrats discussing swift action to impeach Trump

WASHINGTON – Democrats are discussing Friday whether to move forward with the quick impeachment of President Donald Trump if his Cabinet doesn’t try to remove him first, moving swiftly two days after the Capitol was ransacked by a pro-Trump mob.House Democrats are set to hold a caucus meeting at noon, the first since Wednesday’s harrowing events at the Capitol.

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Capitol Police rejected federal help to quell pro-Trump mob

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents.

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Trump finally faces reality — amid talk of early ouster

WASHINGTON – With 12 days left in his term, President Donald Trump has finally bent to reality amid growing talk of trying to force him out early, acknowledging he’ll peacefully leave after Congress affirmed his defeat. Trump led off a video from the White House Thursday by condemning the violence carried out in his name a day earlier at the Capitol.

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Will Republican party support Trump? Or oust him?

The Republican party is facing a reckoning, after U.S. President Donald Trump inspired an attempted coup at the Capitol on Wednesday. Now some of Trump’s most loyal allies are no longer standing by his side. Eric Sorensen explains.

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Donald Trump concedes in video condemning rioters at U.S. Capitol

U.S. President Donald Trump conceded the election in a video posted to Twitter that condemned the actions of a pro-Trump mob who stormed the U.S.

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Calls grow to remove Trump from office after Capitol riots

After Wednesday’s riots at the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers are calling for President Donald Trump’s immediate removal from the White House. Jackson Proskow reports on the aftermath of the attempted coup that Trump instigated.

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US Capitol police officer dies of injuries sustained during pro-Trump riots, officials say

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 6: Trump supporters stand on the U.S. Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan.

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Trump drops all lawsuits against Georgia related to 2020 election

ATLANTA - The legal team for President Donald Trump has dropped all litigation against the State of Georgia related to the 2020 Presidential Election, the Secretary of State's Office announced Thursday.According to a news release from the Secretary of State's Office, the president's legal team reported the lawsuits were dropped "due to an out of court settlement agreement." However, Sec.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee introduces Articles of Impeachment against President Trump

FILE: Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, votes to approve the second article of impeachment as the House Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing to vote on the two articles of impeachment against U.S.

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Mexico leader condemns Facebook, Twitter for blocking Trump

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (R) to the White House July 8, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Bernie Sanders agrees with Trump’s push for more coronavirus stimulus

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