WASHINGTON - D.C. police released photos on Thursday showing "persons of interest" the day after pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol building.PHOTOS OF PERSONS OF INTERESTThe protesters – who reportedly used irritants to get past law enforcement – were trying to halt Congress from conducting the Electoral Vote count that ultimately cemented President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.READ MORE: Pro-Trump protesters storm Capitol building; Electoral College debate haltedD.C.

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National Guard troops sleep on Capitol floor as House nears Trump impeachment vote

Several National Guard members are pictured lying on the floor of the U.S. Capitol on Jan.

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$2,000 checks: Biden to release stimulus package plan

(Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) ORLANDO, Fla. - Will Americans get $2,000 stimulus checks as part of President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package? We will find out this week. Biden has pledged to send a third stimulus check to Americans still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Biden used the prospect of $2,000 checks as a promise while campaigning for Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock in Georgia.On Monday, Biden maintained that getting money into the hands of Americans is a top priority when he takes office.RELATED: 'Absolutely not. No': Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin balks at $2,000 stimulus checks"My priority is to get, first and foremost, a stimulus bill passed and secondly, again to rebuild the economy," Biden said.

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Timeline of events as pro-Trump rioters cause chaos in U.S. Capitol

A pro-Trump rally turned into an insurrection as thousands stormed the U.S. Capitol to prevent U.S. lawmakers from certifying president-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. Paul Johnson has more on how the day unfolded.

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Asian stocks mixed after Wall St rebounds from uncertainty

BEIJING – Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rebounded, shrugging off uncertainty about a possible new attempt to impeach President Donald Trump over last week's attack on the U.S.

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Capitol riot: Officials working to identify those involved in deadly pro-Trump insurrection

WASHINGTON - Prosecutors have brought dozens of cases after the deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol, and they promise more charges are to come as investigators work to identify members of the pro-Trump mob.Investigators are combing through thousands of tips, photos, videos and social media accounts to collect evidence against the attackers who overran the Capitol to stop the certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the next president.Officials predict hundreds of criminal cases will ultimately be filed and said they are considering sedition charges against some of the rioters.FILE - The U.S.

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Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

WASHINGTON – This time the fury enveloping the Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within.The anger on display is searing — Democrat against Republican; Republican against Republican; legislators of both parties against the catastrophic security failure that left top leaders of the government vulnerable to last week's violence as well as to the coronavirus in their ranks. This is a “powder keg” moment, one Democrat said.

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TSA on 'high alert' at airports nationwide in wake of pro-Trump Capitol riot, upcoming inauguration

WASHINGTON - Security is being increased at Washington, D.C.-area airports following last week's deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob and ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

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House speeding to impeach Trump for 'insurrection' following deadly Capitol riot

WASHINGTON - Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even more quickly in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency.Trump faces a single charge — "incitement of insurrection" — after the deadly Capitol riot in an impeachment resolution that the House will begin debating Wednesday.At the same time, the FBI warned ominously Monday of potential armed protests in Washington and many states by Trump loyalists ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Jan. 20.

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House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol 'insurrection'

WASHINGTON – Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even more quickly in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency.Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” — after the deadly Capitol riot in an impeachment resolution that the House will begin debating Wednesday. At the same time, the FBI warned ominously Monday of potential armed protests in Washington and many states by Trump loyalists ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Jan.

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Trump's Homeland Security chief resigns earlier than planned

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s acting head of the Department of Homeland Security resigned Monday, leaving the post earlier than planned and as the nation faces a heightened threat from domestic terrorism from extremists seeking to reverse the November election.Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf said he had intended to stay in the post until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. But Wolf, who had been serving in an acting capacity since November 2019 and was never confirmed by the Senate, said he was compelled to leave by “recent events,” including court rulings that found he could not legally hold the position.

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First lady ‘disappointed’ by Trump supporters’ Capitol riot

WILMINGTON, Del. – Melania Trump said Monday that she is “disappointed and disheartened” by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week by supporters of her husband. But in breaking her silence, she also lashed out at people she said have used the tragic event to spread “salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks and false and misleading accusations about me."The statement marked the first lady's first public comment in the five days since a violent mob of Trump supporters, angry over Trump's election loss and stirred up by the president himself, stormed the Capitol on Wednesday and temporarily disrupted proceedings certifying that Democrat Joe Biden will be the next president come Jan.

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Fervent Trump supporters, QAnon believers fueled U.S. Capitol riot: records

Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor.“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th,” Trump tweeted a week before Christmas.

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DC mayor pushes for increased security around inauguration

WASHINGTON – District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking increased security around President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration in the wake of the mob insurrection at the Capitol.“We believe strongly that the 59th Presidential Inauguration on January 20 will require a very different approach than previous inaugurations given the chaos, injury, and death experienced at the United States Capitol during the insurrection,” Bowser wrote in a letter to Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.She asked for a “pre-disaster declaration” for the District to allow for federal assistance.

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Warnock blasts Capitol rioters in 1st sermon since election

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Trump’s influence will drop ‘dramatically’ after Biden’s inauguration, Bolton says

Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20, his former adviser says.“At noon on the 20th of January, the world changes in immeasurable ways…But one of the ways that it will change is Donald Trump’s influence will drop dramatically,” Former White House national security adviser John Bolton told The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson in an interview.

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Trump seeks new online megaphone after Twitter ban

Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signalling 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. The far right-friendly Parler may be the leading candidate, though Google and Apple have both removed it from their app stores and Amazon decided to boot it off its web hosting service.

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Pope prays for dead in Capitol rioting, appeals for calm

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said Sunday that he is praying for those who died in the U.S. Capitol rioting and has appealed for calm to prevail in the United States to help safeguard that nation's democratic values.

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Florida man photographed carrying Pelosi’s lectern at U.S. Capitol protest arrested

Florida man photographed carrying U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern from the House of Representative chambers during the riot at 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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EXPLAINER: Who has been charged in the deadly Capitol riot?

stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, sending lawmakers into hiding as they began their work to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

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Biden to get second Covid shot on Monday, intends to speed up vaccine release

Biden to speed release of COVID vaccinesMeawhile with COVID-19 numbers surging in the US and vaccinations off to a slow start, Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office confirmed on Friday.“The president-elect believes we must accelerate distribution of the vaccine while continuing to ensure the Americans who need it most get it as soon as possible," spokesman T.J. Ducklo said in a statement.

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All clear after suspicious package found near US Capitol, police say

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07: The U.S. Capitol is seen January 7, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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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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Biden to speed up release of coronavirus vaccines

President-elect Joe Biden receives his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.

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Joe Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden will release most available COVID-19 vaccine doses to speed delivery to more people, a reversal of the Trump administration policy, his office said Friday.“The president-elect believes we must accelerate distribution of the vaccine while continuing to ensure the Americans who need it most get it as soon as possible," spokesman T.J. Ducklo said in a statement.

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Capitol siege raises security concerns for Biden inaugural

WASHINGTON – The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at an inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden already reshaped by a pandemic and the prospect that his predecessor may not attend.Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take the oath of office from the Capitol's West Front, one of the very locations where a violent mob overpowered police and stormed the building.

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Woman fatally shot at U.S. Capitol was QAnon believer, Air Force vet

Donald Trump. Photos show stark contrast in police response to MAGA, BLM unrest Babbitt, 35, was part of the extremist mob that stormed the Capitol in an effort to overturn the democratic election results on Wednesday, following encouragement from Trump himself.

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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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'What else could I do?' NJ Rep. Kim helps clean up Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) - Water bottles, clothing, Trump flags, even a U.S. flag littered the ground inside the U.S.

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Black Lives Matter protests vs. Capitol riots: Addressing the difference

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden didn't mince words about the difference in security response when a mob of Trump supporters violently forced their way into the U.S. Capitol."No one can tell me that had it been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday they wouldn’t have been treated very, very, differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol.

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Publisher drops book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley

NEW YORK – A planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, who objected to President-elect Joe Biden’s win and backed baseless claims that the election was stolen, has been canceled by its publisher in the wake of the insurrection at the U.S.

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Michelle Obama issues statement on pro-Trump Capitol riot, calls Trump ‘infantile and unpatriotic’

WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama issued a statement following the pro-Trump riot that occurred on Wednesday involving a mob the president’s supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol and violently clashed with law enforcement.In the statement, Obama spoke of the mixed feelings of the day after she awoke Wednesday to the news of Raphael Warnock’s election victory in Georgia as the state’s first Black senator.

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Several state lawmakers joined, observed US Capitol turmoil

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A West Virginia lawmaker who filmed himself and supporters of President Donald Trump storming into the U.S. Capitol is being widely condemned as federal prosecutors step up their pursuit of violent perpetrators.State Del.

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Here’s how you can help the FBI identify rioters on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON – Now that the Capitol has been cleared and operations are returning to normal, the FBI has the daunting task of identifying rioters who attacked police officers and stormed the Capitol building.Thousands of President Donald Trump supporters demonstrated in D.C.

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Siege of US Capitol by pro-Trump mob forces hard questions

WASHINGTON – One day later, the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters forced painful new questions across government — about his fitness to remain in office for two more weeks, the ability of the police to secure the complex and the future of the Republican Party in a post-Trump era.

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Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorists” and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation's capital and beyond.The protest by Trump supporters that breached the security of Congress on Wednesday was “not dissent, was not disorder, was not protest.

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Cape May man charged with unlawful entry following pro-Trump raid on Capitol

WASHINGTON - A Cape May County man was arrested Wednesday during the pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol building, according to police. Leonard Guthrie was among those arrested and charged with unlawful entry. Terry Brown, from Lebanon County, was also arrested by U.S. Capitol Police.The Capitol building became overrun with pro-Trump supporters during a joint session to confirm the 2020 election of Joe Biden.

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“We’re in! Keep it moving, baby!”: West Virginia GOP delegate records himself storming U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A West Virginia lawmaker recorded video of himself and fellow supporters of President Donald Trump storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, triggering calls for his resignation.In the video by Republican Del.

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Wall Street shrugs off U.S. Capitol lockdown as stocks keep rising

Wall Street is rallying toward record highs again Thursday on expectations that the Democratic sweep of Washington means more stimulus is likely on the way for the economy.The S&P 500 was 1.5 per cent higher in the first trading after Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election and Jon Ossoff was declared the winner of a Georgia runoff election, tipping control of the Senate to Democrats. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 322 points, or 1 per cent, at 31,152, as of 10:37 a.m.

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U.S. Congress seals Biden’s election victory after chaotic day in Washington

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Mick Mulvaney says he's resigning from Trump administration after Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump’s former acting White House chief of staff resigned his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying "I can’t do it. I can’t stay."Mick Mulvaney joined a growing list of Trump administration officials who are leaving following the violent riot at the Capitol on Wednesday.

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The Latest: Mulvaney says he's quitting after Capitol riot

WASHINGTON – The Latest on Congress’ confirmation of Joe Biden as winner of the presidential election (all times local):8:35 a.m.President Donald Trump’s former acting White House chief of staff resigned his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying “I can’t do it. I can’t stay.”Mulvaney joined a growing list of Trump administration officials who are leaving following the violent riot at the Capitol on Wednesday.

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4 people dead following US Capitol riots: Washington D.C. police

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee on Wednesday, alongside Mayor Muriel Bowser, delivered an update on the pro-Trump riots at the Capitol, stating that four people in total died during the course of the day’s events.

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Trump promises 'orderly transition' after Congress certifies Biden's 2020 election

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an "orderly transition on January 20th" after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.Trump’s acknowledgement came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill as a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building and unleashed unprecedented scenes of mayhem as it tried to halt the peaceful transition of power.

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Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol

WASHINGTON – Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Trump in the White House.Lawmakers were resolved to complete the Electoral College tally in a display to the country, and the world, of the nation’s enduring commitment to uphold the will of the voters and the peaceful transfer of power.

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Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz defends Trump after storming of Capitol building

After a mob of demonstrators stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday interrupting a joint session of Congress to certify president-elect Joe Biden, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz defended President Donald Trump, who called for protests to be “peaceful” before they turned violent.

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DC police release photos of ‘persons of interest;’ Additional security coming to Capitol Hill after chaos

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