WASHINGTON – The Senate wrapped up a rare New Year's Day session with Republicans rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks and overriding his veto of a sweeping defense bill, an unusual one-two rebuke at the end of a chaotic Congress.Democrats tried a final time to push forward a House-passed bill that would boost the $600 direct aid payments just approved by Congress to $2,000 as Trump demanded for millions of Americans.

Republicans blocked a vote, arguing in favor of a more targeted approach.The rejection of Trump's top priorities, along with the first veto override of his presidency, offered an unusual willingness by the president's party to confront Trump, now in his final days in the White House after.

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Senate rejects GOP challenge to Arizona electoral votes after pro-Trump riot inside Capitol

WASHINGTON - Congressional deliberations over challenges to President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory resumed Wednesday evening after coming to an abrupt halt when rioters supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, marching through the building, breaking windows, entering lawmakers' offices and clashing with police.Follow below for live updates on the situation at the U.S. Capitol. Mobile users, click here.There, the Senate resoundingly rejected challenges to Biden’s election win in Arizona, voting to certify the state’s electoral votes.The objection to the results in Arizona -- spearheaded by Rep.

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17 members of Congress sign letter to Pence asking him to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump

WASHINGTON - Seventeen members of Congress signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence urging him to invoke the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to remove President Donald Trump from office in the wake of protests in Washington by Trump’s supporters that devolved into a violent riot inside the U.S.

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Small pro-Trump rallies break out in Canada amid chaos at U.S. Capitol

occupied the U.S. Capitol in an effort to disrupt the certification of president-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory.In Toronto, more than a dozen vehicles emblazoned with Trump and “stop the steal” flags formed a convoy through the city, driving past the U.S.

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'Disgraceful scenes in US Congress': World leaders express shock at pro-Trump rioters' breach of US Capitol

WASHINGTON - Leaders around the world condemned the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing shock at the chaos unfolding in a country they once relied upon for global leadership."Disgraceful scenes in US Congress," tweeted Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, a staunch ally of the United States over generations.

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Twitter locks Trump's account for 12 hours, Facebook blocks him from posting for 24 hours

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Twitter locked President Donald Trump out of his account for "12 hours" on Wednesday and deleted many of his recent Tweets. Meanwhile, Facebook later announced he will be blocked from posting for 24 hours.The crackdown came shortly after he released a video via Twitter at around 4 p.m.

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Melania Trump’s chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, resigns

FILE - Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One while flying between El Paso, Texas and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, August 7, 2019.

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Pro-Trump supporters gather in downtown Vancouver

A small group gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery Wednesday to show support for outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump as the U.S. Capitol was occupied by pro-Trump rioters.

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U.S. election: ‘We will never give up, we will never concede’ Trump tells protesters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke in front of supporters at a “Save America March” in Washington D.C.

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‘We were told to pull out our gas masks,’ Florida Congressman describes Capitol breach by Trump supporters

ORLANDO, Fla. – Congressman Darren Soto, D-Kissimmee., described hearing violent rioters breaching the Capitol building and breaking into the chamber coming within feet of himself and other lawmakers as they attempted to tally the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden.The Electoral College joint session is normally a mundane and ceremonial task but was ended soon after it started when supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump descended on the Capitol building where the count was underway to affirm Biden’s White House victory two weeks before Inauguration Day.Soto said he was in the gallery along with other lawmakers in the midst of the objection debate over the Arizona electoral votes when members of the House begin receiving word

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Calls for Trump’s Twitter to be suspended after violence erupts at U.S. capitol

Twitter users are calling for the suspension of U.S. President Donald Trump’s account on the social media site following claims that he incited the ongoing violence that is currently rocking Washington.Protesters stormed the U.S.

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Woman shot in US Capitol dead, several officers injured after pro-Trump protesters charge building

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A woman who was shot inside of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has died, D.C.

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Chaos: Trump supporters make selves at home inside Capitol, sitting behind desks, making off with podiums

WASHINGTON - Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, some walking into lawmakers’ offices, sitting behind desks and apparently making off with podiums and other items.Stunning photos captured the chaos inside the nation’s Capitol: security officials with guns drawn on the floor of the U.S.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar drawing up articles of impeachment for Trump

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: U.S. Rep.

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Local members of Congress react to violent clashes at US Capitol

WASHINGTON - Protesters backing President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in violent clashes with police that force a delay in the constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden's victory in the November election. Trump had urged his supporters to come to Washington to protest Congress' formal approval of Biden's win.

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Biden calls on Trump to go on national TV and demand end to 'siege' on Capitol

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to demand an end to the "siege" underway at the U.S. Capitol building, where Trump supporters clashed with police and marched through the building.

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'You have to go home now:' Trump tells Capitol protesters to go home in video tweet

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump released a video via Twitter shortly after 4 p.m. asking protesters to leave the Capitol building after they'd stormed it earlier on Wednesday.Twitter has since blocked the ability to reply, like or retweet the president's video due to "a risk of violence."In the video, the president maintained his claim that the 2020 election result was fraudulent."You have to go home now," the president said.

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‘Un-American’: Republican, Democrat lawmakers condemn Trump supporters who breached Capitol

WASHINGTON - Reaction from lawmakers poured in after the U.S. Capitol was locked down Wednesday due to protesters supporting President Donald Trump breaching barricades and initiating violent clashes with Capitol police.Both chambers of Congress abruptly recessed as they were debating the count of the Electoral College vote that gave Joe Biden the presidency.RELATED: US Capitol locked down as Trump supporters clash with policeThere was confusion in the House chamber as the Capitol doors were locked and debate was suspended.

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Trump doesn't ask backers to disperse after storming Capitol

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump encouraged supporters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday in protest of his reelection defeat to “remain peaceful," but he did not call for them to disperse.

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One person shot in US Capitol after pro-Trump protesters charge building, official says

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - One person has been shot in the U.S. Capitol, a D.C.

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Protesters storm U.S. Capitol building during certification of Biden win

Mike Pence was pulled from the House Chamber floor as, and police dispersed tear gas to push back protesters, telling members of Congress inside the House chamber to put on gas masks.

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PHOTOS: Pro-Trump protesters storm Capitol in DC

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The U.S. Capitol is locked down after pro-Trump protesters charged the steps on Wednesday as Congress began counting the Electoral College votes. THE LATEST: US Capitol locked down after pro-Trump protesters charge; Electoral College debate haltedA supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protest inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021.

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Romney heckled in airport in another show of GOP divisions

SALT LAKE CITY – Supporters of President Donald Trump heckled Republican U.S. Sen.

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8 Pa. House GOP members to oppose Biden's electoral votes

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Eight Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania, falling in line with President Donald Trump, said that they will oppose the state's electoral votes being cast Wednesday for President-elect Joe Biden.Those eight will join dozens of other Republicans around the country whom Trump has enlisted to challenge the Electoral College vote when Congress convenes in a joint session to confirm Biden’s 306-232 win.As one of six states that flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020, Pennsylvania could have a spotlight on it during debate over the Electoral College vote.The eight representatives have already gone to court multiple times unsuccessfully — as has Trump's campaign — seeking to block Biden's victory in

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More Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers protest Electoral College

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Leaders of Pennsylvania's state Senate Republican majority are asking Republicans in Congress to delay the certification of the Electoral College, the latest effort by Republicans to undo Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state over President Donald Trump.The letter, dated Monday, was signed by state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, state Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward and 19 other Republican state senators.A copy of the letter was tweeted late Tuesday night by Trump, announcing it as "BIG NEWS IN PENNSYLVANIA!"Trump has enlisted dozens of Republicans to challenge the Electoral College vote when Congress convenes in a joint session to confirm Biden’s 306-232 win Wednesday.The

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Trump pressures powerless Pence on electoral count

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday tightened the screws on his most loyal soldier, trying to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to use powers he does not have to overturn the will of voters in a desperate and futile bid to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election.Pence finds himself in the most precarious position of his tenure as he prepares to preside over Wednesday’s congressional tally of Electoral College votes, bearing witness to the formality of the Trump-Pence team's defeat.Beginning at 1 p.m., Pence's role is to open the certificates of the electoral votes from each state and present them to the appointed “tellers” from the House and Senate in alphabetical order.

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Piers Morgan tells Covid deniers like Donald Trump to 'shut up' as they're 'proven idiots'

Piers Morgan blasted Covid deniers as he told them to "shut up".

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U.S. election: Trump increases pressure on Pence as faceoff looms in Congress

U.S. President Donald Trump is increasing the pressure on Vice-President Mike Pence for him to reject electors from several states, preventing Joe Biden’s victory from being sworn-in as president— but it’s a power that vice-presidents do not have.

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Trump moves to label Antifa a terrorist organization, bar members from entering U.S.

Donald Trump made good on his months-old promise to try and designate the left-wing militant movement Antifa as a terrorist organization Tuesday, with the intent to bar members from entering the United States.A memorandum signed by Trump and issued by the White House Tuesday evening instructs Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to consider the terrorist classification based on information from the U.S. Justice Department and other authorities.It also instructs Pompeo to consider adding Antifa to a list of “aliens who are members of an identified criminal organization” within the country’s Foreign Affairs Manual.

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EXPLAINER: Why Trump's ballot 'dump' tweet is misleading

As votes were being tabulated Tuesday night in Georgia's two tight Senate runoff contests, President Donald Trump predicted election officials in the state would release a large tranche of results that would overwhelm the Republican candidates. And he implied that it would be an act of voter fraud.

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GEORGIA TAKEAWAYS: Trump's long shadow not fading yet

ATLANTA – Ballots are still being counted in the Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and the scope of President-elect Joe Biden's agenda.

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Scotland’s leader says Donald Trump can’t visit his golf course amid COVID-19 lockdown

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Amid Scotland’s latest coronavirus lockdown, anyone traveling from outside the country would not be allowed in, including U.S. president Donald Trump, according to the country’s leader. Speaking during a coronavirus update, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said of Trump, "We are not allowing people to come into Scotland without an essential purpose right now.

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Scotland first minister warns Trump: Coming to play golf isn’t ‘essential’ travel

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday warned U.S.

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‘This call is like Watergate and the Ukraine scandal had a baby’: Stephen Colbert mocks Trump’s call with Raffensperger

‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ took aim at the call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Monday night.

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Berlin’s Terri Nunn apologizes for Mar-a-Lago show, ‘shocked’ at Trump resort’s ‘lack of regard’ for COVID-19

Terri Nunn is apologizing after she performed for a New Year’s Eve party held at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. The Berlin singer joined a list of other performers at the Florida resort who have since issued apologies for their decisions to take part in the shindig.

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Trump to speak at DC rally as Congress meets on election

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will personally address a gathering of his supporters in Washington Wednesday as he seeks to rally populist support for his last-ditch efforts to overturn his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. The White House confirmed Tuesday that Trump will speak at a rally on the Ellipse just south of the White House.

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Everything you need to know about the pro-Trump protests in DC

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - As Congress meets on Wednesday to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, pro-Trump protests are planned in D.C.

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Trump not welcome to golf in Scotland during Biden’s inauguration

Donald Trump spent nearly one-quarter of his presidency at a golf course by most counts, but he won’t be teeing off in Scotland when his presidency ends on Jan. 20.Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon shot down reports on Tuesday that Trump might flee to his Scotland golf club during Joe Biden‘s inauguration later this month, saying that he will not get special treatment under the country’s coronavirus rules.“I have no idea what Donald Trump’s travel plans are,” Sturgeon told a gathering of reporters after she was asked about allowing him to visit one of his luxury golf clubs.

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Big Questions: Georgia tests battleground status, Trump era

The two Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the Senate have kept President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden in campaign mode and run up a half-billion-dollar tab in the process.The money matches the stakes: Either Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will sweep, giving Democrats both chambers of Congress and the executive branch, or Republicans will pick up at least one victory from Sen.

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Pence weighs duty to Trump, U.S. Constitution ahead of election showdown in Congress

Donald Trump’s most loyal soldier, dutifully backing the unpredictable leader through one chaotic situation after another.Now Vice-President Mike Pence finds himself in the most precarious position of his tenure as he prepares to preside over Wednesday’s congressional tally of Electoral College votes, the last front in Trump’s futile attempts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election.Seated on the House of Representatives’ rostrum, Pence will bear witness to the formalization of Trump’s — and his own — election defeat, as tellers from the House and Senate record states’ electoral votes.

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Loyal soldier Pence torn between Trump, Constitution

WASHINGTON – He has been President Donald Trump's most loyal soldier, dutifully backing the unpredictable leader through one chaotic situation after another.Now Vice President Mike Pence finds himself in the most precarious position of his tenure as he prepares to preside over Wednesday's congressional tally of Electoral College votes, the last front in Trump's futile attempts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November election. Seated on the House of Representatives' rostrum, Pence will bear witness to the formalization of Trump's — and his own — election defeat, as tellers from the House and Senate record states' electoral votes.

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Trump says he'll 'fight like hell' to hold on to presidency

DALTON, Ga. – With mounting desperation, Donald Trump declared he would “fight like hell” to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when they convene this week to confirm the Electoral College vote. Electoral voters won by President-elect Biden are "not gonna take this White House!” he shouted as supporters cheered at an outdoor rally Monday night in Georgia.

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Trump’s Georgia phone call marks new stage in defying election results

As U.S. voters in Georgia prepare to determine who will control the Senate, President Donald Trump is still fixated on his own election loss there, even directly pressuring the state over the phone to overturn results.

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Trump again claims 2020 election was ‘rigged’ and ‘there’s no way we lost Georgia’

During a rally for the Senate runoff in Dalton, Ga. on Monday, outgoing U.S.

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D.C. warns armed Trump supporters will join election rallies, calls in National Guard

Donald Trump’s supporters in connection with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory.Trump’s supporters are planning to rally Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster the president’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud. Ex-Pentagon chiefs warn Trump not to involve U.S.

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Trump-appointed US attorney resigns in Georgia

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Byung J.

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Trump to award Medal of Freedom to allies Rep. Devin Nunes and Rep. Jim Jordan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is set to present one of the nation's highest civilian honors to two of his most outspoken congressional allies, California Rep. Devin Nunes and Ohio Rep.

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Federal judge rejects lawsuit by GOP Wisconsin lawmakers, others seeking to overturn Trump loss

President Donald Trump exits the Oval Office and walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Oct. 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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House Democrats call on FBI to open criminal investigation into Trump call with Georgia elections chief

WASHINGTON - Two House Democrats made a criminal referral to the FBI after a recording of President Donald Trump's hour-long call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was made public, in which he pressured the Republican official to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election.Rep. Ted Lieu of California and Rep.

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