Donald Trump’s cabinet — have resigned after Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol building Wednesday.The latest to resign was Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who joined outgoing Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Thursday and others in linking the riot to Trump’s incendiary rhetoric, while also criticizing the president’s initial response to the growing violence.

Pelosi calls for Trump’s removal through 25th Amendment after Capitol chaos Law enforcement personnel in charge of securing the Capitol are also quitting their posts after failing to properly secure the building.Here’s a full list of who has submitted their resignations.The education secretary’s resignation was first reported by the Wall Street Journal Thursday.

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The unfolding of 'home-grown fascism' in Capitol assault

WASHINGTON – Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name, the Capitol's attackers pinned a bloodied police officer in a doorway, his twisted face and screams captured on video. They mortally wounded another officer with a blunt weapon and body-slammed a third over a railing into the crowd.“Hang Mike Pence!" the insurrectionists chanted as they pressed inside, beating police with pipes.

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Speaker Pelosi: House 'will proceed' to impeachment of Trump

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, calling him a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.Pelosi made the announcement in a letter to colleagues. She said the House will act with solemnity but also urgency with just days remaining before Trump is to leave office on Jan.

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Trump orders flags to half-staff in honor of 2 fallen Capitol Police officers

US Capitol Flags At Half-Staff For Fallen Capitol Police Officer WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has ordered flags across the county to be flown at half-staff through Wednesday to honor two U.S. Capitol Police Officers who died following Wednesday's violent riots.In a statement, President Trump ordered flags lowered at the White House, and all public buildings and grounds until sunset on Jan.

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Trump orders flags lowered to half-staff in honor of 2 fallen Capitol Police officers

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US diplomats in extraordinary protest against Trump for riot

WASHINGTON – In a highly unusual move, American diplomats have drafted two cables condemning President Donald Trump’s incitement of the deadly assault on the Capitol and calling for administration officials to support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. Using what is known as the State Department's “dissent channel,” the career foreign service officers said they fear last Wednesday's siege may badly undermine U.S.

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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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Congress notified of possible COVID-19 exposure following US Capitol riot

WASHINGTON - House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID-19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege by a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump.The Capitol’s attending physician notified all lawmakers Sunday of the virus exposure and urged them to be tested. The infected individual was not named.Dr.

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Possible virus exposure for lawmakers sheltering during riot

WASHINGTON – House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID-19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege by a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump.The Capitol's attending physician notified all lawmakers Sunday of the virus exposure and urged them to be tested. The infected individual was not named.Dr.

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2nd GOP senator calls for Trump's resignation after Capitol riot

US Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) WASHINGTON - A second Republican senator has called for President Donald Trump to step down in the wake of the Capitol rioting this past week.This time it's Sen.

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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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Mother of Arizona man in high-profile DC riot photos speaks out

stormed the nation’s Capitol — one wearing a horned, fur hat and the other carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern — were charged Saturday, the latest arrests in Wednesday’s mayhem that left five people dead.The arrests come as more images emerge showing just how violent the riots were: a bloodied officer crushed in a doorway screaming; another tumbling over a railing into the crowd below after being body-slammed from behind; members of the media being cursed, shoved and punched.TOPSHOT - Supporters of US President Donald Trump, including member of the QAnon conspiracy group Jake Angeli, aka Yellowstone Wolf (C), enter the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.

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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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'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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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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Feds arrest 'QAnon Shaman,' West Virginia lawmaker after Capitol riot

FILE - Supporters of US President Donald Trump, including member of the QAnon conspiracy group Jake Angeli, aka Yellowstone Wolf (C), enter the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors on Saturday announced the arrests of three high-profile rioters in the U.S.

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'Brian did his job': Family remembers fallen Capitol officer

SOUTH RIVER, N.J. - From his early days growing up in a New Jersey hamlet, Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer.He enlisted in the National Guard six months after graduating high school in 1997, deploying to Saudi Arabia and then Kyrgyzstan. Joining the Guard was his means to joining law enforcement, his family said.He would join the U.S.

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Georgia's GOP governor under fire after US Senate losses

ATLANTA – Even though he wasn’t on the ballot, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has been painfully bruised by the 2020 elections.

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A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

WASHINGTON – @realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star into the cudgel of an American president, has died. It was not quite 12 years old.The provocative handle was given birth by a New York real estate tycoon who used it to help him become the 45th U.S.

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An farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

WASHINGTON – @realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star into the cudgel of an American president, died Friday. It was not quite 12 years old.The provocative handle was given birth by a New York real estate tycoon who used it to help him become the 45th 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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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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Florida men face federal charges for role in Capitol riot, others still sought by FBI

ORLANDO, Fla. – Federal prosecutors have charged more people accused of storming the Capitol building Wednesday, part of the violence leading to the deaths of now five people, including a Capitol police officer, and among those are several people who traveled from Florida to Washington D.C.The rampage has shocked the world and left the country on edge.

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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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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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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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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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Death of U.S. Capitol Police officer after riot fuels calls for arrests, inquiry

Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, a violent siege that is forcing hard questions about the defeated president’s remaining days in office and the ability of the Capitol Police to secure the area.The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement that Officer Brian D.

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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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Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

WASHINGTON – 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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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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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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Trump tweets video message condemning violent mob of his supporters day after they stormed US Capitol

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on September 14, 2015. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump tweeted a video after making no public appearances since a mob of his supporters violently laid siege to the U.S.

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Mob at U.S. Capitol encouraged by online conspiracy theories

CHICAGO – Every video the Louisiana man posts on Twitter and Facebook starts with a big smile and a wish for his thousands of followers to have a blessed day.But as he drove to the nation’s capital Tuesday morning, he grew loud and angry talking about the presidential election.“You aren’t going to wake up and see?” Christian Suprean, 42, said in one of a dozen videos that together have drawn more than 30,000 views on Twitter in recent days. “I think we won everything.

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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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VIRUS TODAY: Record US deaths come on day of Capitol attack

registered its highest deaths yet from the coronavirus on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic. The virus is surging in virtually every state.

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Pelosi calls for Trump’s removal through 25th Amendment after Capitol chaos

U.S. Capitol, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is calling for President Donald Trump‘s removal from office through the 25th Amendment.Pelosi has called on Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the amendment, and should he not, Pelosi said her caucus will move forward and seek to impeach the president less than two weeks before his term is set to expire.“Yesterday, the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday, adding that Trump committed a “seditious act.”She said she expects a quick decision from Pence on her request, acknowledging that her sentiments are shared by others.

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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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Pelosi urges Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump, says House will otherwise act to impeach

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has joined Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and a growing chorus of lawmakers calling on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to remove him from office following Wednesday’s violent assault on the Capitol by the president’s supporters."In calling for this seditious act, the president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people. I join the Senate Democratic leader in calling on the vice president to remove this president by immediately evoking the 25th Amendment," Pelosi said."If the vice president and the cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment.

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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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Here are the White House officials who have resigned after the U.S. Capitol riot

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