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.

Her tone shifted as she reflected on the events that followed Congress’ attempts to certify the electoral votes that secured President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win. "I woke up yesterday elated by the news of Reverend Raphael Warnock's election victory.

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Florida leaders react to President Donald Trump’s second impeachment

the House voted that he should be held accountable for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.The vote was 232-197 for Trump to face a single charge of “incitement of insurrection.” His term is set to end on Jan.

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UPDATES: President Donald Trump impeached by US House

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):6 p.m.President Donald Trump released a video statement saying in part, “Those who engaged in the attacks last week will be brought to justice.”He did not address the impeachment.Watch his comments below:pic.twitter.com/FIJbvCYGJ65:40 p.m.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vows there will be an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, even if it’s after he leaves office and Democrat Joe Biden is inaugurated.Schumer said Wednesday that the trial could begin immediately if Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell agreed to convene an emergency session.He says if not, the trial will begin after Jan.

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Donald Trump impeached for the 2nd time

Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for a second time.Members of the lower chamber of Congress voted 232 to 197 in favour of impeaching the Republican president on Wednesday over one charge: “incitement of insurrection.”Ten Republicans broke party ranks to vote for impeachment.

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Trump calls for 'no violence' amid warnings of planned armed protests

President Donald Trump walks to the White House residence after exiting Marine One upon his return on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Following last week's deadly pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill, Trump traveled to the border town of Alamo, Texas t WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a statement urging Americans to refrain from violence amid reports of planned armed protests in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. "In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind," Trump said in a statement from the White House press office.

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McConnell racing away from Trump as impeachment vote nears

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving abruptly away from President Donald Trump, telling people that he thinks Trump perpetrated impeachable offenses.The Kentucky Republican also sees House Democrats' drive to impeach Trump as an opportune moment to distance the GOP from the tumultuous, divisive outgoing president. The views of McConnell, who will be Washington's most powerful Republican once Democrat Joe Biden is inaugurated next week, were described by a GOP strategist on condition of anonymity on Wednesday.

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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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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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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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Supreme Court rejects fast track for Trump election cases

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday formally refused to put on a fast track election challenges filed by President Donald Trump and his allies.The court rejected pleas for quick consideration of cases involving the outcome in five states won by President-elect Joe Biden: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.The orders, issued without comment, were unsurprising. The justices had previously taken no action in those cases in advance of last week's counting of the electoral votes in Congress, which confirmed Biden's victory.

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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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Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes VP to oust him

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as she pushes the vice president and the Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority force him out, warning that Trump is a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.The House action could start as soon as Monday as pressure increases on Trump to step aside. A Republican senator, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, joined Republican Sen.

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Biden faces challenge in guiding American past Trump era

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden appeared on television last week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers huddled in an undisclosed location to protect them from a violent mob that was ransacking the U.S. Capitol.“The whole room went silent,” Sen.

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PGA votes to cut ties with Trump, won't hold PGA championship at his course in New Jersey next year

KAPALUA, Hawaii - The PGA of America cut ties to President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year.The vote comes four days after the Trump-fueled riot at the nation's Capitol as Congress was certifying the election victory of President-elect Joe Biden. This is the second time in just over five years the PGA of America removed one of its events from a Trump course.PGA President Jim Richerson says the board voted to exercise its right to "terminate the agreement" with Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey."We find ourselves in a political situation not of our making," Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America, said in a telephone interview.

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PGA Championship leaving Trump National in '22 tournament

KAPALUA, Hawaii – The PGA of America cut ties to President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year.The vote comes four days after the Trump-fueled riot at the nation’s Capitol as Congress was certifying the election victory of President-elect Joe Biden. This is the second time in just over five years the PGA of America removed one of its events from a Trump course.PGA President Jim Richerson says the board voted to exercise its right to “terminate the agreement” with Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.“We find ourselves in a political situation not of our making,” Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America, said in a telephone interview.

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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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Oaths questioned as Trump's backers fight against loss

Joe Biden — accused them of violating their oaths and instead pledging allegiance to Trump.The oaths, which rarely attract much attention, have become a common subject in the final days of the Trump presidency, being invoked by members of both parties as they met Wednesday to affirm Biden's win and a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.“They also swore on a Bible to uphold the Constitution, and that’s where they really are stepping outside and being in dereliction of duty,” said former New Jersey Gov.

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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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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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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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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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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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Dr. Marc Siegel: Speeding up COVID vaccinations — will Biden’s reversal of Trump policy help or hurt?

President-elect Joe Biden released a crucial element of his new coronavirus vaccine plan Friday, as his office announced he doesn’t intend to hold back doses of the authorized vaccines to ensure that people already vaccinated have a waiting dose for a second shot. This is a reversal of what the Trump administration has been doing.

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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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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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Biden plans to extend student loan payment pause ‘on day one,’ supports forgiving $10K in debt

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team said the incoming president plans to immediately take action on providing more financial aid to families as well as extend the pause placed on student loan payments amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.RELATED: Dr. Miguel Cardona, Connecticut's schools chief, tapped as Biden's education secretaryA Biden transition official said the incoming president plans to move quickly on pushing for $2,000 direct payments to Americans.

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

Attorney Sidney Powell speaks during a news conference with Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for U.S.

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

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