Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly riot to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s election.McConnell’s remarks are his most severe and public rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump.

The Republican leader vowed a “safe and successful” inauguration of Biden on Wednesday at the Capitol, which is under extremely tight security.“The mob was fed lies,” McConnell said.

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Supporters' words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial

WASHINGTON – The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection.

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2nd impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump to begin week of Feb. 8, Schumer says

WASHINGTON - Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb.

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Trump shuns 'ex-presidents club' — and the feeling is mutual

WASHINGTON – It's a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former commanders in chief who revere the presidency enough to put aside often bitter political differences and even join together in common cause.Members of the ex-presidents club pose together for pictures. They smile and pat each other on the back while milling around historic events, or sit somberly side by side at VIP funerals.

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Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8

WASHINGTON – Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office.

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Kissimmee officer fired after post about siege of US Capitol

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A Kissimmee officer was fired after he made a post on Facebook about the siege of the U.S.

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Biden revokes Trump ban on diversity training that explores systemic racism, privilege

The U.S. Department of Labor building is pictured in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

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Biden removes Trump’s Diet Coke button as part of Oval Office overhaul

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Former U.S. president Donald Trump arrives in Florida after departing the White House

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Trump returns to family business empire hit hard by pandemic

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National Guard troops forced out of Capitol, relocated to nearby parking garage

WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration went off with only a handful of minor arrests and incidents, more than 15,000 National Guard members are preparing to leave Washington, D.C. and head home.The National Guard Bureau said Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to D.C.

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Full on Fauci: Doctor says Biden administration is ‘liberating’

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Biden says 'help is on the way' with national COVID-19 strategy

"Help is on the way," said President Joe Biden today as he unveiled his 200-page national COVID-19 strategy and signed 10 executive actions aimed at tackling the pandemic, including ensuring the safe opening of schools, new guidance for foreign travel, and ensuring the National Guard in all 50 states is involved in the pandemic response.

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Coronavirus: Fauci says vaccines work on ‘mutant’ variants, but there is plan to adjust if needed

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Coronavirus: Biden says progress from his COVID-19 plan ‘will take time to measure’

Speaking on Thursday, his first full day in office after being sworn-in as president, Joe Biden outlined the details of his administration’s plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, saying progress “will take time to measure.” He said the administration would be transparent about any setbacks it experiences on the path to recovery.

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Biden cleans house at VOA after revolt over Trump changes

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has moved quickly to remove a number of senior officials aligned with former President Donald Trump from the Voice of America and the agency that oversees all U.S.-funded international broadcasting.The actions address fears that the U.S. Agency for Global Media was being turned into a pro-Trump propaganda outlet.

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Haddonfield man charged for allegedly storming Capitol

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 6: Protesters take over the Inaugural stage during a protest calling for legislators to overturn the election results in President Donald Trump's favor at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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Revenue at Trump hotels, resorts hit hard by pandemic

NEW YORK – Donald Trump is returning to a family business ravaged by pandemic shutdowns and restrictions, with revenue plunging more than 40 percent at his Doral golf property, his Washington hotel and both his Scottish resorts.Trump's financial disclosure released as he left office this week was just the latest bad news for his financial empire after banks, real estate brokerages and golf organizations announced they were cutting ties with his company following the storming of the Capitol this month by his political supporters.

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Implosion of former Trump Plaza casino pushed to Feb. 17, AC mayor says

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Most Pennsylvania GOP supported Trump to the end, and still do

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'Just move on': Republicans grapple with post-Trump future

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Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education'

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‘It’s over’: QAnon believers left reeling after Biden replaces Trump

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Trump pardons in California extend to former congressman

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Biden says Trump left 'very generous' letter for him before departing White House

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Georgia lawmaker introduces legislation banning Trump from US Capitol

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Biden to review Trump's downsizing of national monuments

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‘Honour of a lifetime’: Trump leaves White House for last time ahead of Biden inauguration

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania left the White House for the final time during his presidency on Wednesday morning.

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Florida could become home to President Donald J. Trump Highway

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida could one day be home to the Trump Highway.Republican State Rep. Anthony Sabatini tweeted Wednesday that he will sponsor an amendment to rename U.S.

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Man arrested in Central Florida for role in deadly Capitol attack, documents show

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Man arrested in Ormond Beach for role in deadly Capitol attack, documents show

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Networks stick with Trump in his unusual goodbye speech

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Trump leaves letter for Biden before departing White House

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No-go for Joe Exotic: Trump pardon list omits 'Tiger King'

OKLAHOMA CITY – One name missing in President Donald Trump's flurry of pardons is “Tiger King” Joe Exotic.His team was so confident in a pardon that they'd readied a celebratory limousine and a hair and wardrobe team to whisk away the zookeeper-turned-reality-TV-star, who is now serving a 22-year federal prison sentence in Texas. But he wasn't on the list announced Wednesday morning.Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in federal prison for violating federal wildlife laws and for his role in a failed murder-for-hire plot targeting his chief rival, Carole Baskin, who runs a rescue sanctuary for big cats in Florida.

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No-go for Joe Exotic: Trump pardon list omits ‘Tiger King’

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Trump prepares to depart White House in final hours of presidency

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump will walk out of the White House and board Marine One for the last time as president Wednesday morning, leaving behind a legacy of chaos and tumult and a nation bitterly divided.Four years after standing on stage at his own inauguration and painting a dire picture of "American carnage," Trump departs the office twice impeached, with millions more out of work and 400,000 dead from the coronavirus. Republicans under his watch lost the presidency and both chambers of Congress.

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‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic fails to get pardon from Donald Trump

A legal team defending Joe Exotic is asking President Donald Trump to pardon the infamous Tiger King.

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Lil Wayne, Steve Bannon among 143 more pardons Trump issues on final day in office

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pardoned 143 more people Tuesday, his final full day in office. The latest round of pardons includes rapper Lil Wayne and former Trump associate Steve Bannon.Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty in 2020 in federal district court to illegally possessing a loaded, gold-plated .45-caliber handgun while traveling to Florida on a private jet in 2019.

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Trump frees former aides from ethics pledge, lobbying ban

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge, which included a five-year ban on lobbying their former agencies.The ethics pledge was outlined in one of Trump’s first executive orders, signed on Jan. 28, 2017, as part of his campaign pledge to “drain the swamp.” It required Trump’s political appointees to agree to the lobbying ban, as well as pledge not to undertake work that would require them to register as a “foreign agent” after leaving government.Trump signed the one-page revocation of the order on Tuesday, and it was released by the White House shortly after 1 am Wednesday, hours before his term ends.

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On Day One, Biden to undo Trump policies on climate, virus

WASHINGTON – In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Donald Trump’s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions that reverse his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the pandemic.Biden on Wednesday will end construction on Trump’s border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization, and revoke the approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, aides said Tuesday. The new president will sign the orders almost immediately after taking the oath of office at the Capitol, pivoting quickly from his pared-down inauguration ceremony to enacting his agenda.

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Trump alludes to social media ban during farewell address

In a farewell address released Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump alluded to his recent ouster from most social media platforms when he devoted a portion of his speech to a warning about putting limits on free speech.

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Fact check: A look at the claims Trump made in his farewell address

Donald Trump claimed credit for things he didn’t do and twisted his record on jobs, taxes, the pandemic and much more. Falsehoods suffused his farewell remarks to the country.As well, in noting Americans were “horrified” by the storming of the Capitol this month, he brushed past the encouragement he had given to the mob in advance and his praise of the attackers as “very special” people while they were still ransacking the seat of power.

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US Capitol buildings offer front-row seats to troubled time

SALEM, Ore. – Normally quiet streets around U.S. state capitol buildings have looked more like battlegrounds recently, putting those who live and work there on edge and instilling a sense of forebodingMore than most people, these Americans will have front-row seats on whether the change of leadership Wednesday in the White House will lead to a lessening of tension that has been afflicting the nation.

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How Donald Trump plans to spend his final hours as U.S. president

Donald Trump will spend his final hours in office escaping Washington, D.C.Instead of attending President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday afternoon and leading the peaceful transition of power, Trump will hold his own send-off event at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland early in the morning.By the time Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, Trump will be permanently moving into his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., his regular home away from home while he served in the White House. Trump touts administration’s accomplishments, wishes Biden ‘luck’ in farewell address Trump is the fourth president in U.S.

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U.S. Capitol rioters hoping for last-minute Trump pardons ahead of Biden’s inauguration

U.S. Capitol are holding out hope that President Donald Trump will use some of his last hours in office to grant the rioters a full pardon.Longtime advisers to Trump are urging him against such a move but the rioters contend their argument is compelling: They went to the Capitol to support Trump, and now that they are facing charges carrying up to 20 years in prison, it’s time for Trump to support them.

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Trump pardons Steve Bannon, reversing course hours before presidency ends: reports

Donald Trump has pardoned his former strategist and far-right figurehead Steve Bannon, according to multiple reports.Trump’s decision to grant clemency to Bannon, reported earlier Tuesday night by CNN, Bloomberg and Reuters, came after earlier reports that he had been talked out of it by his aides. Yet even those reports admitted the question was still open throughout the day, with Trump continuing to bring up the possibility.Reports of Trump’s decision warned it wasn’t final until Trump signed the paperwork, which the New York Times, the Washington Post and Reuters confirmed happened just before midnight Tuesday.

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