WASHINGTON - Federal officials are investigating people who took part in the riot at the U.S. Capitol to determine whether they should be barred from traveling on airlines.The assessments are one of several steps federal agencies are taking to increase security before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week.

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'Don’t haste ye back': Scotland's leader says 'cheerio' to Trump, congratulates Biden, Harris

EDINBURGH, Scotland - As former President Donald Trump departed the White House Wednesday morning for his new home in Florida, Scotland’s first minister said many people in her country "will be very happy to say ‘cheerio’ to Donald Trump." Speaking ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan.

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

WASHINGTON - President Trump left a note for incoming President Joe Biden before departing the White House, FOX News is told.A source told FOX News the contents of this note are just between Trump and Biden. It’s traditional for outgoing presidents to leave a note for their successor.On Wednesday, Biden confirmed receiving the letter, calling it 'generous.' "The president wrote a very generous letter," Biden told reporters.

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China sanctions 28 members of Trump administration including Pompeo, Bannon

China has announced sanctions against 28 members of the Trump administration, including former U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former chief strategist Steve Bannon.They, along with any companies and institutions associated with them, are “restricted from doing business with China,” and their immediate family members will be prohibited from entering China’s mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, the Chinese government said in a release.

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Biden to review Trump's downsizing of national monuments

SALT LAKE CITY - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration's downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest, including one on lands considered sacred to Native Americans who joined environmental groups in suing when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017.The new Democratic president also plans to ask the Department of the Interior to reassess a rule change that allowed commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast.

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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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Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming

WASHINGTON – In one of his first official acts, President Joe Biden planned Wednesday to return the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming and to launch a series of climate-friendly efforts that could transform how Americans drive and get their power. “A cry for survival comes from the planet itself,” Biden said in his inaugural address.

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

ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was arrested in Central Florida Wednesday on federal charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., according to his charging documents.Joseph Randall Biggs was arrested Wednesday morning in the Middle District of Florida and being prosecuted in Orlando on federal charges.

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

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A man was arrested in Ormond Beach Wednesday on federal charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., according to his charging documents.Joseph Randall Biggs was arrested Wednesday morning in the Middle District of Florida and being prosecuted in Orlando on federal charges.

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Trump leaves letter for Biden before departing White House

WASHINGTON - President Trump left a note for incoming President Joe Biden before departing the White House, Fox News is told.A source told Fox News the contents of this note are just between Trump and Biden. It’s traditional for outgoing presidents to leave a note for their successor.While Trump is breaking a century and a half tradition of every outgoing president attending the inauguration of their successor, he is keeping with the now 32-year tradition of the departing commander-in-chief writing a note to the incoming president.Photo credit: Getty Images As he left the White House in January 1989 after two terms in office, President Ronald Reagan started the tradition - leaving a note for his successor, George H.W.

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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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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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UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries: WHO

Also Read | Why server stacks are the new realty playIt added that the number of new deaths climbed to a record high of 93,000 over the previous seven days, with 4.7 million new cases reported over the same period.The arrival of mass vaccination campaigns in the US and Europe had brought hope that the end of the pandemic was in sight; the European Union said Tuesday it was aiming to inoculate 70 per cent of its adult population before the end of August.But many EU countries -- and other nations including India and Russia -- have struggled to get their inoculation programmes off the ground.The United States remains home to the world's worst outbreak in overall numbers, and US President-elect Joe Biden made clear he would be taking no chances

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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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Trump touts administration’s accomplishments, wishes Biden ‘luck’ in farewell address

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments and wished incoming President-elect Joe Biden “luck” in a farewell address released Tuesday.

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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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Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals

WASHINGTON – Stop. Stabilize.

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Vice President Mike Pence will not attend Trump's sendoff event, will attend Biden's inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence is among those who will not be attending President Donald Trump’s sendoff event at Joint Base Andrews.A person familiar with Pence’s schedule cited "logistical challenges" in getting from the air base to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremonies on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss scheduling decisions.Much of Washington, D.C., is under lockdown, with thousands of National Guard troops on patrol and other security precautions in place.

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Trump departs, trailed by pandemic and joblessness

Donald Trump departs Washington on Wednesday with Americans more politically divided and more likely to be out of work than when he arrived, while awaiting trial for his second impeachment—an ignominious end to one of the most turbulent presidencies in American history.Trump intends to leave in the morning for his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, arriving before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. There, the ex-president will begin his post-presidency life attended at least temporarily by a handful of former White House staffers.The last president who chose not to attend his successor’s inauguration was Andrew Johnson in 1869, another impeached leader.

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Trump’s presidency ends with turmoil and apprehension

After four years of lies, divisive rhetoric, controversial policies, and the COVID-19 crisis, President Donald Trump is just hours away from leaving the Oval Office.

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EXPLAINER: Can Trump be impeached after leaving office?

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump might argue the calendar is his friend when it comes to a second impeachment trial.Trump's impeachment last week by the House of Representatives for his role in inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol set up his trial in the Senate.

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‘The mob was fed lies’: McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ U.S. Capitol rioters

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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Crowds flow into Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents on final days of Trump’s presidency

ORLANDO, Fla. – As President-elect Joe Biden awaits his swearing-in, Walt Disney World fans wait for word on when he’ll join the POTUS parade at Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents.There’s no date, yet, on when Biden will take the stage with his 44 animatronic predecessors, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.[TRENDING: Fla. leads nation in cases with new COVID variant | 12-year-old Orlando girl still missing | Biden inauguration will be different]As of Sunday, Disney had not offered official word on adding Biden to the presidential lineup at the soon-to-be 50-year-old Liberty Square icon — which normally closes around the time of the inauguration of the incoming president to prepare the new addition — or if any changes will be made at

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Lake Eola fountain lights to honor lives lost to COVID-19

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lake Eola will have a different somber glow Tuesday night.The City of Orlando announced the fountain lights will be amber to take part of a national moment of unity, meant to honor the lives lost to COVID-19.[TRENDING: Fla. leads nation in cases with new COVID variant | 12-year-old Orlando girl still missing | Biden inauguration will be different]Tonight, the Lake Eola Park fountain lights will be amber as we join communities across the country for a national moment of unity and remembrance to honor the lives lost to COVID-19.

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Trump's trial, Biden's Cabinet picks await Senate post-siege

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's last full day in office Tuesday is also senators’ first day back since the deadly Capitol siege, an unparalleled time of transition as the Senate presses ahead to his impeachment trial and starts confirmation hearings on President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet.Three new Democratic senators-elect are set to be sworn into office Wednesday shortly after Biden's inauguration at the Capitol, which is under extreme security since the bloody pro-Trump riot.

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Biden plans to roll back a lengthy list of Trump policies. Here’s what may happen

Joe Biden plans to sign dozens of executive orders and send sweeping bills to Congress in his first days in office, aiming to roll back some of Donald Trump’s signature policies on immigration and climate change while taking action to ramp up the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis.Here is a list of what to expect, according to interviews with several of Biden’s advisers, a review of campaign promises and a recent memo by the president-elect’s incoming chief of staff Ron Klain.

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Moving trucks spotted at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Moving trucks were spotted Monday outside of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida as he is expected to move in on the day of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.A person familiar with President Donald Trump's planning said that he will leave Washington D.C. on the morning of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. President Trump previously said that he would not be attending Biden’s inauguration, breaking tradition.

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Lockdown lifted at US Capitol after nearby fire prompted 'shelter in place’ during inauguration rehearsal

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: People are evacuated back inside after an "external security threat" prior to a dress rehearsal for the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol on J WASHINGTON - Participants in inauguration rehearsals at the U.S.

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Inauguration rehearsal participants at US Capitol ordered to 'shelter in place’ after nearby fire

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Biden inauguration rehearsal evacuated after fire in homeless camp near Capitol

WASHINGTON – Participants in a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration were evacuated from the West Front of the Capitol on Monday on orders of security officials after a fire in a homeless encampment, officials said.Those who had gathered for a walk-through, including a military band, were directed to head indoors and moved in the directed of a secure location inside the Capitol complex.People involved in the rehearsal said security officials yelled, “This is not a drill.”Four law enforcement officials told The Associated Press there had been a blaze several blocks over and the rehearsal was evacuated in an abundance of caution. The Capitol complex and surrounding areas have been locked down after a riot there Jan.

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Trump preparing to issue over 100 pardons, commutations on Tuesday: source

Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on Tuesday, a source familiar with the effort said.White House advisers have said Trump has privately debated with advisers whether to take the extraordinary step of issuing a pardon for himself but some administration officials have cautioned Trump against a self-pardon because it would make him look guilty.Many scholars have said a self-pardon would be unconstitutional because it violates the basic principle that nobody should be the judge in his or her own case.

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Pro-Trump protesters, some armed, gather outside statehouses ahead of Biden inauguration

Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. Biden’s inauguration will be unlike any other thanks to coronavirus, violent threats A few people demonstrated in some capital cities, with crowds of only a dozen or two, while streets in many other places remained empty.

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Protesters show up at Texas State Capitol despite closure

AUSTIN, Texas - A planned protest is taking place at the Texas State Capitol Sunday, despite the Capitol and its grounds being closed.FOX 7's Kacey Bowen reports that one of the groups at the Capitol Sunday afternoon is the Hibiscus Society. The group said their rally was planned for months and has nothing to do with the election, but instead with Second Amendment rights.Texas DPS has closed the Capitol off "out of an abundance of caution" through Wednesday, Jan.

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McConnell calls pending Trump trial 'vote of conscience'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican congressional leaders and members of Trump's cabinet in the Oval Office at the White House July 20, 2020 in Washingto WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is likely to start after Joe Biden's inauguration, and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether to convict the outgoing president over the Capitol riot will be a "vote of conscience."The timing for the trial, the first of a president no longer in office, has not yet been set.

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COMMENTARY: Trump’s second impeachment is just the beginning to his legal problems

reportedly so nervous about ongoing investigations that his discussions with advisers about pardoning himself and his children have intensified since he incited the raid on the U.S. Capitol on Jan.

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Trump impeachment trial a ‘vote of conscience,’ Mitch McConnell says

Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial is likely to start after Joe Biden‘s inauguration, and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether to convict the outgoing president over the Capitol riot will be a “vote of conscience.”The timing for the trial, the first of a president no longer in office, has not yet been set. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it clear Friday that Democrats intend to move swiftly on President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID aid and economic recovery package to speed up vaccinations and send Americans relief.

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Trump's presidency not just a blip in US foreign policy

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to scrap President Donald Trump’s vision of “America First” in favor of “diplomacy first” will depend on whether he's able to regain the trust of allies and convince them that Trumpism is just a blip in the annals of U.S. foreign policy.It could be a hard sell.

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Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is likely to start after Joe Biden's inauguration, and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether to convict the outgoing president over the Capitol riot will be a “vote of conscience.”The timing for the trial, the first of a president no longer in office, has not yet been set. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it clear Friday that Democrats intend to move swiftly on President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID aid and economic recovery package to speed up vaccinations and send Americans relief.

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Trump supporters among those seeking Jan. 20 protest permits

WASHINGTON – Supporters of President Donald Trump are among a handful of groups that have applied for permits to hold protests during Joe Biden's inauguration. But it appears unlikely their application will be approved as the National Park Service greatly curtails protests as part of a major security lockdown.

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Biden picks geneticist as science adviser, puts in Cabinet

President-elect Joe Biden announced Friday that he has chosen a pioneer in mapping the human genome — the so-called “book of life” — to be his chief science adviser and is elevating the top science job to a Cabinet position.Biden nominated Eric Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, who was the lead author of the first paper announcing the details of the human genome, as director of Office of Science and Technology Policy and adviser on science. He is the first life scientist to have that job.

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Coronavirus: Biden calls out GOP lawmakers for refusing to wear masks during U.S. Capitol riot

Speaking on Friday, president-elect Joe Biden called out Republican lawmakers who refused to wear masks as they were whisked away to secure locations during the riot in the U.S. Capitol. “It’s time to grow up,” he said.

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Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to a person familiar with the planning who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been made public.Trump had already announced that he would not be attending Biden’s inauguration — breaking tradition — after spending months making baseless allegations of voter fraud in an attempt to delegitimize Biden’s presidency.Vice President Mike Pence will attend in his place.Trump is expected to remain in Florida with a small group of aides.

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Report: Trump planning to fly to Mar-a-Lago on Inauguration Day

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on December 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)President Donald Trump has already said he will not attend Democrat Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan.

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Biden slams Trump's 'dismal' Covid response and vows to vaccinate 100m in 100 days

Joe Biden has slammed Donald Trump's "dismal" Covid response and plans to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in the White House.

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Trump's 2nd impeachment trial could begin on Biden's Inauguration Day

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day, just as Democrat Joe Biden takes the oath of office in an ever-more-extraordinary end to the defeated president's tenure in the White House.The timing is not set and depends heavily on when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decides to transmit the article of impeachment to the Senate. Democrats hoping to avoid interrupting Biden's inauguration have suggested holding back until the new president has a chance to get his administration going.What is clear is that the trial ahead will be unlike any other in the nation's history, the first for a president no longer in office.

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The Latest: Trump's trial could start on Inauguration Day

WASHINGTON – The Latest on President Donald Trump's impeachment and the fallout from the Jan. 6 attack of the Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):9:55 a.m.President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial could begin at 1 p.m.

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Capitol investigators try to sort real tips from noise

WASHINGTON – Potential threats and leads are pouring in to law enforcement agencies nationwide after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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TSA considering putting pro-Trump Capitol rioters on US no-fly list

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