violent siege of the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump disrupted the proceedings.The riot, which saw four people killed and forced lawmakers to shelter in their offices for hours, came after Trump urged his followers to pressure Republicans to mount a challenge to the electoral vote, which are set to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

Trump has spent months falsely claiming the election was stolen from him through widespread voter fraud, which has been debunked by multiple officials.

U.S. lawmakers resume election count after Capitol stormed by Trump supporters Republicans had mounted an objection to Arizona’s electors before protesters breached the Capitol.

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US down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, as ordered by Trump

WASHINGTON – The U.S. military has met its goal of reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan to about 2,500 by Friday, a drawdown that appears to violate a last-minute congressional prohibition.President Donald Trump, who ordered the reduction in November, said Thursday that troop levels in Afghanistan had reached a 19-year low, although he did not mention a troop number.

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$15 an hour minimum wage: Biden pushes for urgent increase amid COVID-19 pandemic

WILMINGTON, Del. - During his announcement of the "American Rescue Plan," President-elect Joe Biden pushed for the minimum wage in the United States to be raised to at least $15 an hour.After laying out his plans to provide supplemental funding for unemployed families as well as relief for small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the president-elect said that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would help lift millions of Americans out of poverty."Direct cash payments, extended unemployment insurance, rent relief, food assistance, keeping essential frontline workers on the job, aid to small businesses: These are the key elements to the American Rescue Plan that will lift 12 million Americans out of poverty and cut child poverty in

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Marion County man back in custody for role in Capitol riot, feds say

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Marion County man who was initially arrested when he was caught near the House atrium during a riot at the Capitol has been taken back into custody, according to the FBI.Michael Curzio, of Summerfield, was arrested again Thursday in Marion County.[TRENDING: Can Trump run for president again? | Tourists flocking to Fla. for vaccine? | Fifth-largest lotto jackpot up for grabs]A federal statement of facts produced by the United States Capitol Police shows that as throngs of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building on Jan.

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These are the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump

Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first sitting U.S. president to be impeached twice — and this time, the vote drew bipartisan support.Ten Republican members of the House of Representatives joined Democrats in impeaching Trump on a single charge of “incitement of insurrection” related to the deadly riot at the U.S.

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Trump impeachment: 10 Republicans join Democrats in voting to charge Trump

U.S. House Democrats were joined by 10 Republicans on Wednesday in voting in favour President Donald Trump 232-197 for “incitement of insurrection,” the second time Trump has been impeached.

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Tom Hanks to host Biden inauguration special with Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Jon Bon Jovi

WASHINGTON - A television special hosted by Tom Hanks will air the night of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The program will be aimed at emphasizing the strength of U.S.

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The Latest: GOP lawmaker expects more Republicans to impeach

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):8:15 a.m.Republican Rep.

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Pelosi names Rep. Madeleine Dean among Trump impeachment managers

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Delaware authorities preparing for Joe Biden's visits back home

DELAWARE - The moment Joe Biden is sworn in he'll immediately get heavily armed presidential security details thanks to the U.S. Secret Service. Although he will be spending much of his time in Washington D.C, local police in Delaware are also gearing up for presidential visits back to his home state."We’ve been preparing for over a month now.

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Pence says he won’t use 25th Amendment to remove Trump as 6 House Republicans introduce censure

WASHINGTON - Vice President Mike Pence said he has ruled out invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from power, less than a week after the violent pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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Canadian social media sleuths track down U.S. Capitol rioters

After the pro-Donald Trump siege of the U.S. Capitol, Canadian internet sleuths are helping identify rioters. Mike Drolet explains how the bravado of some attackers is making them easy to find.

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Democrats and Republicans prepare to impeach Trump a second time

Democrats have introduced an article of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection,’ accusing him of instigating the violent attack at the Capitol.

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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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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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U.S. Capitol riot: Republicans join growing calls for Trump to resign

Prominent Republicans are now joining the over 200 U.S. lawmakers calling for President Donald Trump to immediately resign, after he incited a riot on Capitol Hill.

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DC mayor pushes for increased security around inauguration

WASHINGTON – District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking increased security around President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration in the wake of the mob insurrection at the Capitol.“We believe strongly that the 59th Presidential Inauguration on January 20 will require a very different approach than previous inaugurations given the chaos, injury, and death experienced at the United States Capitol during the insurrection,” Bowser wrote in a letter to Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.She asked for a “pre-disaster declaration” for the District to allow for federal assistance.

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Arizona Republicans to vote on resolution to censure Cindy McCain

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - The Arizona Republican Party will vote Jan. 23 on a resolution to censure Cindy McCain for publicly endorsing President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat.On Jan.

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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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Maricopa County Republicans vote to censure Cindy McCain

Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican Sen. John McCain, will advise Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential transition team as it prepares for him to take office if he wins in November, the team announced Sept.

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'He's on his own': Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump's steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration.After riling up a crowd that later staged a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, Trump appears to have lost some of his strongest allies, including South Carolina Sen.

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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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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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Publisher drops book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley

NEW YORK – A planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, who objected to President-elect Joe Biden’s win and backed baseless claims that the election was stolen, has been canceled by its publisher in the wake of the insurrection at the U.S.

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'Great damage': Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley

O'FALLON, Mo. – O'A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has "blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the Capitol, the words of his political mentor were the most personal.

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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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U.S. Congress seals Biden’s election victory after chaotic day in Washington

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Trump promises 'orderly transition' after Congress certifies Biden's 2020 election

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an "orderly transition on January 20th" after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.Trump’s acknowledgement came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill as a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building and unleashed unprecedented scenes of mayhem as it tried to halt the peaceful transition of power.

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House, Senate reject Pennsylvania electoral vote objection as count continues after pro-Trump riot

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

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Insurrection marks moment of reckoning for Republicans

The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was both stunning and predictable, the result of a Republican Party that has repeatedly enabled President Donald Trump's destructive behavior.

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Senate rejects Pennsylvania electoral vote objection as count continues after pro-Trump riot inside Capitol

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Georgia, Michigan objections withdrawn as Congress proceeds with count after pro-Trump riot inside Capitol

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Experts: Capitol riot product of years of hateful rhetoric

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The storming of the U.S. Capitol is a jarring but natural product of years of violence and hateful rhetoric stoked by disinformation and conspiracy theories, experts on far-right extremism said as they pored over images of Wednesday's riot.Members of far-right groups, including the violent Proud Boys, joined the crowds that formed in Washington to cheer on President Donald Trump as he urged them to protest Congress' counting of Electoral College votes confirming President-elect Joe Biden's win.

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Local members of Congress react to violent clashes at US Capitol

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

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Biden calls on mob to 'pull back,' urges restoring decency

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of “just simple decency” as a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the U.S. Capitol and delayed Congress from certifying the results of November's election in which Biden won the White House.

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

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

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US Capitol locked down after pro-Trump protesters charge; Electoral College debate halted

WASHINGTON - WATCH LIVE ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICEThe U.S. Capitol is locked down after pro-Trump protesters charged the building on Wednesday as Congress began counting the Electoral College votes. A protester holds a Trump flag inside the US Capitol Building near the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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U.S. election: Congress preparing to certify Biden presidential win as protests erupt in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. is on high alert Wednesday morning after police arrested half a dozen people during pro-Trump protests that saw thousands march through the streets.

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In letter to Congress, Pence says he can't claim 'unilateral authority' to reject electoral votes

LOS ANGELES - In a letter to Congress, Vice President Mike Pence said he does not believe he has the "unilateral authority" to decide which electoral votes should be counted as Congress meets in a joint session Wednesday to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.Congress moved to debate Arizona's results on Wednesday.Pence, in a statement issued minutes before he was to begin presiding over a joint session of Congress to count electoral votes, said, "It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not."Trump has pressured his vice president to toss electors from battleground

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

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

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More Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers protest Electoral College

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

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Trump pressures powerless Pence on electoral count

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

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Electoral College vote count: What will happen in Congress when Republicans object?

WASHINGTON (AP) - On Wednesday, the latest extraordinary development in an extraordinary election will unfold. In a joint session of Congress designed as a ceremonial affirmation to President-elect Joe Biden's victory, some Republicans — but hardly all of them — are vowing to object to voting results in one or more states.

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

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

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Trump to speak at DC rally as Congress meets on election

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

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