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12 US Guard troops pulled from inauguration after far-right probe
Twelve US National Guard troops have been pulled from duty protecting the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, partly due to an investigation of extremist sympathies in the ranks, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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Biden to block Trump's plan to lift Covid-19 European travel restrictions
US President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective January 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said.
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Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
US President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the US without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies.
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'It was a non-event': Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across US
Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out for what authorities feared could be violent demonstrations.
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FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack
US defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event.
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Biden names Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique for key White House position
Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique has been named by President-elect Joe Biden for a key position in the office of the White House deputy chief of staff.
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Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days
The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the US House of Representatives, for inciting last week’s deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate fight that entangles the early days of President-elect Joe Biden’s term.
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Snapchat permanently bans Donald Trump from site
Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it has permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet stage.
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Explainer: What will Congress do now that Trump has been impeached a second time?
The House of Representatives on Wednesday made Donald Trump the first US president to be impeached twice, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.
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YouTube suspends Trump's channel
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the US Capitol by the president’s supporters.
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With some Republicans on board, US House Democrats press forward on impeachment vote
With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the US. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.
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FBI warns of armed protests ahead of inauguration
The FBI has warned of armed protests being planned for Washington and all 50 US state capitals in the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s January 20 inauguration, a federal law enforcement source said on Monday.
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Capitol Riot: FBI arrests Arkansas man from photo inside Pelosi’s office
The FBI on Friday arrested an Arkansas man who was photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office following the storming of the Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters, authorities announced.
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Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob
Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the US Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.
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Trump returns to Twitter as Facebook's Zuckerberg bans him for 'fanning the flames'
US President Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday with a video acknowledging that Joe Biden would be the next US president as other social media services including Facebook Inc blocked his accounts over concerns that his messages might spark further violent protests.
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The day my ‘second home,’ the Capitol, was overtaken by mob
The US Capitol is my second home. I have been covering the occupants of the building for an absurdly long period of time, the last 15 years spent mostly at a workspace just steps from the Senate gallery.
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Trump says his term is ending, transition will be orderly
President Donald Trump now says there “will be an orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and after a day of violence when his supporters stormed the US Capitol.
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Biden urges restoring decency after ‘assault’ on democracy
President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of “simple decency” as a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the US Capitol and delayed Congress from certifying the results of November’s election.
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Scenes of mayhem at US Capitol
A mob invading the US Capitol. Police officers with guns drawn inside the House of Representatives. Lawmakers hiding from intruders seeking to overturn a national election.
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2 top White House officials resign after Capitol violence, more on the way: sources
Two top aides to first lady Melania Trump resigned on Wednesday in the wake of violence on Capitol Hill, and more top White House officials were considering resigning, including national security adviser Robert O’Brien and his deputy, Matthew Pottinger, sources familiar with the matter said.
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White police officer cleared of charges in Wisconsin shooting of Black man
Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a white police officer of criminal charges in the shooting a Black man from behind in the presence of his young children, leaving him paralyzed and triggering deadly protests that inflamed US racial tensions.
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Pelosi re-elected as US House speaker amid political uncertainty
Nancy Pelosi was narrowly re-elected speaker of the US House of Representatives on Sunday, as a new Congress took office amid political uncertainty, with Senate control undecided and a Republican fight looming over presidential election results.
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In dueling New Year messages, Trump reflects while Biden looks ahead
President Donald Trump in a New Year’s Eve message reflected on his accomplishments in office, calling them “historic victories,” while his successor, President-elect Joe Biden, struck an upbeat tone in looking ahead to 2021.
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US vaccinations in 2020 fall far short of target of 20 million people
Only about 2.8 million Americans had received a Covid-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the government’s target to vaccinate 20 million people this month.
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US State Department approves potential sale of 3,000 smart bombs to Saudi Arabia
The US State Department has approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at up to $290 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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Trump aides setting 'roadblocks' for his transition team, says Biden
President-elect Joe Biden said on Monday many of America’s security agencies had been “hollowed out” under President Donald Trump and the lack of information being provided to his transition team by the outgoing administration was an “irresponsibility.”
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Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3
A US Army special forces sergeant based in Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday.
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US will require negative Covid-19 tests for all UK passengers
The US government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible.
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Trump threatens to not sign Covid-19 bill, wants bigger stimulus checks
President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to not sign an $892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should be amended to increase the amount in the stimulus checks.
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Congress approves $900B Covid-19 relief bill, sending to Trump
Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths.
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