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Congress is investigating reports that Trump representatives held discussions with Parler about him taking a 40% ownership stake in the app
A House committee has asked Parler to send information about the company's Russian ties, stakeholde…
Grace Dean
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Journalists describe in vivid detail how January 6 shredded the rule that reporters shouldn't become the story
Igor Bobic of HuffPost, Tom Williams of CQ RollCal, Katherine Tully-McManus of Politico, and freela…
Warren Rojas,Elvina Nawaguna,…
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Senate votes to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman with Congressional Gold Medal
"I think we can all agree that Officer Goodman deserves the highest honor a Congress can bestow," S…
Lauren Frias
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Mitt Romney scolds Republicans as pro-Trump rioters breach the Capitol building, disrupting the election certification: 'This is what you've gotten'
Romney scolded his Republican colleagues as Vice President Mike Pence and other officials were evac…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The final day of the Trump impeachment trial was shaped by McConnell, Democrats, and breakaway GOP senators
Democrats sought to use the image of duress under the Capitol dome to influence enough GOP lawmaker…
John L. Dorman
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Trump's defense team took under 3 hours to make its oral arguments in his impeachment trial. Here are the biggest takeaways.
Many of the statements from Trump's lawyers were divorced from reality, with one attorney claiming …
Sonam Sheth,Eliza Relman,Grac…
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Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf resigns after the Capitol siege
Wolf is the third Cabinet secretary to leave the Trump administration after the president incited a…
Sonam Sheth
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Trump aides describe the president as being unhinged and alone like 'mad King George'
Administration officials characterized Trump's conduct as that of "a total monster," "insane," and …
Grace Panetta
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Reporters at the Toledo Blade are boycotting bylines after they say management manipulated coverage of Capitol riots 'to alter the reality of what occurred'
The Toledo News Guild, said management "manipulated wording...to alter the reality of what occurred…
Natasha Dailey
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Texas lawmakers call on Sen. Ted Cruz to resign following his push to contest the election results
The Texas Democratic Party chair said Cruz "undermined our democracy, inspired treasonous, seditiou…
Jake Lahut
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Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Trump 'orchestrating a mob' to storm the Capitol was a 'betrayal of his office'
Barr, a loyal Trump ally who left office in December, said that the president "orchestrating a mob …
Grace Panetta,Sonam Sheth
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Major manufacturing trade group calls on Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office and 'preserve democracy'
The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and top administration officials to remove a president…
Tim Levin
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Michelle Obama tears into pro-Trump rioters for carrying out 'the wishes of an infantile and unpatriotic president' who 'can't handle the truth of his own failures'
Obama also blamed the GOP and right-wing media apparatus, saying they "gleefully" cheered Trump on …
Sonam Sheth
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Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer call on Trump to demand protestors to leave the US Capitol 'immediately'
The joint statement came as President Donald Trump reportedly refused to listen to aides who advise…
Taylor Ardrey
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Lawmakers and Mike Pence evacuated from the House of Representatives as pro-Trump rioters storm the Capitol
Pool reporters inside the Capitol say lawmakers were evacuated through the third floor of the build…
Kat Tenbarge
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A British newscaster went viral as he followed an angry Trump mob inside Capitol: 'This is exactly what was feared but in no way is it a surprise'
"For four years we have witnessed turmoil in America," Moore begins, "but nothing quite like this."
Azmi Haroun
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft President Brad Smith, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, and other business leaders condemn the insurrection at the US Capitol: 'sad and shameful'
In tweet, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian described the rioters at the Capitol as "domestic terrori…
Avery Hartmans
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Trump calls on protestors to 'stay peaceful' roughly 40 minutes after violence unfolded at the Capitol
"Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. …
John L. Dorman
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House and Senate abruptly go into recess after Trump-supporting rioters storm the Capitol building
Violence erupted as Trump supporters descended on the nation's capital to protest the certification…
Sonam Sheth,Oma Seddiq
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Insider talked to 34 lawmakers, journalists, Capitol workers, Trump officials, and others who lived through the January 6 insurrection. Here's what we learned.
A year later, investigations into the January 6 insurrection continue. Survivors and the nation are…