US Justice Department rebuffed Trump bid to overturn election
Former President Donald Trump pressed the Justice Department during his waning weeks in office to join his failed effort to overturn his election defeat based...
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Anti-Trump Republicans face major challenge in launching third party
A group of former Republican officials considering a new center-right political party to counter former President Donald Trump’s influence would face steep challenges in shaking...
Democrats argue Trump planted seeds of Capitol attack
Democrats on Wednesday argued Donald Trump planted the seeds for the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol long before Jan. 6 with false claims the 2020 election...
More legal perils facing Trump as January call may have violated three state criminal election laws
Georgia’s Secretary of State’s office opened a probe on Monday into former U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, a...
Assuming U.S. presidency, Biden calls for end to ‘uncivil war’
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Patricia Zengerle and Jarrett Renshaw – Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, vowing to end the...
U.S. state capitals gird for pro-Trump armed protests, FBI flags risk of violence
By Nathan Layne and Patricia Zengerle Protesters are expected to descend on statehouses across the United States on Sunday in support of baseless claims that...
Trump says impeachment moves causing anger, but ‘I want no violence’
U.S. President Donald Trump, under pressure to resign after his supporters carried out a deadly breach of the U.S. Capitol last week, said there was...
Trump privately blamed ‘Antifa people’ for storming U.S. Capitol
U.S. President Donald Trump has privately blamed ‘Antifa people’ for storming the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, even though clear video and documentary evidence shows the...
Twitter tumbles as Trump ban puts social media in spotlight
Twitter Inc’s stock tumbled over 6% on Monday after its move to permanently suspend U.S. President Donald Trump‘s widely-followed account spurred concern among investors over the...
Democrats in Congress kick off efforts to drive Trump from office
Congressional Democrats on Monday begin their drive to force President Donald Trump from office, kicking off a week of legislative action that could end with...
Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account, cites ‘incitement of violence’ risk
Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has permanently suspended U.S. President Donald Trump‘s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the...
Insight – How security failures enabled Trump mob to storm US Capitol
The bloody chaos inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of...
Some Trump supporters expected in court
The first round of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a brazen attack on the seat of government were due in...
Trump finally talks of an ‘orderly transition’ to Biden presidency
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday there will be an orderly transition when Joe Biden takes office as president in less than two weeks, after Congress...
Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts as tech giants respond to storming of U.S. Capitol
Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Snap Inc temporarily locked the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as tech giants scrambled to crack down...
Four deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
Four people died and 52 were arrested, Washington D.C.’s police chief said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to...
Under heavy guard, Congress back to work (Updated)
Hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning bid to overturn his election defeat. But after hours of...
Georgia delivers U.S. Senate to Democrats with double win (update 4)
Democrats on Wednesday completed a sweep of the two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in runoff elections in Georgia, giving the party control of...
Top Georgia election official says White House pushed him to take Trump call
By Doina Chiacu and Julia Harte Georgia’s top election official said on Monday that fellow Republican President Donald Trump had pushed him to take an “inappropriate” call...
US Senate leader McConnell acknowledges Biden victory
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, on Tuesday congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their Nov. 3 election...