Shaken senators returned to session Wednesday night to slap away a frivolous challenge to President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory.
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Statehouses across nation close after Trump rioters storm U.S. Capitol
Hundreds of Trump supporters broke through the gates of the Washington governor’s mansion complex in Olympia late Wednesday, and Texas, Utah, New Mexico and Georgia closed or partially closed their statehouses in case protests turned violent.
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Amid violence, Trump says, ‘Remember this day forever!’
The president appears to excuse the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol by supporters who disrupted the formalization of his electoral defeat.
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Experts see Capitol riot as product of years of hateful rhetoric
Experts on far-right extremism say 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.
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‘Protesters are in the building’: The harrowing scene at the Capitol
The crowd pushed past the police barricades, up the steps to the iron doors and in what seemed like no time at all, hoisted a Trump flag from the Capitol.
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Media captures unprecedented storming of U.S. Capitol
Stunning scenes of President Trump’s supporters storming the Capitol played out in searing fashion on national television.
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Four people die as mob incited by Trump storms Capitol in attempt to stop confirmation of Biden’s election
The rioters sent members of Congress scrambling to crouch under desks while police futilely tried to barricade the building, in one of the most jarring scenes ever in a seat of American political power.
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Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dies at 59
Dickey, who began writing fiction in his mid-30s, wrote ‘Sister, Sister,’ ‘Waking With Enemies’ and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life.
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Trebek urged support for COVID-19 victims in one of his last shows
The longtime and beloved ‘Jeopardy!’ host said, ‘We’re trying to build a gentler, kinder society and if we all pitch in just a little bit, we’re going to get there.’