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Twitter CEO says Trump ban was right decision but sets dangerous precedent

Kanishka Singh and Katie Paul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 01:27 PM

San Francisco-based Twitter last week removed Trump's account, which had 88 million followers, citing the risk of further violence following the storming of the Capitol by supporters of the president. Read more »

Man with 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt, Olympic swimmer charged over Capitol riots

Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 10:18 AM

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - A man clad in a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt, a gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer, and a Proud Boys supporter are among those arrested by the FBI in connection with the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. Read more »

Trump urges Americans to be 'united' but doesn't mention impeachment

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 14 09:15 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump urged Americans to be "united" and avoid violence in his first comments after being impeached Wednesday -- while avoiding any mention of impeachment at all. Read more »

Nancy Pelosi's stolen lectern back at the Capitol

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 07:19 AM

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's lectern was back in its rightful spot at the Capitol Wednesday, a week after it was stolen during the violent incursion of the building by a mob of Trump supporters.  Read more »

Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump in D.C.

Linda So, Andrea Januta and Mike Berens, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 07:18 AM

From off-duty police to firefighters, state lawmakers, teachers, municipal workers and at least one active-duty military officer, dozens of public servants from across the United States joined the protests in Washington that turned into a siege on the U.S. Capitol. The mob’s violent effort aimed to block Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s election as president. Read more »

YouTube suspends Trump channel for week over violence fears

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 13 03:38 PM

Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump's channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence. Read more »

Pence rejects invoking 25th Amendment to oust Trump

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 13 10:25 AM

US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday told House leaders he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Donald Trump, all but guaranteeing an imminent impeachment vote against the president. Read more »

Trump says 2nd impeachment 'absolutely ridiculous'

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 12:56 AM

Donald Trump emerged from isolation at the White House on Tuesday to brand the likely second impeachment of his US presidency "absolutely ridiculous" and warn that it has triggered "tremendous anger." Read more »

Facebook exec says 'no plans' to end Trump ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 11:35 PM

Facebook does not intend to lift the suspension on outgoing President Donald Trump, the platform's second in command Sheryl Sandberg said Monday. Read more »

Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, Sandberg says

Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 12 07:29 AM

Facebook Inc's operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Monday the world's largest social network had no plans to lift its block on the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, as the company clamped down on a phrase that has become a rallying cry for the president's supporters.   Read more »

Kahit ilang araw na lang sa White House: Trump pinagbibitiw ng mga kritiko

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 08:47 PM

Dumadami pa ang nananawagan na magbitiw na lang sa puwesto si outgoing US President Donald Trump. Read more »

Amazon pushes social media app Parler offline after Capitol attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 01:45 AM

Messages of support for the Wednesday's rioters along with calls for new demonstrations had flourished on Parler, leading Google to remove it from its app store on Friday, followed by Apple on Saturday.   Read more »

Democrats push toward 2nd Trump impeachment, Republican support uncertain

Joseph Ax and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 01:40 AM

Democratic-led efforts to impeach US President Donald Trump for a historic second time gained momentum over the weekend, although it looked far from certain whether enough Republicans would back the move with just days left in his term. Read more »

Trump to skip Biden inauguration after presidency implodes

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 12:54 AM

Not since 1869 has an outgoing US president missed the inauguration of the incoming leader, a ceremony symbolizing the peaceful transfer of power. Read more »

Democrats inch toward second Trump impeachment after Capitol siege

Richard Cowan and Joseph Ax, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 08 02:52 PM

Congressional Democrats were moving closer to a historic step on Friday as they weighed impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, 2 days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that breached the US Capitol. Read more »

US Capitol police officer dies of injuries in riot by Trump supporters

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 02:49 PM

US Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick has died of injuries suffered during a riot led by supporters of President Donald Trump, the force said in a statement late on Thursday. Read more »

Conspiracists, neo-Nazis and gun activists: the Trump loyalists who stormed the Capitol

Saul Loeb with Thomas Urbain in New York, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 08:41 AM

The tattoo-chested man in a horned headdress, the middle-aged intruder with his foot on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk and the woman shot dead by police: Their images have been beamed around the world but who are the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol? Read more »

Some US Capitol rioters fired after internet detectives identify them

Mike Stone and Diane Bartz, Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 07:48 AM

Some of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol were fired from their jobs on Thursday after internet sleuths publicized their identities. Read more »

Biden says Trump fomented violence at US Capitol

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 05:22 AM

US President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday that President Donald Trump fomented Wednesday's violence at the US Capitol, calling it one of the darkest days in the history of the country and an assault on democracy.   Read more »

After Capitol violence, Trump faces calls for removal and staff exodus

Andy Sullivan and Jonathan Landay, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 08 07:54 AM

WASHINGTON - The top two Democrats in Congress on Thursday called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office, one day after his supporters stormed and vandalized the US Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy.   Read more »