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By Matt Zapotosky and Amy Gardner, Erik S Lesser EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock President Trump speaks at a rally Jan. 4 on behalf of Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, Georgia’s two Republican senators who were defeated by Democratic challengers in runoff elections the next day. The top federal prosecutor …
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By Letters to the Editor, Contrary to Ruth Marcus’s Jan. 5 op-ed, “Investigate first, litigate maybe,” the Jan. 2 audiotape provides overwhelming evidence that President Trump, with fraudulent criminal “intent,” tried to have the Georgia presidential election results falsified. Mr. Trump made a …
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That’s perhaps understandable, given the historic nature of what we saw Wednesday. As many have noted, though, it’s also thoroughly convenient now that Trump is finally, admittedly a lame duck. Resigning or speaking up with two weeks to go in an administration is a great way to insulate yourself …
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Hours before Wednesday’s pro-Trump march in Washington was to begin, a crowd of a few hundred people in Tokyo gathered under American and Japanese “Rising Sun” flags — a symbol controversial in Asia because of its links to the Imperial era — to hold a march in support of the embattled U.S. …
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By Rick Noack, Jeff Pachoud AFP/Getty Images A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to a medical worker at the Croix Rousse Hospital in Lyon, France, on Jan. 6. PARIS — France is trying to increase the speed and urgency of its vaccination campaign, after a cautious rollout and slow …
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“TheDonald.win, that’s where it’s at,” said one of the men, referring to the website where defiant talk, conspiracy theories and tips on how best to lay siege to Washington have grown since Trump lost the Nov. 3 election. Trump supporters overtook Capitol Police officers to enter the building as …
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Facebook followed, blocking the president’s account for the first time for 24 hours for what it said was two policy violations, although it didn’t threaten permanent suspension. The social media giants’ actions were the latest volleys in months of heightened tension between Silicon Valley and …
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Trump, who has long stoked fury over baseless allegations of a stolen election, belatedly called for calm on Twitter as the riot at the Capitol earlier Wednesday halted a process to certify Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. But his plea came in a now-removed video that was …
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This story will be updated. As an angry mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, their compatriots online celebrated the chaos, cheering the violence across a wide array of social-media sites and calling for bloodshed in the days ahead. Trump, who has stoked fury over baseless …
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Here is McConnell’s speech to a joint session of Congress as they prepare to confirm Biden’s win, annotated with our analysis. Click on the highlighted text to read the annotations. We’re debating a step that has never been taken in American history, whether Congress should overrule the voters and …
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