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Democrats in Congress spoke passionately on the House floor, some in tears, about January 6, the day of the armed insurrection by pro-Trump rioters.
As Trump backs down from his “Stop the Steal” hoax, the supporters he radicalised are vowing to carry on the fight without him.
The FBI warned local authorities that all 50 states could see violent demonstrations in the days following an effort to overtake the US Capitol.
Chao called rioters' attack of the Capitol, which was encouraged by President Donald Trump, “traumatic and entirely avoidable.”
Australia's national flag is hardly unique to patriotic appropriation, experts said.
Trump supporters invaded legislative offices in the US Capitol, including the ones belonging to the top Democrat in Congress.
The president's followers brought the US Capitol to chaos on Wednesday after his speech at the National Mall.
The president eventually ordered the National Guard to the scene, and DC will be put under curfew starting at 6 pm.
A chilling report on the Christchurch massacre is an indictment of institutional Islamophobia — in New Zealand and Silicon Valley — that led to 51 deaths.
His reelection campaign has not rejected or returned campaign contributions from multiple well-known far-right bigots, FEC records show.