WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s role in inciting violence at the Capitol and his long refusal to acknowledge his election defeat is prompting some lawmakers to urge his removal from office through the 25th Amendment. The amendment allows...
President-elect Joe Biden is calling the violent group that descended on the US Capitol “domestic terrorists” and laying the blame for the violence squarely at President Donald Trump’s feet. During remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on Thursday,...
KAMPALA (AP): Police in Uganda confronted popular opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine during his online press conference Thursday to announce a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over alleged abuses by security forces. He...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the November 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition” on January 20, Inauguration Day, after Congress concluded the electoral vote count...
WASHINGTON (AP): The head of the US Capitol Police (USCP) defended his department’s response to the storming of the Capitol, saying on Thursday that officers “acted valiantly when faced with thousands of individuals involved in violent riotous...
The United States registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before — nearly 3,900 — on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Health Service will from next week employ a little-used field hospital specially built at a huge exhibition center in east London in the early days of the pandemic last spring. NHS England Chief...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to remove him from office following Wednesday’s violent assault on the Capitol by the president’s supporters. In a...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa says it will import 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to inoculate the country’s health workers. This is South Africa’s first announcement of the purchase of a COVID-19 vaccine as its...
Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the platform said Thursday. In a post announcing the unprecedented move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the November 3, 2020 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are vowing an investigation into how law enforcement handled Wednesday’s violent breach at the Capitol, questioning whether a lack of preparedness allowed a mob to occupy and vandalise the building. US...
Leaders around the world condemned the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing shock at the chaos unfolding in a country they once relied upon for global leadership. “Disgraceful scenes in US...
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, Merrick Garland walks into Federal District Court in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Garland as Attorney General. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe...
WASHINGTON (AP) Defying President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he does not have the power to discard electoral votes that will make Democrat Joe Biden the next president on January 20. Pence said in a statement issued...
ATLANTA (AP) Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the US Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically improving the fate...
LONDON (AP): A British judge on Wednesday denied bail to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, ordering him to remain in a high-security prison while UK courts decide whether he will be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. District...
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the US Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, in a video message, is urging supporters to “go home” but is also keeping up false attacks about the presidential election. The video was issued more than two hours after protesters began...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has called the violent protests on the US Capitol “an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings: the doing of the people’s business.” Biden also demanded President...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says about 1,100 D.C. National Guard members are being mobilised to help support law enforcement as violent supporters of President Donald Trump breached the US Capitol. Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan...
The United States Capitol was locked down Wednesday with lawmakers inside as violent clashes broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump and police. An announcement was played inside the Capitol as lawmakers were meeting and expected to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One person has been shot at the US Capitol as dozens of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building and violently clashed with police. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke...
Teachers' estimated grades will be used to replace cancelled GCSEs and A-levels in England this summer. The BBC is reporting that Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told parliamentarians that he would "trust in teachers rather than...
