Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, called for 'trial by combat' while addressing a mob of pro-Trump supporters, just hours before hundreds of them violently stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. Giuliani, Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., and others addressed a large crowd of the president's supporters outside the White House on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly afterwards, hundreds of the president's supporters […]

President Donald Trump in a statement early Thursday pledged an "orderly transition of power" after his supporters rioted at the US Capitol. "Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th," said Trump. Congress' certification of Joe Biden's win was delayed until […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory hours after he appeared to excuse the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. Trump acknowledged defeat in the Nov. 3 election for the first time, after a […]

Joe Biden won a huge boost with Democrats securing control of the Senate by the narrowest of margins, giving the president-elect a smoother path for advancing his nominees and legislative agenda. But the wins in two Georgia runoff elections came on a day when rioters backing President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol during the joint session of Congress that […]

  American democracy came under attack Wednesday, not the rhetorical kind that usually evaporates on the airwaves, but an actual, physical mob assault meant to derail the peaceful transfer of power. Whether you support President Trump or not, whether you believe his election fraud claims or not, the siege at the Capitol was a sad and shameful spectacle that embarrassed […]

Chinese state media seized upon the chaos at the U.S. Capitol as an opportunity to drive home a narrative of American hypocrisy, casting the incident as “karma” and “retribution” for Washington’s support of global protest movements. The U.S. had “tasted the karma of its own double standards” after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, the Communist Party-backed Global Times newspaper […]

Tom Cotton: Time for Joe Biden to come ‘entirely clean’ on family’s business dealings Sen. Tom Cotton accuses the Biden family of trading on Joe Biden’s name for 50 years and says it will likely continue once he is in the White House.<br> Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Wednesday night it was "past time" for President Trump to accept the […]

The U.S. Capitol Police force was caught unprepared by a mob of pro-Trump extremists on Wednesday, in a failure to protect the seat of American democracy unparalleled in modern times. Rioters, bearing Trump garb, breached the barricades set up by an under-staffed police force and swarmed the Capitol, disrupting the certification of President-Elect Joe Biden’s election and forcing the evacuation […]

Former Trump administration defense secretaries Jim Mattis and Mark Esper issued strong statements condemning the pro-Trump mob that violently breached the US Capitol Wednesday. "Our Constitution and our Republic will overcome this stain and We the People will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect Union, while Mr. Trump will deservedly be left a man […]