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US Capitol violence highlights: Immediately deployed national guard, federal law enforcement, says Trump

US President Donald Trump appealed for "healing and reconciliation" Thursday following unprecedented scenes of violence at the US Capitol, pledging a smooth transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden. Yesterday, Republican Vice President Mike Pence certified the Electoral College count of 306 electors in favour of the Democrat against 232 in favour of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump. High drama ensued at the US Capitol as Trump supporters stormed the building as the US Congress convened for a joint session to certify Joe Biden's victory. Stay tuned for live updates.
Last Updated : 08 January 2021, 05:53 IST
Last Updated : 08 January 2021, 05:53 IST

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05:5108 Jan 2021

Did the Capitol attack break the President’s spell?

It was probably always going to come to this. Donald Trump has been telling us for years that he would not accept an electoral defeat. He has cheered violence and threatened insurrection. On Tuesday he tweeted that Democrats and Republicans who weren’t cooperating in his coup attempt should look “at the thousands of people pouring into DC. They won’t stand for a landslide election victory to be stolen.” He urged his supporters to mass on the capital, tweeting, “Be there, will be wild!” They took him seriously and literally.

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05:1508 Jan 2021

Two Trump Cabinet members resign over US Capitol violence

Two members of Donald Trump's cabinet resigned Thursday with days left in the administration in protest over the storming of the Capitol by a mob of the president's supporters.

The education secretary and transportation secretary -- the only two women in Trump's inner cabinet -- both said they could no longer remain in office after the violent rampage on a ceremonial session of Congress that certified President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

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04:4108 Jan 2021

Donald Trump has two weeks left, but how much of a future?

Abandoned in the White House by former allies, a deeply isolated Donald Trump has two weeks left to contemplate the rubble of his presidency -- and perhaps his dreams of a return in 2024.

Trump repeatedly tested the limits of what a US president can get away with. He gleefully broke every norm, survived impeachment, and saw off Special Counsel Robert Mueller's explosive probe into his contacts with Russia.

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03:5708 Jan 2021

Opinion | Trump has always been a wolf in wolf’s clothing

For years, there has been a mantra that Republicans have recited to comfort themselves about President Donald Trump — both about the things he says and the support they offer him. Trump, they’d say, should be taken seriously, not literally. The coinage comes from a 2016 article in The Atlantic by Salena Zito, in which she complained that the press took Trump “literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally.”

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Published 06 January 2021, 19:50 IST

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