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The CEO of Parler, a social media platform popular among conservatives, told Mediaite that it removed a post from attorney Lin Wood calling for Vice President Mike Pence to be executed by “firing squads.” “Yes, some of his parleys that violated our rules were taken down,” John Matze told Mediaite, specifying that the post, or parley,

A Capitol Police officer who was among those who responded to the storming of the Capitol last week, died while off duty, the Capitol Police said. Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, was assigned to the Senate Division and has been with the Department since April 2005. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends,

House Democratic leaders have not finalized plans for the coming week, after spending several hours on a call Saturday night working through the possible outcomes tied to impeachment, according to a source with direct knowledge of the call. Speaker Nancy Pelosi held the call with her leadership team as the Democratic caucus has moved into

In a call for unity following Wednesday’s siege of the US Capitol, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said President Donald Trump will be remembered as the worst President in US history and urged Americans to offer their support to President-elect Joe Biden. “We need to heal, together, from the drama of what has just happened,”

The Rev. Raphael Warnock said Sunday his election victory was a “glimpse of God’s vision” as he delivered his first sermon at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church since he and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff won Georgia’s Senate runoff elections. “Whoever would have thought that in the state of Georgia we would see the people of Georgia

Sen. Pat Toomey said Sunday that President Donald Trump should resign from office and could face “criminal liability” after the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol, becoming the second Republican senator to call for the President’s resignation. “I think at this point, with just a few days left, it’s the best path forward, the best

In his 2004 novel “The Plot Against America,” Philip Roth imagined an American president who coddled dictators abroad and condoned mobs at home. Would such an episode end democracy in the US? Or would it, by showing the consequences of an authoritarian leader, act as a kind of vaccine, prompting the nation’s immune system to

Federal prosecutors have charged three men and the FBI arrested another on Saturday in connection with Wednesday’s riot at the US Capitol, including a man seen on video carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and another wearing a bearskin headdress. The arrests Saturday, coming a day after federal charges were announced against more than a

Presidential inaugurations — and the swirl of festivities that surround them — usually offer prime schmoozing opportunities: Lobbyists attempt to woo incoming administration officials at VIP-only luncheons; big campaign donors score coveted tickets for the swearing-in ceremonies, and corporate executives mingle with Washington powerbrokers at private receptions. But not this year. With the coronavirus pandemic

President Donald Trump is considering having Rudy Giuliani and Alan Dershowitz defend him if he faces another impeachment trial, two sources familiar with the matter said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday Democrats are prepared to move forward with impeachment next week if Trump doesn’t resign, and Trump is beginning to mull who would represent

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. If he follows through, he’ll become only the fourth president to boycott his successor’s regularly scheduled inauguration and the first in more than 150 years to do so. Two other presidents missed their successors’ regularly scheduled swearings-in, Martin Van