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Planners of Jan 6 Trump rally subpoenaed by panel probing Capitol riot

The House panel investigating the US Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas to two Republican strategists and a Trump administration official

Trump made protected speeches: Attorneys want Jan 6 lawsuits tossed

Attorneys argued that incendiary statements by Trump and others last January 6 prior to the Capitol riot were protected speech and in line with their official duties.

Trump's 'Truth Social' app likely to launch on Feb 21: Report

Former US President Donald Trump's new social media app, Truth Social, will launch on the iOS platform on February 21, according to a listing on the App Store.

Joe Biden warns of US peril from Donald Trump's 'dagger' at democracy

Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters Thursday for holding a dagger at the throat of democracy with election lies that sparked last year's deadly assault on the US Capitol

Terror, shattered glass and thanks: US lawmakers recall January 6

One year later, their voices still quavered and they gratefully credited the US Capitol Police with saving their lives. And, perhaps, preserving American democracy as well

Joe Biden warns of US peril from Donald Trump's 'dagger' at democracy

President Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters for holding a dagger at the throat of democracy with election lies that sparked last year's deadly assault on the US Capitol

Biden speech on Capitol riot is 'political theater': Former President Trump

Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that President Joe Biden's speech on the first anniversary of Capitol riot was a "political theater".US President Joe Biden today marked the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot, by blaming former President Donald Trump. Speaking at Congress, Biden held his predecessor responsible for the attack on the seat of American democracy.In a statement, Trump said that Biden used his name during the speech to "divide" America."Biden, who is destroying our nation with insane policies of open borders, corrupt elections, disastrous energy policies, unconstitutional mandates, and devastating school closures, used my name today to try to further divide America," read the statement."This political theater is all just a distraction for the fact Biden has completely and totally failed.""Our Country no longer has borders, has totally and completely lost control of Covid (record numbers!), is no longer Energy Independent,

Biden to address Trump's role in Jan 6 Capitol attacks: White House

President Joe Biden will speak about the responsibility that he believes former President Trump had in the January 6 attacks, marking the first anniversary of the deadly event

Donald Trump cancels press conference scheduled for Jan 6 in Florida

Former President Donald Trump has cancelled a press conference he had planned to hold in Florida on the anniversary of the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters. Trump said in a statement Tuesday evening that he would instead be discussing his grievances at a rally he has planned in Arizona later this month. Trump had been expected to use the press conference to rail against the congressional committee investigating the events of Jan 6, when a mob of his supporters violently stormed the Capitol in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power, and to repeat his lies about the 2020 election. Trump continues to insist the election was stolen and the real insurrection was on Nov 3, 2020, the day Democrat Joe Biden won a 306-232 Electoral College victory. Federal and state election officials and Trump's own attorney general have said repeatedly the election was fair. The event would have been Trump's second press conference since leaving office.

Trump and his children Donald Jr, Ivanka are subpoenaed in New York probe

Subpoenas to the Trumps from the office of Attorney General Letitia James were disclosed in a Monday filing with a New York state court in Manhattan

US: January 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

They've interviewed more than 300 witnesses, collected tens of thousands of documents and travelled around the country to talk to election officials who were pressured by Donald Trump

US House Jan 6 panel asks SC to deny Trump's bid to shield records

The US House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has asked the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump's bid to block the release of his White House's records

Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of documents to Jan 6 riots panel

Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Trump's attorneys argued in their petition to the Supreme Court that both the Constitution and the Presidential Records Act give former Presidents a clear right to protect their confidential records from premature dissemination. This case presents a clear threat to that right." A federal appeals court ruled against Trump two weeks ago, but prohibited documents held by the National Archives from being turned over before the Supreme Court has a chance to weigh in. Trump appointed three of the nine justices. Trump sued the House Jan. 6 committee and the National Archives to stop the White House from allowing the release of documents related to the insurrection. Trump is claiming that as a former president he has right to assert executive privilege over the records, arguing that releasing them .

Trump's administration overpaid corn farmers by $3 bn: Federal watchdog

The Trump administration overpaid corn farmers by about $3 billion in federal aid in 2019, a federal watchdog agency has found.

China Mobile hopes to raise $7.6 bn from Shanghai offering post Trump ban

The state-run company was removed from the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year due to an investment ban ordered by former President Donald Trump

Explained: Why Donald Trump's $1 billion capital raise was so popular

Former US President Donald Trump's new venture inked the second-largest ever private placement with convertible stock for a merger with a blank-check acquisition firm, according to SPAC Research

Trump reveals he got Covid-19 vaccine booster shot; crowd boos him

Former President Donald Trump revealed he received a booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, drawing boos from a crowd in Dallas.

'Terrible': Donald Trump speaks against boycotting 2022 Winter Olympics

Former US President Donald Trump has spoken against the idea of boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, saying such actions hurt the athletes.

Court upholds Donald Trump administration's ban of gun bump stocks

A court in New Orleans is the latest to uphold a federal ban on bump stocks devices attached to semiautomatic firearms so that a shooter can fire multiple rounds with a single trigger pull.

US House passes measure to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress

The US House of Representatives passed a resolution to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress