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Parler drops case against Amazon for pushing offline over Capitol violence

The app went dark in January as many service providers pulled back support, accusing it of failing to police violent content related to the attack on the US Capitol

Chief: Capitol police were unsure about using force during Jan 6 violence

Police officers who defended the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection did not properly lock down the building and were unsure of the rules for using deadly force against the rioters, Chief said

Democratic congressman Thompson sues Trump over role in US Capitol riot

The case also names as defendants the Republican former president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and groups including the Proud Boys

Donald Trump impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency, speed

Trump's second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent US Capitol siege

Texas man arrested in Capitol riot, another stays in custody without bond

he FBI says 34-year-old Miller allegedly called for the assassination of Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York

Democrats take narrow control of US Senate as three new members sworn

Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California took the oath of office in the Senate chamber hours after President Joe Biden was sworn in.

Biden arrives safely at White House, protected by thousands of troops

The unprecedented precautions ensured the new US president and Vice President Kamala Harris took office free of incident in a ceremony outside the US Capitol

US Capitol briefly put under lockdown due to 'external security threat'

In days after that an unprecedented level of security has been placed in entire Washington DC

Joe Biden's inauguration rehearsal evacuated after fire in homeless camp

Biden was not participating in the rehearsal

US Capitol shut down temporarily out of caution over fire nearby

The lockdown comes just days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration

Small numbers of right-wing protesters gather at fortified US capitols

Security was stepped up in recent days after the FBI warned of the potential for armed protests in Washington and at all 50 state capitol buildings ahead of President-elect Joe Biden''s inauguration

Man arrested with handgun, ammunition at Washington DC checkpoint

Police have arrested a man with a handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition at a checkpoint in Washington set up ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration

Riot? Insurrection? Words matter in describing US Capitol siege

The language used by the American media to describe last week's Capitol siege proves words matter

Social media app Parler, suspended after Capitol riots, may not return: CEO

"It could be never," he said. "We don't know yet." The app said in a legal filing it has over 12 million users

Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days

Trump became the first president in US history to be impeached twice when the House voted 232-197 on Wednesday to charge him with inciting an insurrection

McConnell holds Donald Trump's fate as impeachment heads to Senate

McConnell told Republican colleagues in a letter Wednesday he would block starting an impeachment trial before Joe Biden takes office Jan. 20 and control of the Senate shifts to Democrats

Google pauses all political ads in wake of attack on US Capitol

Google suspended all political advertising after last week's attack on the US Capitol to avoid incitement of more violence

US House impeaches Trump for a second time; 10 Republicans vote yes

Some Republicans argued the impeachment drive was a rush to judgment that bypassed the customary deliberative process such as hearings

House impeaches Trump after US Capitol siege; his fate in Senate hands

Only three US presidents ever impeached; none removed; vote held with large security presence at US Capitol; Pelosi calls Trump 'clear and present danger' to US

US House poised to impeach Trump; McConnell spurns immediate trial

With only a week remaining in Trump's tumultuous four-year term, an immediate trial could allow the Senate to vote on whether to oust him before he leaves the White House